{
  "id": 450943,
  "title": "Dwight McNeil and Brennan Johnson close to completing swap deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/dwight-mcneil-and-brennan-johnson-close-to-completing-swap-deal",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-10T08:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dwight-mcneil-brennan-johnson-close-083500498.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Crystal Palace and Everton are on the verge of finalizing a swap deal that will see Brennan Johnson move from Selhurst Park to Everton and Dwight McNeil head in the opposite direction. According to Yahoo Sports, the agreement has been reached, and both players are scheduled to undergo medicals at their new clubs today. Johnson, a 25-year-old forward, will leave the club after a brief stint of 26 appearances in the second half of the 2025/26 season, while McNeil, a 26-year-old forward who joined from Burnley in 2022, will be departing after four seasons, having featured 128 times and contributed both goals and assists to the team.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport Football",
        "title": "Everton's McNeil & Palace's Johnson poised for swap",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/evertons-mcneil-palaces-johnson-poised-for-swap",
        "published": "2026-08-09T15:03:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Johnson signs for Everton in McNeil swap deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/johnson-signs-for-everton-in-mcneil-swap-deal",
        "published": "2026-08-11T10:18:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Johnson signs for Everton in McNeil swap deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/johnson-signs-for-everton-in-mcneil-swap-deal",
        "published": "2026-08-12T00:16:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}