Overview
- Southampton announced on Friday that they have signed goalkeeper Daniel Peretz from Bayern Munich on a four-year contract running to at least 2030.
- Peretz impressed while on loan at St Mary’s since January, helping the club through a 21-match unbeaten run with eight clean sheets and arriving at Southampton after serving as Manuel Neuer’s understudy at Bayern.
- Relegated Burnley have added 19-year-old China U20 forward Jiaming Zhang to their Under-21 squad on a one-year deal following his participation in Bayern’s World Squad initiative and a productive spell with FK Voždovac’s under-19s.
- Sinclair Armstrong is reported to be leaving Bristol City to join Turkish Süper Lig side Göztepe after two seasons and posted a public farewell on Instagram.
- Scouting interest in young prospects remains active but unconfirmed, with Sheffield United midfielder Sydie Peck linked to West Ham, Nottingham Forest and Brentford and reports that Arsenal have opened talks over Leicester teenager Jeremy Monga.