The Premier League’s summer transfer window is open with Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal set to be busier than ever.
Liverpool enjoyed success in the Champions League this year and their quest to end their league title drought in 2019 will be bolstered by the arrival of Naby Keita from RB Leipzig. He will not be the last new face on Merseyside, however, with Monaco's Fabinho already in. Roma's Alisson has arrived too -could Lyon's Nabil Fekir still follow? At United Jose Mourinho looks set to spend big again as he targets reinforcements in his bid to haul in record-breaking Manchester City next season. He's got Fred but another central midfield player is high on his list with a big money move for Real Madrid's Gareth Bale not out the question.
For the first time in over two decades Arsenal head into the offseason with a new manager at the helm. That man is former PSG boss Unai Emery after a stunning 11th hour change of heart at the Emirates and he already has four new signings and plenty more on the way with more on his shopping list. Chelsea have a new manager themselves after appointing Maurizio Sarri with the future of Eden Hazard high on his agenda but across London Mauricio Pochettino won't be leaving Tottenham Hotspur after signing a new five-year deal.
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Chuba Akpom is heading for the Arsenal exit, with a £2million return to Belgian side Sint-Truiden the likeliest outcome for the 22-year-old striker.
Akpom spent the second half of last season on loan at Sint-Truiden where he impressed, scoring six goals in 16 Jupiler League games.
Although Akpom returned to Arsenal for pre-season, he is not in Unai Emery's plans and Arsenal are looking for roughly £2m for his permanent signature.
Liverpool FC ’s new world-record goalkeeper Alisson revealed how a text message from Mohamed Salah urged him to speed up his move to Anfield.
Salah, who scored a remarkable 32 goals in his debut season with the Reds last term, was a teammate of Alisson’s at Roma and left the Serie A club almost exactly a year before the Brazilian made the same move.
Following on from the £68m move – a record for a goalkeeper – the two will be reunited and Alisson, in his first interview as a Liverpool player, revealed the part Salah played during the contract negotiations.
Neymar has ruled out a summer transfer to Real Madrid and reaffirmed his commitment to Paris Saint-Germain, who he joined from Barcelona last summer in a world record £200m deal.
There has been growing speculation in Spain that Neymar is agitating for a return to La Liga but the 26-year-old, who is currently on holiday after representing Brazil at the 2018 World Cup, has denied that is the case.
Chelsea have seemingly suggested that Eden Hazard is likely to stay at Stamford Bridge this season after heavily featuring him in the launch of their new away kit.
The Stamford Bridge side will cease to be ‘the Blues’ and become ‘the Yellows’ when playing away from home this season after revealing the modern twist on their classic kit from the 1998/00 season.
And Hazard, fresh from being named the second-best player at the World Cup 2018 summer is one of the main models used.
Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last fortnight you can't have failed to notice the world's most marketable footballer has swapped Madrid for Turin.
Yes, Cristiano Ronaldo has left Real Madrid in favour of Juventusin a move understood to be worth north of a £100m.
That's quite the outlay for a 33-year-old, even one of the otherworldly talents of the reigning Ballon d'Or winner, and that's before you consider the wages, thought to be upwards of £500,000 per week making up a cool 40% of the club's total wage bill.
It's not all bad news though, of course. The Old Lady are said to have pocketed a staggering $60m in shirt sales in the 24 hours following his unveiling alone.
So can a club's shirt sales pay off a transfer fee on their own?
Short answer: No. Not even close.
For the long answer we asked Jake Cohen, a sports lawyer who has worked on a number of high-profile transactions in football, to clear up one of the biggest misconceptions in the modern game.
Everton are braced for a third bid from RB Leipzig for Ademola Lookman.
The Bundesliga side have so far had two offers rejected to sign the 20-year-old but are preparing a third bid this week to break the deadlock.
Everton want £20million for the player they paid Charlton Athletic an initial £8million for in January 2017. So far Leipzig have only offered £12m plus add-ons and then £14m plus add-ons, both of which Everton have rejected.
But Leipzig are expected to make a third bid this week, which they hope will be close enough to Everton’s valuation to sign the player.
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