Rugby transfer rumours and news: Ins and outs at Leicester Tigers, Exeter Chiefs sign pair

The kick-off of the Gallagher Premiership season is now less than a month away and directors of rugby around the league are moving quickly to put the final touches on their squads.

Here is a look at all the latest transfer rumours and confirmed moves from around the league.

Gloucester Rugby are set for a second big contract boost ahead of the new season according to the latest reports.

England international hooker Jack Singleton is on the verge of signing a new extended deal at Kingsholm according to the The Rugby Paper.

Singleton, 26, initially joined the Cherry and Whites for the 2020-21 campaign on-loan from Saracens during their season in the Championship following relegation due to their points deduction for breaking salary cap rules, however the frontrower also played a key part in the restarted 2019-20 campaign under then new head coach George Skivington.

In December of 2020 Gloucester announced Singleton’s move to the club would become permanent and he has gone from strength to strength under Skivington’s guidance since, at the heart of the Cherry and White’s fearsome set piece mauling game.

The Rugby Paper report the club are close to reaching an agreement with Singleton and want to get the deal over the line before the start of the new season in less than a month’s time.

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Sale Sharks look set to loose another marquee star to the Japanese league according to the latest reports.

Star England centre Manu Tuilagi is in discussion about leaving Sale for a team in the Japanese League One following the 2023 Rugby World Cup reports The Rugby Paper.

Injury prone Tuilagi, 31, has turned down a number of lucrative offers in the past to stay in the Gallagher Premiership and keep his England career