13/08/2017
Transfer news
Manchester United have rejected
a bid from Tottenham for 21-
year-old France forward Anthony
Martial. (RMC Sport via
Independent)
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will
target Napoli and Italy forward
Lorenzo Insigne, 26, if playmaker
Philippe Coutinho, 25, forces
through a move to Barcelona.
(Sunday People)
Barcelona will return with an offer
in excess of £100m for Brazil
international Coutinho. (Sunday
Express)
Chelsea will make a second bid of
around £25m for Leicester
midfielder Danny Drinkwater, 27,
this week after having a £15m
offer turned down by the Foxes
earlier this summer. (Sunday
Telegraph)
Real Madrid have admitted defeat
in their bid to sign Manchester
United goalkeeper David de Gea
this season. (Sunday Express)
Barcelona have signed Brazil and
former Tottenham midfielder
Paulinho, 29, for 40m euros
(£36.6m) from Chinese side
Guangzhou Evergrande. (Mail on
Sunday)
Paris St-Germain could spend
more than 60m euros (£54.9m)
on Monaco defender Fabinho, 23,
on top of any deal for the Brazil
international's team-mate Kylian
Mbappe, 18. (ESPN)
PSG have secured the signing of
Kylian Mbappe for a fee that will
exceed the £200m they spent on
Neymar. They will pay an initial
fee of £173m plus add ons.
(Sunday Times- subscription
required)
Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil,
28, does not want to stay at
Arsenal and is pushing for a
move to Barcelona. (Don Balon
via Daily Star Sunday)
Tottenham will go on a spending
spree before the transfer window
closes, starting with a firm offer
for 23-year-old Everton and
England midfielder Ross Barkley.
(Sunday Telegraph)
But Spurs boss Mauricio
Pochettino is questioning whether
Barkley is worth pursuing and is
more interested in a £50m double
move for Celta Vigo midfielder
Pape Cheikh Diop, 20, and Ajax
defender Davinson Sanchez, 21.
(Sun on Sunday)
Dutch side Ajax have already
rejected a 40m euro (£36.6m) bid
from Spurs and offered Colombia
international Sanchez a new
contract to convince him to stay.
(De Telegraaf - in Dutch)
Chelsea would be willing to sell
Belgium's attacking midfielder
Eden Hazard, 26, to Barcelona for
120m euros (£110m). (Diario Gol
via Daily Star Sunday)
Manchester United have re-
opened talks over a move for
Inter Milan and Croatia winger
Ivan Perisic, 28, and are close to
matching the Italian side's £48m
asking price. (Sunday Mirror)
Chelsea are worried striker Diego
Costa, 28, has put on too much
weight during his holiday in
Brazil, making the Spain
international more difficult to sell.
(Sunday Times - subscription
required)
Costa faces a Chelsea fine after
failing to report back for the new
season two weeks ago. (Daily
Star Sunday)
Liverpool have told Emre Can, 23,
he is going nowhere despite
Juventus lining up a £23m offer
as the Germany midfielder enters
the final year of his contract.
(Sunday Mirror)
Gylfi Sigurdsson, 27, will finally
compete a transfer to Everton this
week, which will see Swansea
move for West Brom midfielder
Nacer Chadli, 28, and trigger
Tottenham to sign Ross Barkley,
23, from the Toffees. (Sunday
People)
Everton boss Ronald Koeman will
not end his summer spending
with Sigurdsson and is keen on a
move for Fiorentina and Croatia
striker Nikola Kalinic, 29. (Sunday
Express)
But Kalinic, 29, prefers a move to
fellow Italian side AC Milan. (Sky
Sports)
France striker Antoine Griezmann,
26, could leave Atletico Madrid if
they sell Slovenia goalkeeper Jan
Oblak, 24, to Paris St-Germain.
(Don Balon via Sunday Express)
Spain attacking midfielder Marco
Asensio, 21, will use interest from
clubs including Arsenal as
leverage to secure a new deal at
Real Madrid. (Diario Gol - in
Spanish)
Arsenal have given up on signing
21-year-old midfielder Thomas
Lemar from Monaco, with
manager Arsene Wenger now
focused on selling fringe player
to cut the club's wage bill. (Mail
on Sunday)
Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez is
stepping up his pursuit of Arsenal
midfielder Jack Wilshere, 25, with
the England international
resigned to leaving the Gunners.
(Sun on Sunday)
