Nottingham Forest and Leicester City offers to buy same player – 20 goals and 4 assists last season
Nottingham Forest and Leicester City are among several clubs to have shown a firm desire to sign Inter Milan’s Pio Esposito this summer.
The Nerazzurri let the striker spend the past two years on loan at Serie B side, Spezia. He scored 20 goals and registered four assists last season, and this includes a goal and an assist for Inter Milan at the Club World Cup.
Esposito’s fine displays have attracted interest from Nottingham Forest, Leicester and 13 other clubs, according to FcInterNews.
From Italy, Bologna, Napoli, Lazio, Fiorentina, Cagliari, Parma, Como, Sassuolo, Torino, Lazio and Parma have all shown keen interest in the 20-year-old. Nottingham Forest, Leicester, FC Basel and Ajax are his four foreign suitors.
The report claims these 15 clubs have made offers to sign the Italy U21 international in this window.
It’s claimed Nottingham Forest, Leicester, Napoli, Fiorentina and Como made offers to buy him permanently, while the rest proposed loan deals.
Inter have made up their mind and rejected each and every offer, including one of €20m, and are likely to continue rejecting future offers. Cristian Chivu plans to include the youngster in his plans and Esposito is set to be the Serie A side’s fourth choice striker next season.
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Leicester City are claimed to be nearing an end to their search for a new head coach
Leicester City are closing in on Marti Cifuentes as Ruud van Nistelrooy’s successor.
That’s according to The Telegraph who claim the former QPR boss could be confirmed ‘by the end of the week’
Leicester City are closing in on Marti Cifuentes as Ruud van Nistelrooy’s successor.
That’s according to The Telegraph who claim the former QPR boss could be confirmed ‘by the end of the week’
Cifuentes left amid speculation linking him with the vacant hotseat at West Bromwich Albion, which was subsequently filled by Ryan Mason.
Cifuentes was in charge at QPR for just under two years, overseeing 83 games, winning 28 and drawing 24, with 31 defeats. He steered them to 15th place last term, having finished 18th the year before. Van Nistelrooy left City by mutual consent last month.
City have already started their pre-season fixtures, with a 3-1 win over Peterborough United at their Seagrave training base on Saturday. They kick off their 2025/26 Championship campaign against Sheffield Wednesday a month today.
Sheffield Wednesday player agrees terms over Southampton switch
Sheffield Wednesday youngster Sutura Kakay has agreed terms with Southampton, according to The Star.
Sheffield Wednesday are poised to lose the prospect this summer. SWFC have offered him a deal but he has turned it down.
Kakay, 18, has been weighing up his options. The Owls will be due compensation for his services, assuming he secures a transfer exit.
In this latest update regarding his situation by The Star, his move to Southampton is ‘expected’ to go through soon. The Saints were recently relegated from the Premier League along with Ipswich Town and Leicester City.
Danny Rohl is set for a return to Sheffield Wednesday. Reporter Rob Staton has delivered his verdict, as per BBC Sport: “Make no mistake, today’s news that Danny Rohl intends to return to Sheffield Wednesday is a big positive for the club. This is the manager who led the great escape in 2024 and then a highly respectable follow-up last season in a difficult environment.
“This is the boss who did so much to help develop players. For example, many are bemoaning the expected loss of Djeidi Gassama to Rangers. Under Rohl, the talented winger elevated his stock to the point the German once compared him to Crystal Palace forward Romain Esse. And he isn’t the only example.”
Sheffield Wednesday latest regarding Sutura Kakay
Sheffield Wednesday have tried to tie down Kakay to a professional deal. However, SWFC’s advances were rebuffed.
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