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LIVE!!! European Transfer Window by nasrijay: 6:14pm On Jul 19, 2017 |
TOP STORY: Morata heading for
Chelsea?
Chelsea are close to signing Alvaro Morata, Sky
Sport Italia's Gianluca Di Marzio reports, and the
striker's sale could allow Real Madrid to up their
pursuit of Kylian Mbappe.
Having got Antonio Conte tied to a new contract,
the Premier League champions have apparently
wasted no time in resolving their search for a
new lead striker to replace Diego Costa, ending
speculation that they could move for Andrea
Belotti, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexis
Sanchez or even Sergio Aguero.
It remains to be seen how much Madrid stand to
receive for Morata with Manchester United
reportedly put off by his €70 million price tag,
but the sum is supposedly already spoken for
with Los Blancos known admirers of Monaco's
teenage striker Mbappe.
LIVE BLOG:
17.57 BST: Arsenal have accepted a £10m bid
from Leicester City for midfielder Mohamed
Elneny , reports the Sun, but the Egypt
international has rejected his chance to join the
Foxes as he's settled into life in London --
despite finding first-team opportunities limited
with the Gunners.
17.41 BST: We have an update on Alvaro
Morata's proposed move to Chelsea, with the
Telegraph reporting that sources in Spain say
that the deal is "done". The West London club
are expected to stump up £70m for the 24-year-
old Real Madrid forward, who they will now begin
negotiations over personal terms with.
17.26 BST: West Ham are confident of signing
Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier Hernandez ,
sources close to the Premier League club have
told ESPN FC. Hernandez is entering the final
year of his contract at Leverkusen and has a
£13 million release clause which West Ham are
ready to activate. Full story .
17.15 BST: DONE DEAL Aston Villa have signed
Ahmed Elmohamady from Hull City...
16.58 BST: Pep Gurdiola has confirmed
Manchester City's interest in Real Madrid right-
back Danilo at a news conference...
16.44 BST: Sources in France have told ESPN
FC that Toulouse have made an offer to take
Bournemouth winger Max Gradel on loan.
16.31 BST: Sky Sports now reporting that the
fee Manchester City will pay Real Madrid for
right-back Danilo is in excess of £30 million...
16.16 BST: Former Barcelona president Joan
Gaspart believes Paris Saint-Germain are trying
to unsettle Neymar as revenge for the Catalan
club's continued interest in Marco
Verratti . "Neymar won't leave Barca," he said.
"What's happening is that PSG are retaliating
because they're annoyed by a move to sign their
player [Verratti]." Full story.
15.55 BST: Talking of Wojciech Szczesny , the
goalkeeper has had this to say to Arsenal fans
following his move from Juventus...
15.40 BST: Have Arsenal made the right choice
letting Wojciech Szczesny leave?
Opta says he kept the most clean sheets among
the goalkeepers in the Serie A 2016/17 -- that's
more than Gianluigi Buffon and Gianluigi
Donnarumma.
15.23 BST: Former Arsenal player Paul Merson
doesn't think Jack Wilshere will play for the club
again.
"It's a definite that he [Wilshere] will leave," he
told talkSPORT. "I don't think he was in
Wenger's plans. If you send someone on loan,
you send them on loan for three months.
"He [Wenger] is saying he's world class because
he wants another £5m or so for him. But Arsenal
haven't got anybody like Jack Wilshere in their
team, not one player."
15.07 BST: DONE DEAL Newcastle have signed
Jacob Murphy from Norwich for an undisclosed
fee.
The 22-year-old winger told the club's official
website: "It was a childhood dream of mine to
represent Newcastle and the opportunity is now
here. I can't wait to get started."
14.55 BST: Moussa Sissoko is one of four
notable omissions from Tottenham Hotspur's
squad for the International Champions Cup
matches in the United States, amid speculation
he could leave the club.
Danny Rose (knee), Erik Lamela (hip) and Son
Heung-Min (arm) also remain at home while they
continue rehabilitation from surgery. Full story.
14.37 BST: Leicester City have shown Nampalys
Mendy "a great lack of respect" by trying to sell
him, according to the midfielder's advisor. "It's a
great lack of respect towards the player and the
man," Yacine Ayad said. "Leicester want a
transfer, but right now, that's not going to
happen." Full story.
14.24 BST: DONE DEAL Juventus have
announced that they have completed the signing
of goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny from Arsenal
following his successful medical on Tuesday...
Full story.
14.05 BST: Italian World Cup winner Cristian
Zaccardo says he has received over a thousand
offers after he sought a new job on
LinkedIn. "They came from Greece, Portugal, the
Spanish second division, from Brazil, Argentina
and all the way to Australia," he said. Full story.
13.45 BST: Manchester United have been heavily
linked with a move for Tottenham's Eric Dier this
summer, but former Chelsea defender Jason
Cundy believes Victor Wanyama could be a
better signing for the Red Devils. "If Man United
are after anyone, why don't they go for
Wanyama?" he said. "He is a Jose Mourinho-type
player." Full story.
13.26 BST: Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-
Joachim Watzke has accused AC Milan of
lacking "respect" toward the Bundesliga club in
their pursuit of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang . "It
can't be that sporting directors of other clubs
say in public that they would also like to sign
him, like it happened with AC Milan," he said.
"That's no sign of respect." Full story.
13.06 BST: Sky Sport Italia is reporting that
Manchester City have sealed the transfer of
Danilo from Real Madrid...
12.55 BST: Liverpool are closing in on a deal to
sign Andrew Robertson from Hull City, a source
has told ESPN FC. Robertson is set to become
Liverpool's third signing of the summer in a
transfer that could reportedly be worth up to £10
million. Full story.
12.37 BST: Leicester have been accused of
showing "a great lack of respect" by Nampalys
Mendy 's agent over trying to sell his client rather
than loan him out. St Etienne, Nice and Bordeaux
have all been linked with a move for the Foxes
midfielder.
12.22 BST: Carl Jenkinson is in demand.
Sources have told ESPN FC that the Arsenal
defender is a target for Newcastle, Brighton,
Burnley and Swansea.
Arsenal are now waiting to see which club
makes the best offer for Jenkinson before
agreeing to let him leave after six years in North
London. Full story.
12.07 BST: Paris Saint-Germain have yet to
agree a deal to sign Barcelona star Neymar but
have been made aware that a deal is possible
and are ready to step up talks, a source close to
the French side has told ESPN FC.
Another source close to PSG, meanwhile, said
Henrique, who leads the club's transfer talks, is
no longer with the squad in the United States
after being called back to Paris on urgent
business. Full story.
11.55 BST: Atletico Madrid president Enrique
Cerezo says Diego Costa remains a Chelsea
player "at the moment," amid uncertainty about
the future of the Spain international just weeks
ahead of the new season.
While both Chelsea and Atletico are hard at work
in preseason, Costa is currently on holiday at
home in Lagarto, Brazil, from where he published
an Instagram video last weekend showing him
partying while wearing a Rojiblanco shirt. Full
story.
11.40 BST: Middlesbrough have bid 3.5m for
West Ham keeper Darren Randolph , sources
close to the London club have told ESPN FC.
11.24 BST: Sunderland goalkeeper Vito Mannone
is set to join Championship rivals Reading for
£2m.
Sunderland manager Simon Grayson said: "We've
agreed a fee with Reading," Grayson said. "The
player is going into the last year of his contract
and when a suitable offers comes in you have to
consider it.
"We've made it clear to Vito it was up to him
what he wanted to do, he felt for his long-term
security it was probably best to go. I know he's
discussing personal terms and potentially having
a medical."
11.10 BST: Leeds have signed defender Matthew
Pennington on a season-long loan deal from
Everton, Press Association Sport reports.
Centre-half Pennington, 22, has joined up with
Leeds' squad in Austria and is expected to be
confirmed as head coach Thomas Christiansen's
ninth summer signing later on Wednesday.
10.57 BST: Red Bull co-owner Dietrich
Mateschitz has confirmed RB Leipzig recently
rejected a €75 million bid for Liverpool target
Naby Keita.
"We won't sell players who are still under
contract just to earn a lot of money," Mateschitz
said. "Let me give you an example: Only
recently, we received a €75 million bid for Naby
Keita. No way!" Full story.
10.40 BST: Staying with Bayern, Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge has said they are not interested in
selling Thomas Muller , amid speculation that a
Juventus as well as Chelsea, Arsenal and
Liverpool want to sign the Germany
international.
"Both the club and Thomas agree on the
assessment of last season -- it wasn't a good
one," Bayern CEO Rummenigge said. "[But]
Thomas is still not for sale because he's a
perfect fit for Bayern. This is not a matter of
discussion." Full story.
10.22 BST: Bayern Munich striker Robert
Lewandowski has had his say on reports that
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will remain at
Borussia Dortmund.
"It's great that he is staying. The Bundesliga
needs good players," former Dortmund man
Lewandowski said at a news conference in
Shanghai.
"If there are good players in other teams that
can make the Bundesliga more interesting over
the whole season. And when you are fighting for
the Bundesliga title until the end then you know
that our form will also be really high in the DFB
Pokal and Champions League too."
Aubameyang beat Lewandowski to finish as the
Bundesliga's top scorer last season.
10.08 BST: In Italy, Gazzetta dello Sport leads
with news of Juventus pulling out of a move to
sign Patrik Schick from Sampdoria, and shock
links between Inter Milan and Fiorentina
midfielder Matias Vecino.
09.51 BST: L'Equipe reports that Valencia are
keen to bring Grzegorz Krychowiak back to La
Liga from Paris Saint-Germain.
The former Sevilla midfielder has been left out of
PSG's squad for their preseason tour, making it
clear he is welcome to leave the club. It is also
claimed that if he doesn't return to Spain, the
Poland international could move to the Premier
League.
09.29 BST: AC Milan defender Mattia De Sciglio
has arrived at Juventus for a medical before a
reported €12m transfer.
The 24-year-old will replace Dani Alves as Juve's
right full-back, reuniting himself with
Massimiliano Allegri, who handed him his Milan
debut in 2012.
09.12 BST: DONE DEAL Hull goalkeeper Eldin
Jakupovic has joined Leicester on a three-year
contract.
"I'm very happy and excited that the deal is
finally done. I'm very excited to be a part of
something special here and I can't wait for the
first game," Jakupovic told the club's official
website.
"I knew from the beginning that it will be difficult
for myself because Kasper [Schmeichel] is one
of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League.
"I'm going to fight and I'm here to push. A
healthy competition is always good and that's
only a positive thing. For sure, I'll wait for my
chance but I am here and I'm very excited." Full
story.
08.57 BST: Unsurprisingly Neymar is making the
front pages in Spain and Mundo Deportivo leads
with a story that he is happy in Barcelona.
Marca has a story suggesting "five arguments
PSG can use to seduce Neymar,"while Sport
leads with an exclusive story that Neymar met
his father and agent on a yacht in Formentera --
we wonder what they are talking about?
08.43 BST: More on the developing situation with
Neymar next. Barcelona vice president Jordi
Mestre has said he is "200 percent" convinced
that the forward will not move on amid reports
that he is unhappy enough to seek a move to
Paris Saint-Germain.
"I'm 200 percent sure that he is going to stay,"
Mestre said. "I've read information in the French
press that PSG themselves have categorically
denied it, a club with whom we are maintaining
absolutely normal relations. Nothing has changed
in that aspect." Full story.
08.18 BST: Kevin Stewart has left Liverpool's
squad in Hong Kong as he closes in on a move
to Hull City, sources have told ESPN FC.
Stewart, who signed a long-term contract with
Liverpool in November, will now travel to Hull to
discuss personal terms and undergo a medical at
the Championship side in a deal that could be
worth up to £8 million. Full story.
08.01 BST: Let's kick off Wednesday's Transfer
Talk with a story exclusive to ESPN FC. Sergio
Romero has told us he wants David De Gea to
stay at Manchester United this summer, even if
that means his path to the first team is blocked.
"Since I came to this team, I said I need to
compete with David because in that way we can
keep the competition level high," Romero told
ESPN FC. "I don't want him to leave. We are
friends. And if he stays here, it will help me to be
better." Full story. |
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