[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-salah-trabzonspor-bayern-sesko-maresca-neto-transfer-roundup":82,"category-counts-nav":98,"related-salah-trabzonspor-bayern-sesko-maresca-neto-transfer-roundup":108},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. 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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":96,"_path":97},"Salah to Trabzonspor, Bayern Eyes Sesko, Maresca Wants Neto","salah-trabzonspor-bayern-sesko-maresca-neto-transfer-roundup","football","Football: Transfers","Marcus Wright","Sunday's transfer gossip links Salah to Trabzonspor, Bayern to Sesko, and Maresca to a Pedro Neto reunion.","2026-08-01 20:46:30","4 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002F5ed4\u002Flive\u002F02c38030-8de5-11f1-b2ab-0dd01740f9f6.png",[37,93,94,95],"Transfers","Bundesliga","Süper Lig","## Salah and the Trabzonspor Link\n\nMohamed Salah is edging towards a move to Turkish side **Trabzonspor**, according to Sunday's gossip. The suggestion carries genuine weight given the Egyptian's contract situation at Liverpool and the spending power of clubs in the Süper Lig.\n\nSalah entered his final contract year at Anfield this season. Extension talks stalled long enough for Saudi Pro League sides to circle last summer, and Turkey represents a different kind of pull for a player approaching his thirty-third birthday.\n\nTrabzonspor finished seventh in the **2024-25 Süper Lig**, a disappointing campaign for a club that lifted the title as recently as 2022. Landing Salah would represent a signing far beyond what the Black Sea club typically operates at, and it is worth treating the link with appropriate caution until concrete financial details surface.\n\nLiverpool's position remains the real variable. Arne Slot has built his attacking system around Salah's output, and losing him on a free would force a January replacement or an internal promotion that the squad is not obviously built for.\n\n> The club has been clear that it wants to keep its core players, but contracts run down when the will to extend meets the reality of age and wage demands.\n\nSalah's agent has historically used proximity to expiry as leverage. If Trabzonspor are genuinely willing to offer multi-year security at a level Liverpool will not match, the situation changes quickly.\n\n## Bayern Munich's Striker Search Turns to Sesko\n\nBayern Munich are reportedly keen on **Benjamin Sesko**, currently listed as a Manchester United striker in the gossip column. That detail alone warrants unpacking, because Sesko's registration and Bayern's striker needs do not map neatly onto one another.\n\nSesko plays for RB Leipzig. If United have entered the conversation, it suggests a chain of interest where Old Trafford holds or is pursuing the Slovenian's registration, and Bayern are monitoring that situation with intent to rival any bid.\n\nBayern's Harry Kane dependency has been a tactical and financial talking point since the Englishman arrived from Tottenham. Kane has delivered goals at his customary rate, but the Bavarian squad leans on him heavily enough that a premium backup or long-term successor remains a board-level priority.\n\nSesko offers a profile Bayern lack: a genuine number nine with physical presence and room to develop, comfortable running the channels rather than dropping deep. He turned twenty-one in May, and his release clause structure at Leipzig has previously been reported in the region of fifty to sixty-five million euros, figures that Bayern can absorb if they sell before they buy.\n\nUnited's involvement complicates any direct path. If Sesko is genuinely a target at Old Trafford, Bayern would be competing against a club with deeper pockets and a documented need for a striker who can lead the line.\n\n> Sesko has the physical tools to play in any of Europe's top five leagues, but the question has always been whether he can produce consistently against low blocks.\n\nThe Slovenian's Goals Per Ninety in the **2024-25 Bundesliga** season improved on the previous campaign, though his expected goals figures suggest conversion outpaced chance quality. That gap is sustainable only if the service improves at his next club.\n\n## Maresca and the Pedro Neto Reunion\n\nEnzo Maresca, now installed as **Manchester City** boss, reportedly wants to work with **Pedro Neto** again. Neto is currently a Chelsea winger, which means any move would be cross-town and politically charged.\n\nMaresca and Neto have a shared history from their time together in English football's development pathways, and the Italian's tactical system has always favored inverted wingers who can carry the ball inside and combine in the half-spaces. Neto fits that description better than most wide players available this summer.\n\nThe complication is obvious. Chelsea and City negotiating a player sale is not a routine piece of business. Both clubs are aligned on financial fair play pressures, and neither has an interest in strengthening a direct rival unless the fee is overwhelming.\n\nNeto's injury record at Chelsea has been the defining constraint on his market value. He missed extended stretches across multiple seasons at Wolves before his move to Stamford Bridge, and any City bid would reflect that risk in its structure rather than its headline number.\n\n> Maresca has spoken previously about wanting players who are comfortable receiving under pressure, and Neto's ability in tight areas is exactly what the Italian asks of his wide men.\n\nCity are also preparing for life after some of their senior wide options age out of their best years. Adding a player in his mid-twenteties with Premier League experience fits a signing profile that the club has favored under its current sporting director.","\u002Farticles\u002Fsalah-trabzonspor-bayern-sesko-maresca-neto-transfer-roundup",[99,100,101,102,85,103,104,105,106,107],"analysis","basketball","cricket","f1","general","golf","mma","long-reads","tennis",[109,123,134],{"id":110,"stem":110,"path":111,"title":112,"category":85,"badge":113,"badgeType":114,"author":115,"authorRole":116,"authorInitials":117,"date":118,"readTime":119,"image":120,"imageAlt":112,"tags":121,"excerpt":122},"paraguay-seismic-world-cup-shock-tears-of-joy","\u002Farticles\u002Fparaguay-seismic-world-cup-shock-tears-of-joy","Paraguay's Seismic World Cup Shock Shakes the Continent","Feature","category","James Chen","Senior Football Analyst","JC","2026-07-01 01:03:51","5 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002F2468\u002Flive\u002F546d36f0-742d-11f1-8546-8f19e4fe30f4.jpg","World Cup, CONMEBOL, International Football","Paraguay ignited euphoric celebrations after a historic World Cup shock that redefines their footballing trajectory.",{"id":124,"stem":124,"path":125,"title":126,"category":85,"badge":55,"badgeType":114,"author":87,"authorRole":127,"authorInitials":128,"date":129,"readTime":130,"image":131,"imageAlt":126,"tags":132,"excerpt":133},"england-ghana-konsa-penalty-controversy-world-cup","\u002Farticles\u002Fengland-ghana-konsa-penalty-controversy-world-cup","Did England Get Away With One? Konsa's Last-Ditch Challenge on Adu Sparks Penalty Debate","SportPulse Contributor","MW","2026-06-25 03:35:26","7 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002Ff134\u002Flive\u002Feffc7d30-6f4e-11f1-8546-8f19e4fe30f4.jpg","FIFA World Cup, World Cup 2026","Ezri Konsa's desperate lunge on Prince Adu has World Cup officiating under the microscope once again.",{"id":135,"stem":135,"path":136,"title":137,"category":85,"badge":113,"badgeType":114,"author":138,"authorRole":139,"authorInitials":140,"date":141,"readTime":119,"image":142,"imageAlt":137,"tags":143,"excerpt":144},"ronaldo-sixth-world-cup-portugal-start-or-bench","\u002Farticles\u002Fronaldo-sixth-world-cup-portugal-start-or-bench","Six World Cups In: Should Ronaldo Still Start For Portugal?","Sarah Martinez","Transfer Correspondent","SM","2026-07-06 11:46:08","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002F18a2\u002Flive\u002F5c5dfe00-7895-11f1-b200-7987f6593f8c.jpg","World Cup, Premier League, Champions League","At his sixth World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo chases the one trophy missing from his collection. But should Portugal still build around him?"]