Friday's transfer news: Man United lead Bruno Fernandes chase over Spurs, Liverpool eye £45m Junior Firpo bid
The transfer window is hotting up with clubs up and down the country set to spend big.
There have already been some big deals this transfer window. Manchester United wasted no time in snapping up Daniel James from Swansea City for £18m, while Eden Hazard finally completed his protracted move from Chelsea to Real Madrid, for a fee which could ultimately exceed £100m.
A number of big deals are meanwhile still in the pipeline. Both Paul Pogba and Christian Eriksen have indicated that they want ‘new challenges’, while Matthijs de Ligt is a top target for just about every European super club. Where will he end up? Follow all of the latest below:
The Sporting Lisbon star enjoyed a prolific season in Portugal and now Tottenham are keen to bring him to north London.
The Telegraph claim the Sporting have placed a £70m price tag on the Portugal international.
That's a fee Spurs are highly unlikely to pay, but the player appears to be in contention to be the first arrival in three transfer windows for Mauricio Pochettino.
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Adrien Rabiot appears set to announce his next club.
The France international will become a free agent on July 1 after snubbing a new deal at PSG.
And now Juventus are confident they have beaten competition from Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham all thought to be keen, according to Goal.
Club legend Petr Cech has returned to Chelsea as technical director, it has been confirmed.
The former goalkeeper, who spent the last four seasons at Premier League rivals Arsenal, returns to the club where he won four Premier League titles, four FA Cups, a Europa League and a Champions League.
Cech's role will see him work with the first team's coaching staff as well as the backroom team "with an emphasis on strategy and performance".
Manchester United could begin reshaping their squad this summer by raising funds through the sale of Romelu Lukaku.
The Belgian does not suit Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's plans, with Marcus Rashford better suited.
And now reports in Italy claim the former Chelsea and Everton forward has agreed terms to link up with Antonio Conte, with a salary of €115-125,000 per week (€6-6.5m per year).
Dani Ceballos could be one of the most in-demand players this summer.
The Spain Under-21 international is shining in Italy at the European Championships and Zinedine Zidane is unlikely to have room for him at the Bernabeu.
And Real Madrid's lavish outlay this summer means AC Milan could profit with a double signing.
New boss Marco Giampaolo will hope to sign Dani Ceballos and Martin Odegaard.
Paolo Maldini and the returning Zvonomir Boban are keen on the pair, claim Gazzetta dello Sport.
Former Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has made it clear he wants Paulo Dybala and Douglas Costa to stay in Turin.
After being unveiled as the new Bianconeri boss, Gazzetta dello Sport claim he wants the two forwards to stay, despite speculation linking both with an exit.
Sarri will hope to build on his Europa League success and finally land the Serie A title after going so close with Napoli.
David Turnbull will complete his move to Celtic on Friday afternoon so long as he passes his Parkhead medical.
The on-off saga surrounding the Motherwell midfielder's move took another dramatic twist on Thursday night when it emerged he had backed out of a switch to Norwich in favour of joining the Hoops.
That came after it appeared the champions had pulled the plug on their £3.25million swoop for the 19-year-old Scottish Football Writers' Association young player of the year.
Celtic released a statement last week announcing they were ready to "move on" to new targets after Turnbull had rejected their "magnificent offer".
But the Scotland Under-21 playmaker, who netted 15 goals in his breakthrough campaign last year, has had a change of heart and will now swap Fir Park for Celtic Park.
As Real Madrid continue to contemplate who they want to finally balance out their team, they have not just set another summer saga, but also set themselves one of those choices that will have all manner of ripples – and maybe unbalance so much else for so many clubs beneath them.
Arsenal are meanwhile set to push on with their first signing of the summer with a bid for Bournemouth’s Ryan Fraser set to be lodged. A new centre-back is high on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s priority list at United with Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly and Leicester’s Harry Maguire both options. Crystal Palace’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka is another on the Norwegian’s radar.
It won’t just be incomings at Old Trafford, however, with Pogba a high-profile target for Real Madrid and Alexis Sanchez on his way out with Inter Milan and Juventus fighting it out for his signature – if he drops his wage demands. And Liverpool could be active too as they look to go one better after failing to win the Premier League title by just a single point.
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