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Your Premier League club's summer transfer plans

Your Premier League club's summer transfer plans

The Premier League transfer window is open for the summer and clubs will have until Tuesday September 1 to make signings, with Deadline Day finishing at the later time of 11pm; follow the transfer window on Sky Sports using the Transfer Centre and our dedicated Premier League club blogs

Arsenal want to invest again in their first XI ahead of next season and, as champions, will target top quality that can improve on what they already have.

Left wing and central midfield are the priorities, but there are other positions that could be strengthened depending on outgoings. Arsenal are on a drive to be financially sustainable, so there will need to be some sales to make sure the books are balanced.

One of Arsenal's top targets over the last year has been Atletico Madrid forward Julian Alvarez. He remains hugely admired at the Emirates, but Atletico have shown their determination to keep him by ridiculing attempts from Barcelona and Real Madrid. The player, if he does leave, prefers a move to Barca.

So Arsenal will likely have to target someone else who can predominantly play on the left wing, and they have been stepping up interest in Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers, although his future will not be determined until after the World Cup with England.

Arsenal like Anthony Gordon but were content to see him go to Barcelona and, while an ideal target, Kvicha Kvaratskhelia is expected to remain at Paris Saint-Germain. Arsenal are understood to have watched his club-mate Bradley Barcola and Yan Diomande at RB Leipzig, as well as Eintracht Frankfurt's Jean-Matteo Bahoya. They are also one of the admirers of Bournemouth forward Junior Kroupi.

In central midfield, Arsenal are in the mix for all the top players such as Sandro Tonali, Elliot Anderson - who is closing in on a move to Manchester City - Adam Wharton and others, although a clear first-choice target is unknown.

Anything further is likely to be dependent on which members of the Arsenal squad have interest from elsewhere and indicate they may want to go for more games. However, the club might also look for a young defender who is versatile enough to cover a number of positions at the back, regardless of sales.

Back in the Champions League, Aston Villa need to freshen their squad and add more numbers but are likely to have to sell a major name or two to stay in line with UEFA's financial rules.

That person looks most likely to be Morgan Rogers. He has the highest value in the squad (at least £80m) and has serious interest from Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain.

Goalkeeper Emi Martinez also has strong interest from Juventus, who are increasingly confident of getting him according to Sky in Italy , while Ollie Watkins is another player who will always have admirers ready to bid at the right price.

Should Martinez leave, Villa will be in the market for a new first-choice goalkeeper, and they are among the clubs keen on James Trafford at Manchester City.

Sky Sports News understands the club are also looking at signing another central midfielder, wingers and another striker. They are one of the clubs who want to sign Harry Wilson, who is out of contract at Fulham.

Bournemouth stars Rayan, Alex Scott and Kroupi Junior are on the radar of some of Europe's top clubs, but all are considered not for sale.

Rayan has an £86.6m (€100m) release clause that kicks in next summer. However, Kroupi - who is being monitored by Real Madrid, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Arsenal - does not.

Scott is on the list at Manchester United, Liverpool and many other Premier League clubs, which Bournemouth are aware of - so they are in talks with him about extending his contract.

As well as keeping these players, Bournemouth's focus is on signing a left-sided centre-back to replace Marcos Senesi, who has joined Tottenham on a free transfer, as well as a new striker.

Bournemouth are also reviewing their goalkeeping options - with current work going into signing Lazio's Christos Mandas permanently following his loan.

Then there is the situation around right-back Alex Jimenez. After his suspension by the club, it remains to be seen whether he has a long-term future on the south coast.

Brentford are looking to freshen their squad in a variety of positions and have already signed the young centre-back Jannik Schuster from Red Bull Salzburg.

Two positions that have proved elusive in the last few windows - left wing and central midfield - are now the priorities, and they have recently tried for winger Said El Mala at FC Koln.

That reached an impasse after his family requested Brentford also sign his older brother, so the Bees are now looking at other targets. One of those is thought to be Feyenoord's Leo Sauer. Others they have tried for in the last 12 months are Max Beier at Dortmund and Omari Hutchinson, now at Nottingham Forest.

Among the names in central midfield they like are Middlesbrough's Hayden Hackney, PSV's Joey Veerman and Pape Matar Sarr at Spurs.

Fabio Carvalho, nearing full fitness after a long-term injury, also has interest from elsewhere - but Brentford expect him to have a big season. Centre-back Ethan Pinnock is more likely to go.

The name on everyone's lips is Igor Thiago - but Brentford have no interest in selling him and they value him way over £100m. There is likely to be speculation, given he was the second-highest scoring striker in the Premier League last season behind Erling Haaland, but will anyone come in with that kind of money?

Brighton are preparing to make some changes to their squad - amid interest in some of their best players - and have already signed exciting young winger Zadok Yohanna from AIK in Sweden.

Other positions they want are right-back - Olympiakos' Costinha is a target, centre-backs - with Adam Webster leaving and Jan Paul van Hecke likely to follow - central midfield and striker.

Van Hecke is the subject of talks over a move to Tottenham and, as those discussions progress, Brighton have made a £30m offer for Spurs defender Luka Vuskovic to replace him.

Brighton may need to bring in two new centre-backs, and Charlie Cresswell of Toulouse is another top target, having tried to sign him in January.

Carlos Baleba, meanwhile, has long been a target for Manchester United, among others, while a host of Champions League clubs want Matt O'Riley, including Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund.

One midfielder Brighton have previously tracked as a potential replacement for Baleba is Caleb Yirenkyi at FC Nordsjælland.

Joel Veltman is the only other player out of contract, but talks are ongoing over a new deal, although Brighton will still look to add another right-back, Sky Sports News understands.

Up front, the club still hope last season's striker signing Charalampos Kostoulas can come good but are open to the market for other ideas, with Danny Welbeck also not getting any younger.

New manager Xabi Alonso believes Chelsea have a very strong squad that can be improved this summer - and the club want to add players with exceptional talent and character.

There are likely to be fewer promising youngsters through the doors of Cobham, therefore, and more established names instead, with goalkeeper, centre-back, central midfield and new left-winger the main areas of concern.

Chelsea are one of the clubs with serious interest in Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers along with Arsenal and Manchester United.

In the goalkeeper department, they expect to put Mike Penders in first-team contention following his loan at Strasbourg but have been looking at others too, while in midfield, Sky Sports News understands Chelsea are admirers of Adam Wharton.

The future of Enzo Fernandez may be pivotal to any bigger changes in midfield, with his name high on the list at Real Madrid. Fernandez is valued at more than £100m and Chelsea are not trying to sell the player. Contrary to reports, Manchester City are not looking to sign him.

Chelsea have agreed the sale of Marc Cucurella to Real Madrid which means they will likely have to sign a replacement, although Jorell Hato is in contention to take the starting left-back spot from the departing Spain full-back.

With Emmanuel Emegha coming in from Strasbourg and Nicolas Jackson returning from his loan at Bayern Munich, there are doubts around the future of Liam Delap, with Chelsea having a surplus of strikers.

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