Manchester United Secures £70m Deal for Brighton's Carlos Baleba, Liverpool Moves Curtis J

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Manchester United Secures £70m Deal for Brighton's Carlos Baleba, Liverpool Moves Curtis J
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  1. Friday 21 August 2026 20:41, UK Manchester United have agreed a £70m deal for Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba.

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  3. Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones has completed his move to Inter Milan in a £30million deal.

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    Sky Sports

    Friday 21 August 2026 19:30, UK Inter Milan have confirmed the signing of Curtis Jones in a £30m (€35m) deal from Liverpool.

    BBC Sport

    Published Inter Milan have signed Curtis Jones from Liverpool in a deal worth 35m euros (£30m).

    The Guardian Sport

    Curtis Jones has been given permission to undergo a medical in Italy after Liverpool agreed a £30m deal with Inter for the midfielder. The Italian champions made a breakthrough in their long-running pursuit of the 25-year-old when offering €30m plus €5m in bonuses on Wednesday.

  4. Jones made 228 appearances for Liverpool, having been given his debut by Jurgen Klopp in 2019.

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    After making his Liverpool first-team debut in the 2018/19 season, Jones appeared 228 times for the club, scoring 22 goals.

  5. Friday 21 August 2026 18:33, UK Brighton have rejected a £60m bid from Liverpool for winger Yankuba Minteh.

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    Liverpool have had a £50m bid for Yankuba Minteh rejected by Brighton. The club are looking to add two wide forwards to Andoni Iraola’s squad before the transfer deadline, with their pursuit of Paris Saint-Germain’s Bradley Barcola continuing.

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  1. 01 Sky Sports

    Carlos Baleba will become Man Utd's third midfield signing of the summer following Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans; United open their Premier League campaign with an away game against Hull City on Saturday lunchtime

  2. 02 Yahoo Sports

    Jones, 25, leaves Anfield after a 17-year association with the club. He had one year remaining on his contract but was unhappy with the lack of playing time, especially last season, and made it known to new head coach Andoni Iraola as soon as he arrived that he wanted out.

  3. 03 BBC Sport

    Liverpool have negotiated a 10% sell-on clause as part of the deal. In June, Liverpool rejected a verbal offer of 25m euros (£21.7m) from the Serie A champions, with the Premier League side valuing their academy graduate, who had one year left on his contract, at about £35m.

  4. 04 The Guardian Sport

    Liverpool’s shortlist of targets also includes Minteh but Brighton, who have lost Danny Welbeck to Chelsea and have Kaoru Mitoma out injured, have rebuffed the approach for the 22-year-old winger.

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