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Manchester United midfielder Toby Collyer is in talks with West Bromwich Albion about returning to The Hawthorns on a permanent basis.
Collyer has been part of Michael Carrick’s squad during pre-season and featured in the second half of last week’s draw with Leeds United at Croke Park as Mason Mount was unavailable because of injury.
However, it had been anticipated all summer that Collyer would eventually leave Old Trafford.
Talks
Zian Flemming scored two late goals – including a stoppage-time equaliser – as Burnley came back from two down to snatch a point against West Ham in Nicky Hayen’s first Championship match as Clarets boss.
The Hammers seemed on course for victory when Manor Solomon added to Max Kilman’s header to make it 2-0 with 18 minutes remaining.
But Flemming pulled a goal back from the penalty spot with seven
Engels is West Ham’s fourth summer signing after the recruitment of Venezuela midfielder Keiber Lamadrid, Dutch defender Joel Veltman and Israel winger Manor Solomon.
West Ham director of player recruitment Nils Koppen told the club website:, external “Arne is a player we have been tracking for some time as a key target.
“For a player who is still very young with his best years in front of him, he
Derby County have signed midfielder Alex Mowatt from West Bromwich Albion on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
The 31-year-old’s move to the the Rams comes just two days after their Championship rivals rejected an initial bid.
Former Leeds United and Barnsley man Mowatt had a year remaining on his existing deal with the Baggies, where he had been since the summer of 2021.
He made the last of
“I would imagine that he’s probably at this minute doing the medical. Naturally disappointed, really, that he’s leaving the football club, he’s done very well for us.
“And it’s hard to dissuade him of that. If it hadn’t come up, I think he’d have been happy. Even though the offer came in very late from Nottingham Forest in January, he never moaned about it at all.
“So it’s an opportunity
Sullivan has been the subject of long-standing criticism from West Ham fans for his running of the club.
Together with former business partner and co-chair David Gold, who died in 2023, and Baroness Karren Brady, Sullivan has never been forgiven by some supporters for the decision to leave Upton Park in 2016 and move into the former Olympic Stadium.
Brady stood down as vice-chair on 21 April to focus on
Townsend’s contract at Ipswich expired in the summer but the Suffolk club invited him to participate in pre-season training, an offer he was thankful for as it allowed him to “hit the ground running” when the chance to rejoin Albion arose.
He said returning to The Hawthorns and therefore moving much closer to his family base was “an easy decision to make”, while it also reunited him with Baggies head
What will be key to their success?
Recruitment. The Clarets have seen 12 departures so far this summer and will need to rebuild their squad with a team that fits Hayen’s style of play.
The Belgian likes to play high-possession football and wants to be direct once in a position to attack, so players who are good on the ball and able to intercept will be high on his wishlist.
West Bromwich Albion have completed the signing of midfielder Rabby Nzingoula from Ligue 1 side Strasbourg for an undisclosed fee.
The 20-year-old has agreed a three-year contract and becomes the club’s seventh signing of the summer, following the arrivals of Matt Ingram, Conor Townsend, Nolan Galves, Felix Horn Myhre, Barney Stewart and Jimmy-Jay Morgan.
Nzingoula made 15 first-team appearances for Strasbourg, including in the Europa Conference League, and has
