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Ben Burrows

Transfer news, rumours - LIVE: Manchester United target £65m England star, Chelsea make Eden Hazard demand, new Arsenal target plus Liverpool, Spurs

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 is next and could Lyon's Nabil Fekir 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. 

We will have all the latest news, views, rumours, gossip and done deals right here so don't touch that dial.


Live Updates

EVERTON NEWS
19:00

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.

 
LEICESTER NEWS
18:20

Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward is convinced he can take his game to another level after completing a switch to Leicester from Liverpool.

ARSENAL NEWS
17:49

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.

Akpom has just one year remaining of the lucrative deal he signed at the Emirates in February 2015. Since then Akpom has gone on loan spells to Nottingham Forest, Hull City and Brighton and Hove Albion.

STOKE NEWS
17:20
Stoke City have completed the signing of West Brom wideman James McClean.
 
LIVERPOOL NEWS
17:00

Rangers have signed winger Ryan Kent on loan from Liverpool, the Scottish club have announced.

The 21-year-old will spend the season at Ibrox, where he will work under former Reds captain Steven Gerrard.

He becomes the second Liverpool youngster to move to the Ladbrokes Premiership club this summer after midfielder Ovie Ejaria also joined on loan.

SPURS NEWS
16:30
Jack Grealish is set to return to the Premier League with Tottenham - but a whole host of clubs are looking to secure the signature of the talented Aston Villa midfielder, reports the Daily Mirror.
 
Steve Bruce's side missed out on the chance to return to the top flight due to a play-off final loss to Fulham, with Villa needing to raise funds to mount another promotion challenge, the paper says.
 
 
MANCHESTER CITY NEWS
16:10
Joe Hart's time at Manchester City looks to be coming to a permanent end.
 
The Mail reports the goalkeeper, who spent last season on loan at West Ham, is looking for a move away from the Etihad Stadium.
 
The 31-year-old has spent 12 years with the club, but has not started a Premier League game under boss Pep Guardiola.
 
 
MANCHESTER UNITED NEWS
15:50
Juventus full-back Alex Sandro appears set to snub the Premier League despite having been linked to both Manchester United and Chelsea, the Daily Mirror reports.
 
The paper says claims in France suggest the 27-year-old has agreed terms with Paris St Germain over a summer move, with a four-year deal in the pipeline.
 
 
15:30

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.

MANCHESTER UNITED NEWS
15:10
Manchester United are looking to splash out £92million for Croatia World Cup wingers Ivan Perisic and Ante Rebic, according to reports.
 
The Sun says Inter Milan's Perisic, was has long been admired by United boss Jose Mourinho, has been linked with a £48million move to Old Trafford, while Rebic, who plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, has also made it onto Mourinho's radar.
 
Rebic could cost the club as much as £44m, the paper adds, with Arsenal also said to be interested in the 24-year-old.
 
 
LEICESTER NEWS
14:50
Leicester forward Ahmed Musa is being linked with a £40million move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, the Leicester Mercury reports.
 
The paper says the striker appears to have little future at the King Power Stadium, having spent the second half of last season on loan at CSKA Moscow.
 
 
NEWCASTLE NEWS
14:30
Newcastle and Celtic are keeping tabs on Uruguay World Cup star Giorgian De Arrascaeta, according to The Sun.
 
Several European clubs are said to be interested in the Cruzeiro playmaker after he helped steer his country to the competition's quarter-finals.
 
 
CHELSEA NEWS
14:10
Chelsea are plotting a £53million swoop for Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain, according to the Evening Standard.
 
New boss Maurizio Sarri is keeping tabs on Serie A, the paper adds, with sources in Italy suggesting officials will be meeting with Higuain's representatives this week.
 
The paper adds that reports in Italy also suggest the club are closing in on another Juventus player, defender Daniele Rugani.
 
 
MANCHESTER UNITED NEWS
13:50
Manchester United could reportedly miss out on landing Gareth Bale this summer.
 
The Guardian reports that the 29-year-old is set to stay at Real Madrid to become Cristiano Ronaldo's successor as the team's talisman.
 
The Welshman is expecting positive talks with new coach Julen Lopetegui in the next few weeks, the paper adds.
 
 
WOLVES NEWS
13:30

Wolverhampton Wanderers are considering triggering Adama Traore’s release clause to beat Huddersfield Town to the signing of the Middlesbrough winger.

The former Barcelona forward is as speedy and tricky as they came, with some metrics marking him out as one of Europe’s top dribblers.

And though his final product could still do with some work, the 22-year-old Spaniard is considered a diamond in the rough by both Wolves and the Terriers, who have both made their interest known.

MANCHESTER UNITED NEWS
13:18
Valencia wish to poach the 20-year-old Dutch defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah from Manchester United, Super Deporte says.
 
 
13:07

Aston Villa have insisted they will not sell midfielder Jack Grealishon the cheap, despite their financial troubles, as Tottenham Hotspur eye the Englishman.

The Championship club, who narrowly missed out on promotion back to the Premier League last season, need £40m to comply with Financial Fair Play guidelines and thought they would have to sell off their biggest assets to fund the money needed.

However, with the club finding new investors this week to secure Villa’s future, it is thought that the necessity to sell players has been reduced.

Manager Steve Bruce insisted he still needed to meet with the new investors to discuss player sales, with Grealish himself understood to be open to a move to Spurs as he looks to push for an international call-up.

CHELSEA NEWS
12:50
AC Milan and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma is a Chelsea target if Thibaut Courtois leaves, the Evening Standard reports.
 
 
LIVERPOOL NEWS
12:30

Jurgen Klopp has defended Liverpool's summer transfer business after he had previously said he would do things differently to big-spending clubs.

Klopp's side this summer paid a world-record fee for a goalkeeper to sign Alisson from Roma in a deal worth up to £65million, while in January Virgil van Dijk became the most expensive defender in football when he arrived at Anfield for £75m.

But two years ago, while Manchester United were set to spend a then record fee of £89m on Paul Pogba, Klopp had suggested he would quit the game if those large fees became the norm rather than the exception.

ARSENAL NEWS
12:10
Unai Emery is ready to sell Danny Welbeck, The Sun reports.
 
Everton could stump up £15million for the England striker, who has not yet been offered an extension to his contact, which is up in a year, the paper says.
 
Goalkeeper David Ospina and forward Lucas Perez could also be put on the market, according to The Sun.
 
Having only scored 15 Premier League goals in four seasons, Welbeck could be passed over for the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang or Alexandre Lacazette in Emery's long-term plans.
 
 

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