The pre-season friendly matches are reaching their conclusion, as head coaches begin to finalise their starting line-ups. However, 11 promising academy graduates and young prospects from Premier League clubs have managed to draw attention and keep their hopes of regular playing time alive.
There is exactly one month left until the end of the summer transfer window. Despite the Premier League starting on 21 August, clubs will have until 1 September to finalise their squads. Journalist Andrey Dyumin from BritBall.Net has analysed one position that each of the 20 Premier League clubs needs to strengthen in the coming weeks.
The move of 28-year-old Ecuadorian left-back Pervis Estupiñán from Milan to Birmingham's Aston Villa has unexpectedly been put on hold.
Aston Villa intend to make an official £30m transfer offer for 19-year-old Barcelona midfielder Marc Bernal.
English winger Jack Grealish of Manchester City may change clubs in the current transfer window. The 30-year-old spent last season on loan at Everton, but due to injury, he missed the latter part of the season. Now all parties are keen on a permanent transfer.
Turin's Juventus have officially withdrawn from negotiations for the transfer of Emiliano Martínez. This is reported by Diario AS.
