After a frustrating summer, José Mourinho still thinks he can convince Ivan Perisic to leave Internazionale for Manchester United. If he does get his hands on the Croatian, then he will finally liberate Anthony Martial from the shackles of his Old Trafford misery.
West Ham feel their long list of failed Premier League strikers needs adding to, so have opened talks with Porto over a £22m deal for Moussa Marega. To his credit, the Malian did score 22 goals for the Portuguese side last season, so might not be the next Marco Boogers, Simone Zaza or even Modibo Maïga.
A striker who might be heading out of London is Álvaro Morata, but his exit could be delayed by the fact Chelsea want FFP enthusiasts Milan to stump up a whopping £62m, which seems unlikely. Although Leonardo Bonucci’s expected return to Juventus could help with some of that problem.
Despite weeks of this very page reporting that Liverpool are closing on Croatian centre-back Domagoj Vida, it turns out they do not actually want to buy him from Besiktas at all.
Jefferson Lerma has told Levante he wants to leave in order to make his dream move to Bournemouth having found out where the club is situated and how much more they can pay him, after the Premier League club had a bid rejected for the Colombian defensive midfielder.
Mark Hughes has supposedly been “boosted” by the news that Manolo Gabbiadini will stick with Southampton rather than joining Napoli to play Champions League football. The Italian striker mustered a whole five goals last season, so it will be a great boon for the St Mary’s faithful if he continues at the club.
Oleksandr Zinchenko does not want to leave Manchester City, even though he might be the club’s 16th-choice left-back next season. The Ukrainian, who has been linked with a move to Wolves, said: “I’m ready for everything because I have to be professional. You don’t know what can happen in the future, but I’m dreaming of staying here.”
West Ham and Fulham are interested in shoving a pen into Kévin Malcuit’s hand in order to sign the full-back from Lille. Romelu Lukaku’s brother, Jordan, is not wanted at current club Lazio, so could be joining his sibling in the Premier League, with Leicester keen on the left wing-back.
There is not greater endorsement than being able to say you went to the same school as Nicky Butt, so Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has taken notice of Manchester City kid Kean Bryan and will try to conclude a deal for the Mancunian if Josh Windass departs for pastures new.
Roma are trying to recover from having Malcom snatched from their grasp by bringing in Emil Forsberg from RB Leipzig, unless Barcelona get their first. The Spanish champions are also hoping to bring in Valencia and one-time QPR midfielder Dani Parejo.
