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US stocks diverged on Thursday amid fresh doubts about President Trump's ability to end the war with Iran and a potential shake-up to the booming AI trade.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose over 1.7%, or more than 900 points. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) added 0.3%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) pared losses to around 0.2%.
Broadcom (AVGO) shares sank more than 14% after its AI chip forecast disappointed, raising questions about the strength of the broadly booming AI trade.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday evening, following the most serious escalation between the US and Iran since the April ceasefire took effect, the House of Representatives voted to end the war in a rebuke to Trump. Earlier in the day, stocks retreated from records, and oil rose as hopes for a quick Iran deal faded.
Elsewhere, ****** eX confirmed in a new filing that it plans to secure a record-breaking $75 billion in its IPO on June 12. Relaxed rules that could fast-track ****** eX's inclusion in index funds mean that 401(k) investors could wind up invested in the company without buying a single share.

We've hit June and the small-sample alarm is no longer sounding — we've played about 38% of the season. Fast starts have more meaning now; they could mean strong seasons. Many players we drafted late or added off the fantasy baseball waiver wire have earned solidified roles on our rosters.
Today's ***** ignment was to locate some surprising hitters and try to determine just how real their fast starts are. Settle in and let's see what we can figure out.
It's important to remember that Vargas was once a rated prospect. He was on everyone's clipboard in 2022 and made the Futures Game. His highest prospect rank came in 2023, when Baseball America listed him at No. 30. Player development is not always linear.
The White Sox are getting a lovely breakout from Vargas this year. His bat speed has improved, his hard-hit metrics are good, his plate-discipline stats are very good. Swinging at strikes and spitting on ***** is the quickest path to success in this game. He's also learned the craft of stealing bases, now 15-for-15 over the past two seasons. And heck, he hasn't even been lucky — his .242 average and .502 slugging lag behind his .262 expected average and .535 expected slugging. Vargas is set up to be one of the strongest right answers of 2026 fantasy baseball.
Marsh has been a plus-offensive player for most of his career, in his fifth straight season with a favorable OPS+. But the timing has been right for a career year at age 28, as he's hit new highs for all the slash categories (.335/.365/.482). We like seeing his strikeout rate moving down, but it's also telling that his walk rate has fallen significantly, too. A dip in walks isn't always a bad thing — sometimes it's a matter of not letting so many hittable strikes pass the zone.

Agilysys Inc. (NASDAQ:AGYS) is one of the 10 technology stocks offering more than 50% upside.
On May 18, Agilysys Inc. (NASDAQ:AGYS) reported its annual financial results for the fiscal year 2026. Total net sales exhibited a growth of almost 16%, reaching over $319 million relative to almost $276 million during 2025. What contributed to this success is the record recurring revenue of nearly $206 million and a more than 30% rise in overall subscription revenue. This also led to a record adjusted EBITDA of almost $68 million.
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Over the year, net income jumped to around $39 million, or $1.37 per diluted share, compared to $23 million, or $0.82 per diluted share during the previous year. The company posted free cash flows in excess of $68 million.
During 2026, the company also launched a couple of new, entirely AI-native software modules like revenue intelligence and CRS. Looking ahead, full-year fiscal 2027 revenue is expected to fall between $365 million and $370 million. This includes at least 30% subscription revenue growth and adjusted EBITDA margins of around 24%.

Itron Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI) is one of the 10 technology stocks offering more than 50% upside.
On May 26, Itron Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI) announced the expansion of its strategic collaboration with Hunter Water. The purpose of this partnership is to help accelerate the utility’s digital water transformation through its formalized Digital Metering Pilot Program. It uses advanced data tracking to reduce non-revenue water loss and radically improve water network management.
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At the same time, the program makes it possible for consumer-side consumption transparency to boost long-term conservation initiatives. Itron Intelis wSource NB-IoT ultrasonic water meters are specifically integrated as part of the utility’s deployment of a diversified ****** et mix as a core operational phase. Additionally, these deployed devices will be managed through Temetra, Itron’s cloud-based, multi-vendor, multi-commodity meter data management solution, which is already in use by the utility.
Apart from these recent developments, ****** yst ratings also indicate promising prospects for the stock. Back on April 29, Roth Capital ****** yst Chip Moore updated his view of Itron Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI) after the company reported its first quarter earnings and shared a lower second quarter forecast relative to market consensus. Moore maintained his Buy rating on the shares. He decreased the firm’s price target from $150 to $136, which still results in an upside potential of almost 65%.

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The Detroit Lions have added another receiver to their offseason roster.
On Wednesday, the team announced that it has signed wide receiver Kyre Duplessis, adding another young playmaker to compete for a spot during training camp.
The move comes shortly after the Lions learned that rookie fifth-round pick Kendrick Law will miss the 2026 season after suffering a torn ACL.
Duplessis enters the NFL after a productive career with the Delaware Blue Hens.
During the 2025 season, the 5-foot-11, 190-pound receiver hauled in 60 receptions for 824 yards and five touchdowns while averaging 13.7 yards per catch.

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Having come on strong in this year’s French Open, Diana Shnaider’s explosive left-handed forehand and double-handed backhand aren’t her only signatures.

The Russian-born player, who is recognizable for her colorful headscarves, is squaring off against Maja Chwalińska of Poland Thursday. Shnaider opted for a repeat look, wearing the same orange headscarf and black Yonex tennis dress that she wore Wednesday to defeat the WTA’s top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka. As for her French Open strategy, Shnaider told reporters earlier this week that she was “trying to go match by match.”

The Yonex-sponsored athlete was unmissable in an orange ribbed headscarf that accented the orange and turquoise trim on her black tennis dress with a leathery-looking pleated skirt. It also coordinates with the red clay courts at Roland-Garros.

Born in Zhigulevsk, Russia, Shnaider started playing tennis at the age of 4 and was training under coach Samvel Minasyan in Moscow by the age of 8. After a stint at North Carolina State University in 2022, she competed in her first Grand Slam tournament the following year at the Australian Open. Repped by Topnotch Management, the former Adidas-sponsored athlete has an endorsement deal with the sports media content company First & Red. Her career earnings to date are $5.17 million including $952,112 in prize earnings. This year women’s single winner at the French Open will take home 2,800,000 euros, or $3.25 million.

Her signature headscarf was something that she started wearing years ago to shield the sun. Shnaider’s parents were concerned that the fair-haired daughter would get sunburned on the courts, but caps and visors reportedly obstructed her view. So Shnaider opted for a headscarf that they bought in a supermarket. By 2023, Shnaider was outsourcing the design of her favorite accessory, by buying the material for a seamstress to design. However, for Wednesday’s upset victory, she appeared to wear a ribbed one with the Yonex logo on it. A Yonex representative deferred an interview request to Topnotch Management, which did not respond to requests for comment.
The American men’s singles player Frances Tiafoe copied the look last year by sporting a blue headscarf with white polka dots at last year’s Cincinnati Open. He gave her credit for the choice via Instagram inspiration on Instagram with “New look?? Appreciate u _di_shnaider_ .”
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Quantinuum (QNT) stock is expected to start trading on Thursday after the Honeywell International-controlled (HON) company launches its initial public offering. The number of quantum computing stocks continues to increase, although the companies are still unprofitable as they aim to commercialize the technology.
Broomfield, Colo.-based Quantinuum raised $1.68 billion in an upsized IPO. The company priced 28 million shares at $60, up from initial plans to sell about price shares for $45 to $50. The IPO puts Quantinuum's valuation at $15.6 billion.
IonQ (IONQ) currently has the highest valuation among quantum computing stocks at around $25.5 billion, with D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) at $10.2 billion.
According to Quantinuum's S-1 filing, the company's net revenue rose nearly 35% in 2025 to $30.9 million. The company's net loss rose to $192.5 million, up from $144 million a year earlier.
In 2021, Honeywell merged its Quantum Solutions business with Cambridge Quantum, forming Quantinuum.

Tennessee baseball announced on June 4 that it has fired pitching coach Josh Reynolds.
“I want to thank Josh Reynolds for his hard work and dedication to the Tennessee baseball program during his two seasons in Knoxville, but I have decided it’s best for our program to move in a different direction from a pitching standpoint at this time," coach Josh Elander said in a school release.
Reynolds spent two seasons with the Vols, first as director of baseball operations and pitching performance in 2025 before being promoted for Elander's first season as head coach in 2026. He replaced Frank Anderson, who followed former coach Tony Vitello to the San Francisco Giants when Vitello was hired as their manager in October 2025.
Tennessee had a team ERA of 4.72 this season as it went 38-22.
Emmett Siegel covers Tennessee baseball for Knox News. Email: emmett.siegelknoxnews.com; X: EmmettSiegel_

Showing strong hedge fund and Wall Street support, Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) ranks among the best AI infrastructure stocks and carries an upside potential of 21.0% (street high). Wafer fab equipment demand is getting a significant rerating from Wall Street, and Lam Research is one of the clearest beneficiaries. Thus, ****** yst sentiment on Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) remains strong as of June 1, 2026, with a street-high price target of $385 and 29 of 36 ****** ysts maintaining bullish ratings.
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The most recent upgrade came on May 27, 2026, when Mizuho raised its price target on Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) to $380 from $330 and kept an “Outperform” rating.
The firm lifted its wafer fab equipment spending estimate for 2026 to $153 billion from $142 billion, and for 2027 to $190 billion from $163 billion. Mizuho argued that current earnings estimates for Lam Research, Applied Materials, and MKS remain underestimated, with the wafer fab equipment ****** e continuing to benefit from NAND node transitions, TSMC spending, and DRAM and high bandwidth memory pricing strength.
That followed a May 18, 2026, upgrade from Morgan Stanley, which moved Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) to “Overweight” from “Equal Weight” with a price target of $331, up from $293. The firm said its DRAM wafer fab equipment revisions have narrowed and that it has grown more constructive on NAND revisions from here, citing confidence in Lam’s 2027 share gains.

Crosshill Christian baseball player Miles Lute is the winner of the Maps Credit Union high school boys Athlete of the Week, as voted by Statesman Journal readers.
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A sophomore, Lute posted a hit, scored two runs, pitched five innings and struck out seven batters May 29 in the Eagles' 8-2 win over Country Christian in the Class 2A/1A state quarterfinals.
Lute received 57.55% of the reader poll votes. Dallas track and field athlete Bertram Latta was second (39.05%).
Here are the other nominees.

Cincinnati Bengals tight end Erick All Jr. aims to put his injuries behind him after missing 43 games dating back to his final season with the Michigan Wolverines in 2022 and his lone season with the Iowa Hawkeyes in 2023. He missed 11 games in 2022 with a significant back injury that required surgery. All then missed seven games in 2023 due to a torn right ACL. He tore the same ACL in his rookie season, missing eight games and the entire 2025 campaign.
All has since fully recovered and has been a full participant in voluntary organized team activities. He will compete for a roster spot, and if he can pick where he left off in both the blocking and receiving departments, he could earn a place on the 53-man roster.
During Tuesday’s press conference, Erick All Jr. was asked about his health after recently recovering from a pair of ACL injuries, as reported by Billy Riccette of Bengals Wire. He said he feels much better than when he first arrived in Cincinnati in 2024 and is now completely healthy. All also emphasized his physicality, saying he “is in heaven” when coaches have him hit.
“I love to hit. If they have me hit, I’m in heaven,” All said, via Riccette.
“If I’m being quite honest, I feel a lot better than I did when I first got here. Like, a lot better. Completely healthy, 2024 season to now, I feel like a completely different person.

Baseball is the Spitaleri family business and, right now, business is booming.
Led senior Sean Spitaleri, Glen Rock is back in the North 1, Group 2 sectional final June 5, taking on Ramsey. Spitaleri is a pitcher/first baseman with a 9-1 record on the hill, a team-high 15 doubles and 28 RBIs. He's the North Jersey Male Athlete of the Week, presented by HSS.
Spitaleri couldn’t escape baseball even if he wanted to – news flash, he doesn’t – his father, Steve, is the Panther's head coach and his brother Jack is a starting outfielder.
“I am not here without my teammates or my coaches,” Spitaleri said after getting home from the Panthers sectional semifinal win in Vernon on June 3. “My whole team deserves a lot of recognition. I’m super lucky to be surrounded by a bunch of great guys, our bench guys bring energy and effort and that fires me up to give 110 percent.”
Sean has heard the question his entire high school career: What’s it like to have your dad as a coach? The answer is he loves it. Steve was a standout at Dominican University and runs a private baseball academy. Sean remembers being exposed to baseball growing up but not overly pushed in that direction.

Although FC Nantes will be playing in Ligue 2 next season after finishing 17th in the table, Anthony Lopes (35) will remain in Ligue 1 for a few more months.
With his contract with Les Canaris due to expire next June, the Portuguese goalkeeper is set to sign a two-year deal with SCO Angers, according to L’Équipe. An option for a further year has also been included in the deal.
Having enjoyed a satisfying season on a personal level, Lopes will bring all his experience (he has played 427 matches in the French league, the majority for Olympique Lyonnais) to an Angers side now bereft of Hervé Koffi (29), whose loan from RC Lens came to an end at the close of the season.
A starter in all 31 matches he played for Nantes this season (17 of them as captain), Lopes kept six clean sheets and conceded a total of 51 goals.
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The Detroit Lions have seen their franchise completely turn around under head coach Dan Campbell. After making the playoffs just three times between the year 2000 and 2022, Detroit not only went to the post-season in back to back seasons in 2023 and 2024, but advanced to the NFC Conference Championship in 2023.
While 2025 was a down year (finished 9-8 and missed the playoffs) the team is looking forward to once again proving that they are a true championship caliber team in 2026. Unfortunately, one of their young wide receivers will miss the entire year.
Here are the details.
During practice this week, Detroit’s rookie receiver Kendrick Law tore his ACL. He will be unable to play in the upcoming season. On Tuesday June 2, Lions coach Dan Campbell reported that Law suffered the injury while participating in a non-contact drill.
“Hate it for him,” Campbell said. “The kid was doing a good job. But that’s – it’s part of it. It’s a harsh reality. He’ll get it out of the way early, have his whole career in front of him.”

The 2025 Kentucky Wildcats football team struggled to create explosive plays on offense, especially at wide receiver. However, Kendrick Law was an exception. He showed off his speed and athleticism multiple times, an it got him drafted by the Detroit Lions in this year's NFL draft.
Unfortunately, Law's NFL debut is going to have to wait. On Thursday, Lions head coach Dan Campbell told reporters that Law tore his ACL at practice. That will almost certainly end his rookie season before it had a chance to begin.
Law began his college career with the Alabama Crimson Tide as a top 100 recruit. He spent three seasons there, but wasn't able to break out, and transferred to Kentucky prior to his senior season. In his lone season in Lexington, he finally showed what he could do, recording 53 receptions, 540 yards, and 3 touchdowns.
The Lions selected Law with the 168th overall pick, a fifth rounder, to play alongside Jameson Williams and Amon-Ra St. Brown. It was a good landing spot with room for him to earn some playing time. Now, he'll have to wait until 2027.
It's an unfortunate injury for any player, especially a rookie picked in the later rounds. We wish Law the best in his recovery, and hope to see him on the field in the future.

Former Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier has found a landing spot in the NFL.
Grier, who was fired on Oct. 30, is joining the Detroit Lions as a personnel executive, according to ESPN. He will be working under Lions GM Brad Holmes, who has made diversity a priority while creating a pipeline for future Black GMs.
Grier had been the Dolphins’ GM since 2016. He spent 25 seasons in the Dolphins’ organization, rising through the ranks after starting as a scout. But his tenure was shaky after the team failed to win a playoff game during his time heading the front office and many of the team's draft picks and free agents were busts. After the 2026 season, the Dolphins had 16 players on their roster who were drafted by Miami.
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Grier was very complimentary about Holmes during an interview with ESPN last year.

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The New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs last met in the NBA Finals back in 1999 — the Spurs won the championship back then, but this year, the two teams meet again in the finals with powerhouses like the Spurs' 21-year-old superstar Victor Wembanyama and the Eastern Conference MVP Jalen Brunson leading the Knicks. The Knicks overcame a 14-point deficit to win Game 1 105-95. They'll return to the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio for Game 2 on Friday, June 5. The game begins at 8:30 p.m. ET and you can tune in to that game, and every other game of the series, on ABC.
Take a look at the odds for this year's tournament, and then read on to find out what you need to know so you won't miss a single game of the 2026 NBA finals.
Date: June 5, 2026
Time: 8:30 p.m. ET

Manchester United appear to have hit a stumbling block in their pursuit of Leicester City speedster Jeremy Monga. The Red Devils’ form in the final third of the pitch improved drastically in the 2025/26 campaign following an investment of over £200 million in the frontline last summer.
United scored 69 goals in 38 Premier League games, just two fewer than champions ******* nal. While Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko have all enjoyed impressive debut campaigns, the English giants remain on the hunt for further attacking reinforcements this year.
The idea is to add more width to the frontline, as neither Cunha nor Mbeumo are natural wingers. The duo have a tendency to drift inside, and the Red Devils are looking for a speedy winger who can stretch the opposition and add another dimension to their attack.
RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande and Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye have been named as options, but INEOS also remain alert to rising stars from across the country. A previous report relayed by The Peoples Person suggests that Monga is on United’s wish list this year.
Monga rose through the ranks at the King Power Stadium and broke into the senior side in April 2025. He subsequently became the second-youngest player to feature in the Premier League, behind ******* nal’s Ethan Nwaneri.

The Cleveland Browns are in the middle of the 2026 offseason, signing new players and shipping off the face of the franchise: Myles Garrett. And in the shadow of this year’s biggest blockbuster trade, the United Football League (UFL) playoffs are set to begin.
There are numerous former Browns players and coaches who are taking their shot at the UFL crown.
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The UFL is allowing these athletes and coaches to keep their dream alive of once again playing in the NFL.
This weekend, the UFL playoffs are in full swing with two games slated on Sunday, June 7. The first contest pits the #1 Orlando Storm against the defending league champions, the #4 seed DC Defenders, with kickoff at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern). The game will be nationally televised on ABC. At 6:00 p.m., the #2 seed St. Louis Battlehawks are set to host the #3 Louisville Kings, with the game broadcast by FOX.

After it was clear FC St. Pauli and Alexander Blessin would part ways, the Hanseatic club are looking for an instant successor as coach.
Now, according to Sky Germany's sources, the recently relegated Bundesliga side are said to be interested in Marcel Rapp.
The 47-year-old led Holstein Kiel to the Bundesliga in 2024 and was initially allowed to stay even after their immediate relegation.
However, when demotion back to the 3. Liga loomed in the 2025-26 campaign, Kiel wasted no time in giving Rapp the chop.
According to Sky, an agreement between Rapp – who was recently linked with Arminia Bielefeld – and FC St. Pauli is still pending.

George Russell says this year's world championship is Kimi Antonelli's "to lose" after the Briton's retirement from the last race in Canada.
Russell heads into this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix with a 43-point deficit to his Mercedes team-mate after the Briton's engine failed while leading in Montreal.
Italian Antonelli, 19, has won four races in a row, while Russell's only grand prix victory this year was in the season-opening race in Australia.
Monaco is the sixth round of what is now a 22-race season.
"If I look at it from my competitor's position, you're kind of in a position now that you've got such a buffer, it feels like you can only keep it or you can only lose it," Russell said.

GREEN BAY – Less than a year ago, while still rehabbing from his torn ACL late in the 2024 season, Christian Watson got a little patience from the Green Bay Packers with a one-year extension.
It provided a runway for Watson to return without the pressure of a contract expiration hanging over him. More time to prove he was back to full speed.
Turns out, he didn’t need it.
Watson reached an agreement on a second extension June 4, a four-year, $110.5 million deal that will retain the Packers’ top receiver long term, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal includes a $31 million signing bonus and dwarfs the one-year extension worth up to $13.25 million he signed last September.
The new extension makes Watson the NFL’s 15th-highest-paid receiver at $27.625 million annually. Watson might have scaled higher on the market with a healthy season this fall, but much like Jayden Reed did earlier this offseason, opted for more security up front.

Just days after acquiring Myles Garrett from the Cleveland Browns, the Los Angeles Rams are giving their new superstar a raise. According to Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk, Garrett and the Rams have agreed to a reworked contract.
Florio doesn’t have the full details of Garrett’s new contract, but it’s a five-year deal and there are options available through 2038. Previously, Garrett was signed through 2030.
The Rams are giving Garrett a $35.7 million signing bonus and his salary will be at least $1.3 million, which means his total pay for 2026 will be at least $37 million. Previously, he was set to make $31.5 million, so that’s a raise of at least $5.5 million.
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What Christian Watson’s extension really says about Jordan Love and the Packers originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Green Bay Packers are locking up wide receiver Christian Watson for the long haul on a mega multi-year extension.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Watson is signing a four-year deal worth $110.5 million to remain in Green Bay. The contract also includes a $31 million signing bonus.
Watson was set to hit free agency next offseason, and though the young receiver has shown promise through four seasons, he has been unable to stay healthy and post consistent production when on the field.
2026 has been considered a make-or-break year for Watson, but the Packers have decided to sign him to a long-term extension before training camp kicks off, which tells us a lot about quarterback Jordan Love and Green Bay's offense.

OTTAWA, ON - JULY 15: Ottawa Redblacks wide receiver Justin Hardy (2) runs with the ball during Canadian Football League action between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Ottawa Redblacks on July 15, 2023, at TD Place at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON, Canada. (Photo by Richard A. Whittaker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The Canadian Football League has been providing die-hard pigskin enthusiasts with an early fix for their football yearnings each summer for decades.
Accordingly, the “three-down league” will kick off its 68th season on Thursday night with a Montreal Alouettes-Hamilton Tiger-Cats clash at Hamilton Stadium.
Week 1 consists of a three-game slate since the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts and B.C. Lions will open the season on a bye, and we’re honing in on a player prop bet apiece for each of the season-opening contests.
Theis put together an impressive rookie season in 2025 following a successful four-year run at South Dakota, rushing for 365 yards at 5.2 yards per carry and adding 162 receiving yards on 19 catches.

Manchester City are drawing up contingency plans in their search for a marquee midfielder, identifying Newcastle United’s Sandro Tonali as a primary alternative should a deal for Nottingham Forest star Elliot Anderson collapse. Following Bernardo Silva’s departure from the Etihad Stadium, City’s hierarchy—led by director of football Hugo Viana—are prioritising a high-energy midfield reinforcement. England international Anderson remains the top target, but securing his signature is proving complex and costly. Nottingham Forest have already rejected City’s opening formal proposal, holding out for a potentially record-breaking fee for the 23-year-old. While City prepare to go back with a second bid, the Cityzens are wary of being priced out and have placed Tonali high on their backup shortlist. Tonali, who has been closely monitored by several elite clubs including ****** nal and Manchester United, could leave St James’ Park this summer. While Anthony Gordon’s high-profile move to Barcelona has eased some financial restrictions, Newcastle’s lack of European football means a significant midfield departure remains highly likely.
Renowned for his work rate, ball-winning ability and progression from deep, the ‘brilliant’ Tonali could slot into a midfield pivot alongside Rodri or fill a more advanced central role. However, moving for Tonali would not be without obstacles. Newcastle are reportedly holding out for a fee between £80m and £100m. For City, the path forward is clear: they will push hard to close the gap with Nottingham Forest on Anderson’s valuation, but if negotiations stall, Etihad chiefs are ready to redirect their financial power toward tempting Tonali to Manchester instead.