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Man Utd hijack Barcelona move for €45m sensation and Liverpool to spend £145m with third deal

These are the latest transfer rumours from the Premier League and around the world.

Man Utd to hijack deal

Reports from Spain state Manchester United are muscling in on Barcelona's move for teen sensation Vitor Roque.

The 18-year-old is seen as Barca's priority target, with boss Xavi Hernandez seeing him as the heir apparent to Robert Lewandowski at the Nou Camp.

Roque currently plays for Athletico Paranaense in Brazil and has already been capped at senior level. He has 28 goals to his name from 79 appearances.

The Catalan giants have reportedly offered a six-year contract with a €1bn release clause. They only have to "send the last document" to complete the deal.

Mundo Deportivo (via TeamTalk) report his club are willing to sanction a sale at €45million but Barcelona are struggling to stump up the cash and 'powerful teams' are hoping to change his mind. Barca hope to sign him on loan for the season before finalising a deal in 2024, but Athletico want the cash up front, which puts United at an advantage.

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United have their own budgetary constraints this summer but by selling a number of assets - including Jadon Sancho - they will be able to generate the funds necessary to sign a player who is raved about in Brazil.

Rice cuts holiday short

West Ham skipper Declan Rice has cut his holiday short in Dubai to return to London to sign for Arsenal.

News emerged last week that the Gunners had won the race to sign the £105million star, with Manchester City pulling out having learned of Rice's preference for Mikel Arteta's side.

Arsenal and West Ham have finally thrashed out the finances and Rice is now due for a medical.

He flew back from Dubai on Saturday, according to the Mirror, having been in the Middle East for a post-season holiday.

He was pictured at former team-mate Mark Noble's house on Sunday.

Rice, who will become the most expensive British signing of all time, will be Arsenal's second signing of the summer after Kai Havertz joined from Chelsea last week for £65million.

Klopp to take spending to £145m

Jurgen Klopp wants to add Romeo Lavia to the acquisitions of Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis MacAllister to take Liverpool's spending to £145million this summer.

Mac Allister joined from Brighton for £35million, the Reds confirmed Szoboszlai's move for RB Leipzig for £60million yesterday and the German manager now wants to wrap up a £50million move Lavia from Southampton.

The Mirror report Klopp will push to get a deal done quickly for the 19-year-old with an opening bid.

Meanwhile Szoboszlai says he'll play anywhere for the club after sealing a move to Anfield.

The transfer came about quickly, with the Reds activating the release clause in the RB Leipzig man's contract before it expired at the end of last week.

When asked what his preferred position is, Szoboszlai replied: "To be honest, for me it doesn’t matter - I want to be on the pitch. But of course everybody has their own position.

"Of course, attacking midfielder as a 10, I can play on both 10s, left, right, on the sides also. Just I want to play."

The Liverpool boss added: "He has made some big strides - moving to Leipzig, doing really, really well in the Bundesliga... captain of his national team at an incredibly young age.

"These are proper positives and this is even before we even think about his qualities as a footballer. I will not say too much about them at this stage except they are definitely the kind which will hopefully bring a lot of enjoyment and also help us to get results.

"There is no pressure, though. Dominik is still a very young player. He has so much development ahead of him and this means it makes sense for us all to be patient and to give him the time and space to allow his talent to come through within our team."

Meanwhile, Klopp wants to add Romeo Lavia to

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