{"id":61641,"date":"2026-08-25T20:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/enzo-fernandez-transfer-news-manchester-city-to-make-late-move-for-chelsea-midfielder-paper-talk-football-news\/25\/08\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T20:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:22:07","slug":"enzo-fernandez-transfer-news-manchester-city-to-make-late-move-for-chelsea-midfielder-paper-talk-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/enzo-fernandez-transfer-news-manchester-city-to-make-late-move-for-chelsea-midfielder-paper-talk-football-news\/25\/08\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Enzo Fernandez transfer news: Manchester City to make late move for Chelsea midfielder &#8211; Paper Talk | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday&#8217;s newspapers&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>ENZO FERNANDEZ<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Chelsea<\/strong> are preparing to go back to <strong>Bournemouth<\/strong> for <strong>Alex Scott<\/strong> as <strong>Enzo Fernandez<\/strong> moves closer to a move to <strong>Manchester City<\/strong> &#8211; <em>The Independent<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester City<\/strong> are poised to make a late move for<strong> Enzo Fernandez<\/strong> in what would be the biggest Premier League transfer of the summer &#8211; <em>The Telegraph<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester City<\/strong> are expected to go back in for <strong>Chelsea<\/strong> midfielder<strong> Enzo Fernandez<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"745f9e9c-1980-49e6-825f-8c883b744a12\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.condatis.sky\/auth\/video\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Sky Sports' Rob Dorsett and Anton Toloui assess the business needed to be done by Premier League clubs before the window closes on September 1\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_745f9e9c-1980-49e6-825f-8c883b744a12\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"-1\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7330879\" data-sdc-video-id=\"745f9e9c-1980-49e6-825f-8c883b744a12\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:745f9e9c-1980-49e6-825f-8c883b744a12\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" data-defer-source=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\" data-autoload=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>          <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <video id=\"id_745f9e9c-1980-49e6-825f-8c883b744a12\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n        <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>          <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Sky Sports&#8217; Rob Dorsett and Anton Toloui assess the business needed to be done by Premier League clubs before the window closes on September 1<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>ASTON VILLA<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Aston Villa<\/strong> have indicated a willingness to offer <strong>Chelsea<\/strong> a \u00a365m package for striker <strong>Nicolas Jackson<\/strong>, with the future of <strong>Ollie Watkins<\/strong> in doubt &#8211; <em>The Telegraph<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ollie Watkins<\/strong> could earn an annual salary of \u00a312m if <strong>Al Hilal<\/strong> strike a deal with <strong>Aston Villa<\/strong> in the final week of the summer window &#8211; <em>The Telegraph<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aston Villa<\/strong> have made an offer for <strong>Crystal Palace<\/strong> striker <strong>Jean-Philippe Mateta<\/strong>, but it fell considerably short of Palace&#8217;s valuation of the player &#8211; <em>The Athletic<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-factbox\" data-testid=\"article-factbox\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text-wrapper\">\n<p><h4 class=\"sdc-article-factbox__title\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-title\">Watch Paper Talk on Sky Sports News<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">Paper Talk is a review of the sports headlines from the national newspapers, every Monday to Friday, live on Sky Sports News from 10.30pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>Missed the show? Catch up on the latest news with the Paper Talk podcast. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>PREMIER LEAGUE<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tottenham Hotspur <\/strong>are close to pushing their summer spending towards \u00a3400m by clinching the signing of <strong>Omar Marmoush<\/strong> from <strong>Manchester City<\/strong> &#8211; <em>The Telegraph<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Newcastle<\/strong> have launched a \u00a335m bid for <strong>Lille <\/strong>winger <strong>Matias Fernandez-Pardo<\/strong> &#8211;<em> L&#8217;Equipe<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Newcastle United<\/strong> have appointed former defender <strong>Paul Dummett<\/strong> to be part of their revamped loans department, which has been earmarked for a key role in the Newcastle 2.0 project &#8211; <em>The i<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brentford<\/strong> are closing in on a deal to sign <strong>West Ham<\/strong> left-back <strong>El Hadji Malick Diouf<\/strong> &#8211; <em>The Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>SCOTTISH FOOTBALL<\/h3>\n<p><strong>PAOK<\/strong> are set to fight <strong>Celtic<\/strong> for <strong>Ermin Mahmic<\/strong> &#8211; 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