Nunez, Grealish among Premier League stars who need a transfer

The commencement of the 2025-26 Premier League play is conscionable 2 weeks distant and the summertime transportation model is astir to participate its last month, which means the unit is opening to crank up connected the players who are faced with 2 options: determination oregon beryllium connected the bench. Although it has been a engaged summertime model truthful far, with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United each spending much than £100 cardinal -- champions Liverpool person near the remainder successful their aftermath with a £250 million-plus spending spree -- galore high-profile players are inactive facing an uncertain future.

If these players take to stay wherever they are, the apt script is simply a play connected the substitutes' seat -- oregon worse -- but if they move, a driblet down to little glamorous oregon palmy nine could beryllium the champion option.

But arsenic we hole to participate the decisive period of August, present are the Premier League players who truly request to move.

Darwin Núñez

The Liverpool guardant started conscionable 8 Premier League games for Arne Slot's squad past play and was past successful the starting line-up conscionable erstwhile -- against relegated Southampton -- since Jan. 1, which shows the penning has been connected the partition for the 26-year-old for immoderate time.

Liverpool's attacking options person changed dramatically since the extremity of past play with the big-money arrivals of Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike, positive the exit of Luis Díaz to Bayern Munich and the tragic decease of Diogo Jota. With the nine inactive wanting to propulsion disconnected a imaginable £150m woody for Newcastle's Alexander Isak, it is wide that Nunez does not fig successful Slot's plans, but having arrived successful an £85m woody from Benfica 3 years ago, Liverpool volition request and privation to recoup a large chunk of that fee.

After conscionable 40 goals successful 143 appearances for the Reds, Nunez is struggling to find a nine consenting to conscionable Liverpool's valuation.

Rasmus Hojlund

Manchester United are making nary concealed of their determination to motion a proven goalscorer earlier the transportation deadline, which is atrocious quality for Rasmus Hojlund.

The 22-year-old, a £72m signing from Atalanta successful 2023, has scored conscionable 14 goals successful 62 Premier League games for United and has struggled to conscionable expectations ever since arriving astatine Old Trafford. With United already adding Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo to their guardant enactment this summertime and attempts underway to motion RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko, Hojlund volition conflict for starting opportunities.

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United inactive judge helium tin make into a accordant scorer, truthful a indebtedness determination could beryllium an enactment to debar United making a important fiscal nonaccomplishment connected the Denmark international.

Harvey Elliott

At 22, the Liverpool midfielder is facing a important decision. Having starred for England U-21s during their Euro U21 occurrence this summer, Elliott has a accidental of breaking into Thomas Tuchel's elder squad for the 2026 World Cup, but to bash that, helium has to play much often than helium does for Liverpool, wherever helium made conscionable 18 league appearances successful 2024-25.

Elliott made conscionable 2 starts (18 full appearances, with 1 extremity and 2 assists) successful Liverpool's Premier League title-winning season, but determination is involvement from West Ham, Tottenham and Galatasaray successful the erstwhile Fulham youngster. And with Liverpool needing to recoup immoderate wealth pursuing their large summertime spend, a determination for Elliott would apt suit some parties.

Alejandro Garnacho

The Manchester United winger was omitted from Ruben Amorim's squad for the preseason circuit of the United States and been told that helium tin find a caller nine this summer. But portion Chelsea person maintained an involvement successful the 21-year-old pursuing an effort to motion him successful January, United person yet to find a nine prepared to conscionable their £40m valuation.

Aston Villa and Napoli are monitoring Garnacho's situation, but portion Amorim said past week that helium is prepared reintegrate the likes of Garnacho and Antony to his squad if they neglect to seal a move, the world for Garnacho is that helium volition beryllium mode down the pecking bid and needs to permission Old Trafford to relaunch his career.

Raheem Sterling

The Chelsea guardant started conscionable 7 Premier League games connected indebtedness astatine Arsenal and didn't implicit 90 minutes erstwhile successful the contention for Mikel Arteta's team. To underscore his minimal interaction astatine the Emirates, Sterling managed conscionable 1 extremity each play - successful the Carabao Cup against League One Bolton Wanderers.

Sterling is present backmost astatine Chelsea and has 2 years to tally connected his contract, but with nary imaginable of game-time nether Enzo Maresca, the 30-year-old needs to marque a move. However, past play astatine Arsenal and his precocious Chelsea wage person combined to permission Sterling with fewer evident exit routes.

Andy Robertson

The Liverpool left-back is simply a cast-iron Anfield fable aft helping the nine to triumph each large honour astatine slightest erstwhile since arriving successful a bargain £8m transportation from Hull City successful 2017. But the £40m signing of Bournemouth's Milos Kerkez this summertime has near Robertson, 31, warring for his aboriginal against the highly-rated 21-year-old.

With his Liverpool declaration owed to expire adjacent year, Robertson could determine to beryllium choky and determination arsenic a escaped cause successful 12 months' time. However, with Scotland chasing World Cup qualification for the archetypal clip since 1998, Robertson whitethorn opt to question a determination successful bid to beryllium match-ready for the nationalist squad if they marque it to the tournament.

Nicolas Jackson

The Chelsea guardant deed 10 goals successful 30 Premier League appearances past season, but it wasn't capable to person the nine that helium was bully capable to pb the enactment for Enzo Maresca's team, who person since signed João Pedro and Liam Delap.

With some caller forwards impressing during Chelsea's FIFA Club World Cup triumph successful the United States this summer, Jackson has fallen to third-choice centre-forward, truthful his opportunities volition beryllium constricted astatine Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea are not actively seeking to offload the Senegal international, but the nine is ever unfastened to a deal, truthful Jackson, 24, could beryllium moved connected earlier the deadline, with Newcastle a imaginable destination if Alexander Isak leaves St James' Park.

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What does the aboriginal clasp for Jack Grealish?

Rob Dawson assesses Jack Grealish's aboriginal astatine Manchester City.

Jack Grealish

The Manchester City winger has been told by Pep Guardiola that helium tin find a caller club, but contempt his availability being known since the extremity of past season, Grealish is backmost astatine the Etihad without a determination successful sight.

The 29-year-old started conscionable 7 Premier League games past play and was lone capable to registry 1 extremity and 1 assistance successful 20 appearances overall. Having moved to City for a then-British grounds £100m successful 2021, Grealish's imaginable interest and wages volition beryllium a deterrent for astir clubs, but Everton and Newcastle are some considering a indebtedness determination for the England player, who has 2 years remaining connected his City contract.

Leandro Trossard

The Arsenal guardant has been a reliable and productive enactment for Mikel Arteta's broadside since arriving from Brighton successful January of 2023, scoring 28 goals and registering 23 assists successful 124 games successful each competitions. But with the Gunners adding Viktor Gyökeres and Noni Madueke to their already well-stocked guardant enactment this summer, the 30-year-old has go surplus to requirements astatine the Emirates.

Borussia Dortmund are funny successful taking the Belgium planetary to Signal Iduna Park, truthful Trossard could get a high-profile determination earlier Arsenal commencement their Premier League play distant to Manchester United connected Aug. 17.

Abdukodir Khusanov

The Manchester City defender has endured a nightmare clip astatine the Etihad since completing a £33.6m transportation from Lens successful January, conscionable eighteen months aft the French nine signed him for £84,000 from Belrusian broadside Energetik-BGU. A mistake-ridden debut against Chelsea was followed by much indifferent performances, and the Uzbekistan planetary didn't marque a azygous quality for Pep Guardiola's squad beyond the extremity of March.

At 21, City are inactive hopeful that Khusanov volition travel good, but a indebtedness determination -- perchance to different squad wrong the City Football Group -- could alteration the youngster to make distant from glare of the spotlight astatine the Etihad.

Christopher Nkunku

The France guardant earned his determination to Chelsea successful 2023 by scoring 47 goals and registering 43 assists successful 119 Bundesliga appearances for RB Leipzig, but his clip astatine Stamford Bridge has been a communicative of injuries and nonaccomplishment of form.

Nkunku, 27, has scored conscionable six goals and delivered 2 assists successful 38 Premier League games, leaving him disposable for transportation this summertime if a nine is prepared to instrumentality a gamble connected him being capable recreate his Leipzig form. Manchester United considered a determination for Nkunku successful January, but opted against it owed to concerns implicit his fittingness and that aforesaid information is apt to marque it hard for the subordinate to seal a imperishable determination earlier the deadline.