Man City enter race for Cody Gakpo as transfer rumours surface

On Tuesday, 24 August 2026, transfer gossip reported that Manchester City had entered the race to sign Liverpool and Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo, Newcastle had reached a verbal agreement to sign Spain midfielder Nico Gonzalez from Manchester City, and Manchester United were confident of persuading Arsenal to sell Myles Lewis-Skelly.

Manchester City’s reported interest in Gakpo, 27, comes amid continued work from Tottenham on a potential deal, according to Soccer News NL (in Dutch). The coverage grouped those developments with several other high-profile transfer links circulating on Tuesday.

Newcastle have reportedly reached a verbal agreement with Manchester City to sign Spain midfielder Nico Gonzalez, 24, for a fee of £47m plus £3m in add-ons, a move attributed to Fabrizio Romano. That arrangement was presented in the round-up alongside the other reported approaches.

Manchester United are said to be confident of convincing Arsenal to sell England youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly, 19, but the club’s asking price of more than £50m remains a sticking point; Lewis-Skelly is described as capable of playing at left-back and in midfield (The Sun). The fee dispute was highlighted as a barrier to concluding a deal.

Additional reported offers include Newcastle submitting an offer worth 40m euros (£34.2m) excluding bonuses for Lille and Belgium forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo, 21 (L'Equipe), and Chelsea having three bids rejected this summer for Bournemouth and England midfielder Alex Scott, 23 (The i). Hull have reportedly tabled a 21m euros (£17.9m) offer for Union Berlin and Germany Under-21s forward Ilyas Ansah, with talks over a long-term contract described as at an advanced stage (Sky Deutschland), while AC Milan are said to be considering a late-window move for Manchester United and Morocco defender Noussair Mazraoui, 28 (CaughtOffside).

Monza are reported to be preparing a one-year contract offer for former Tottenham and England midfielder Dele Alli, 30; the report states he has been without a club since leaving Como in September 2025 (Fichajes). That potential short-term contract was listed among several late-window possibilities.

Coventry have agreed a £6m deal to sign Brentford and Jamaica defender Ethan Pinnock, 33, according to The Athletic, a transfer presented in the same Tuesday compilation of reported moves.