Hull FC centre Davy Litten will join fellow Super League club Wakefield Trinity at the end of the 2026 season.

The 23-year-old has agreed a four-year contract with Wakefield, who are currently third in the Super League table.

In their statement, external confirming Litten’s exit, Hull said they had accepted a “significant six-figure transfer fee from the West Yorkshire side following a transfer request from the player”.

Wakefield said the transfer fee was “substantial” but the figure is undisclosed.

Litten told Wakefield’s club website:, external “I’m grateful to be signing for such a great club, the opportunity is something which really excites me and I can’t wait to get started in 2027.

“As a player you can see where the club is going on and off the field and it really impresses me. I can’t wait for the next four years.”

Manchester City on the verge of signing Ayyoub Bouaddi, Serie A interest in Arsenal duo Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli, Real Madrid want Martin Zubimendi and Harry Kane target for Barcelona and Tottenham.

Manchester City are closing in on signing Ayyoub Bouaddi, 18, from Lille, who value the Morocco midfielder at 100m euros (£85m). (Guardian), external

Real Madrid are interested in signing World Cup-winning Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi, 25, from Premier League champions Arsenal. (Football.London, external)

Arsenal and Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus, 29, is open to a move to Napoli this summer. (La Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external

Italian side AS Roma have held initial talks with Gabriel Martinelli’s representatives as they explore a move for the 25-year-old Arsenal and Brazil winger. (Mirror, external)

Barcelona and Tottenham have both made recent enquiries to Bayern Munich about England forward Harry Kane, 33, over a summer transfer. (Teamtalk), external

Manchester City are aware of interest from Nottingham Forest in their Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, 28, who was signed from AC Milan last summer for £46m. (Sky Sports), external

Bradley Barcola, 23, has given the green light to Liverpool despite Arsenal making a late move for the Paris St-Germain and France forward, who is valued at about £130m. (Sun, external)

Inter Milan and Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni, 27, and Crystal Palace and England midfielder Adam Wharton, 22, remain of interest to Real Madrid, who are intent on making three more summer signings. (Fichajes – in Spanish), external

Marseille and Denmark midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, 31, has turned down the opportunity to join Newcastle. (Talksport), external

Manchester United are strongly considering a move for RB Leipzig and Germany defender David Raum, 28, after failing to sign England left-back Lewis Hall, 21, from Newcastle. (Teamtalk, external)

Northern Ireland Football League [NIFL] CEO Gerard Lawlor insists “there were no deals done with anybody” to ensure last week’s extraordinary general meeting [EGM] took place to prevent a delay to the start of the new season.

With local football’s pyramid undergoing some changes for the new campaign, the Premier Intermediate League [PIL] – formerly NIFL’s third tier – is replaced by a new Conference League which is organised by the Northern Amateur Football Division [NAFL].

Banbridge Town – one of 10 clubs moved to the Conference League from the PIL – had a challenge to Irish FA’s appeals committee regarding the move upheld, claiming NIFL had not followed its own regulations by not previously securing approval from member clubs at an annual general meeting [AGM] or EGM to bring its annual regulations into operation.

This ensured an EGM was required which 90% of NIFL’s 47 members had to consent to in order to pass three proposals to be approved to ensure no delay to the new season and while there were early fears this target would not be met, the threshold was met and all motions were passed.

“We lost an appeal. I don’t think it’s the first we’ve lost and unfortunately it won’t be the last, but the timing couldn’t have come at a worse time,” Lawlor told BBC Radio Ulster’s Sportsound prior to Saturday’s afternoon kick-offs.

“I apologise and hold my hands up, but we turned the situation around and there were no deals done with anybody.

“At one stage, the optimism of a new season was at risk and that was the down side.

“Other people were being opportunistic to try and get something out of a bad situation, but I had to concentrate on the good of football.”

Despite the outside fears the new Irish League season would be delayed, Lawlor “was always confident we would be playing football this afternoon [Saturday]” but accepts there are lessons to be learned from the situation.

“The NIFL board will sit down and look at an independent review into what took place and what went wrong,” he continued.

“That will be honest, robust, will involve our members and we will do everything humanly possible to make sure there is no repeat in the future.”