Transfer News LIVE updates: Fekir to Man Utd, Chelsea eye trio, Liverpool, Arsenal gossip
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Transfer News LIVE updates: Starsport brings you the latest gossip, rumours and done deals as Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and the rest of the Premier League clubs attempt to strengthen their squads.
Manchester United continue to be linked with a move for Stoke goalkeeper Lee Grant, Liverpool fancy Xherdan Shaqiri, Chelsea want Juventus defender Daniele Rugani while Arsenal are closing on deals for Lucas Torreira and Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
Saturday, June 30
6.30pm: Arsenal are set to beat Manchester United to the signing of Sunderland starlet Sam Greenwood.
According to ESPN, the Gunners are in pole position to land the 16-year-old striker.
Arsenal are eager to strengthen their youth ranks and Greenwood is seen as a potential star in the making.
He has also been the subject of enquiries from United and Stuttgart.
Greenwood hit 21 goals in 26 games for Sunderland’s Under-16s and Under-18s last term.
5.45pm: Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has rejected a move to Napoli.
Cech faces an uncertain future at Arsenal following the signing of Bernd Leno from Bayer Leverkusen.
He said: “Napoli were interested in me, but my future is at Arsenal and I do not think about changing clubs.
“I still have a year of my contract with Arsenal, the only thing I want to think about is fighting for a starting position.”
5.25pm: Juventus are now leading to the race to sign Manchester United transfer target Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, according to reports in Italy.
According to Italian news outlet Tuttosport, super-agent Jorge Mendes is now ready to help the Old Lady land the midfielder.
Mendes is believed to have an excellent relationship with the Lazio star’s entourage and also helped broker the deal which took Joao Cancelo to Turin from Valencia earlier this summer.
5.05pm: Liverpool have been handed a boost amid suggestions that Manchester United are plotting to rival them for Nabil Fekir.
Despite claims that Jose Mourinho is plotting to hijack Liverpool’s deal, the Manchester Evening News insist that the links are likely to be nothing more than a rumour.
4.45pm: Arsenal face competition from two Premier League rivals for Real Madrid star Lucas Vazquez, according to MARCA.
Gunners head coach Unai Emery is reportedly ’in love’ with Vazquez’s direct running style on the wing.
Liverpool and Chelsea are also in the hunt, however.
Liverpool are reportedly eyeing Vazquez in addition to his Los Blancos team-mate Marco Asensio.
While Chelsea are said to be closely following any developments regarding the 26-year-old’s future.
3.15pm: Chelsea have set their sights on a trio of signings, according to the Daily Mail.
Stamford Bridge bosses are pushing on with a £22m swoop for Russia’s World Cup star Aleksandr Golovin.
They also fancy Borussia Dortmund winger Christian Pulisic and Juventus defender Daniele Rugani.
3pm: Xherdan Shaqiri is set to join Liverpool after the World Cup, according to The Independent.
Switzerland international Shaqiri plans to quit Stoke following their relegation from the Premier League.
He has a release clause worth around £13m and is wanted by Jurgen Klopp to provide competition for the likes of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.
2.45pm: Nabil Fekir has sensationally received an offer from Manchester United, according to Le Progres.
Fekir was heading to Liverpool before Anfield chiefs pulled the plug on the deal due to concerns over his medical.
2.30pm: Leeds are interested in taking another Chelsea player on loan ahead of his debut campaign in England, according to Sky Sports.
Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa reportedly wants goalkeeper Jamal Blackman after securing a deal for Lewis Baker.
Blackman, who is yet to make a senior appearance for Chelsea, spent last season on-loan at Championship rivals Sheffield United.
The 24-year-old keeper made 33 appearances across all competitions, conceding 35 goals and keeping 10 clean sheets.
He’s also spent time at Swedish outfit Ostersunds FK and Wycombe Wanderers.
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GETTY 12.40pm: Starsport understands Rangers are close to landing Angers holding midfielder Lassana Coulibaly.
The Ibrox side are nearing an agreement with Angers to sign the 22-year-old Mali international on a season-long loan.
The move is subject to a work permit being approved.
Gerrard hopes to wrap up a move before Rangers’ Europa League qualifying opener against FC Shkupi at Ibrox on July 12.
11am: Lucas Torreira’s move from Sampdoria to Arsenal is DONE, according to the Italian press.
Torreira has been linked with a switch to the Premier League club for several weeks.
He’s currently away with Uruguay at the World Cup but is expected to return from Russia and sign on the dotted line for the north London giants.
And Italian newspaper Il SecoloXIX, which is based in Genoa where Torreira plays his club football for Sampdoria, claim the deal taking him to Arsenal is ‘done’.
9.30am: Leeds United have completed the signing of Chelsea midfielder Lewis Baker, who will spend the 2018/19 campaign on loan at Elland Road.
The 23-year-old is the first summer arrival at the Championship club and the first signing under new manager Marcelo Bielsa.
A club statement read: “Leeds United are delighted to announce the signing of Lewis Baker from Premier League side Chelsea.
“The midfielder has joined Leeds on a season-long loan deal and becomes the club’s first arrival of the summer transfer window.”
8.35am: Paris St-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti is unlikely to join Manchester United this summer – because he’s too small!
Journalist Duncan Castles said on The Transfer Window Podcast: “I’d be surprised if Jose Mourinho was wiling to countenance a [Paul Pogba] swap-plus-cash deal.
“Verratti is not the tallest of midfielders, and Jose Mourinho has already signed an uncharacteristically small midfielder in Fred to knit the defence and attack.
“Fred will be a starter and I can not imagine a Mourinho midfield with two players of such diminutive stature.”
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7.30am: Stoke have set their sights on Everton defender Ashley Williams, according to The Guardian.
The Wales international only joined the Goodison Park outfit last summer but has had a nightmare season with the Toffees.
And new Stoke manager Gary Rowett has identified Williams as the key man to guiding the Potters back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.
5.00am: Marouane Fellaini has signed a new contract with Manchester United – and fans are NOT happy.
The Belgium international’s previous deal was due to expire at the end of June, but United have handed him fresh terms that tie him to the club until 2020.
And now many of these fans seems to have reacted angrily to the contract renewal.
“I’ll be ringing the ticket office later to cancel my season ticket, it’s an absolute disgrace he’s been allowed to stay,” wrote one angry Man Utd fan on Twitter.
Another added: “I’m gutted. Thought we’d move on to better things.”
A third Twitter user called for Jose Mourinho’s head after hearing the news, writing: “Jose out. I personally feel he is ruining what Manchester United has historically been about and the reason I chose them as my club.
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3.00am: Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has been urged to come back to the Premier League by former Tottenham team-mate Jermain Defoe.
It was reported last week that Bale had still not met with Real chiefs to resolve his future.
“I would love to see him back in the Premier League, I think everyone would be excited about that,” Defoe told Sky Sports.
“He has been linked with everyone. There is talk about him staying in Madrid, I’ve seen Chelsea, Liverpool and Man United. More United than any other club but I’ve even seen [Man] City.
“The Premier League suits him. If he came back there would be a massive buzz.”
1.30am: Leeds may need just two or three more players to become successful next season.
Speaking exclusively to Starsport, Kamara said: “It’s easy for me being the pundit and looking from the outside and saying they should do this, they should do that.
“I’ve been there – I’ve been in situations when it never appears the same on the inside as it looks on the outside.
“The new manager might get in there and think it isn’t for me and change it all around.
“But, if Leeds are fortunate, they’ll just add two or three players and be successful.”
12.00am: Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has played down a move for Liverpool striker Danny Ings, insisting he is happy with his current options.
Rodgers was full of praise for the 25-year-old but revealed he is not in the market for another striker.
“Danny (Ings) is a fantastic player and has been really, really unfortunate for a few years with injury but I have got the three strikers at the moment and we don’t need any more,” he said.
“We just signed young Odsonne Edouard on a permanent deal and he is a class act.”
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