Manchester City have added a £15m makeweight to sign Everton’s John Stones, while Real Madrid have put Arsenal and Chelsea on red alert....
Manchester City have added a £15m makeweight to sign Everton’s John Stones, while Real Madrid have put Arsenal and Chelsea on red alert., according to Saturday’s papers.
Man City
Throw Striker Into Stones Deal
Manchester City are ready to add striking flop Wilfried Bony
as a £15m makeweight to help push through their £50m deal for Everton and England
centre-back John Stones.
According to The Sun, Guardiola is happy to use the Ivory
Coast forward who has continued in his struggles to make an impression since
moving from Swansea for £28m in January 2015.
Ronald Koeman is eager to add another striker to his Toffees
squad and so the deal is set to suit all parties involved.
Bony, though, is not viewed as a replacement for Romelu Lukaku, with the Daily Mail stating that Chelsea have made no official bid yet to try and re-sign their former striker.
Bony, though, is not viewed as a replacement for Romelu Lukaku, with the Daily Mail stating that Chelsea have made no official bid yet to try and re-sign their former striker.
Zidane Open
To Midfielder Exit
Arsenal and Chelsea have been made aware by Real Madrid that
midfielder Isco is available this summer at the right price.
AS has revealed that the La Liga giants have to sell before
they can spend and with Zinedine Zidane said to be unhappy with the Spaniard’s
lax attitude, he is open to the idea of cashing-in on the 24-year-old, who is
valued at around €80m.
Another way in which Isco could leave, is if Real Madrid
sign Chelsea’s Nemanja Matic with the Daily Star reporting that Zidane is ready
to fork out £34m for the Serbia midfielder.
Arsenal and Chelsea have both been strongly linked with Isco
in the past and could reignite their interest knowing there is now a clear
change in his availability.
Swansea
Sign Spanish Striker
Swansea City have confirmed they have completed the signing
of former Spain striker Fernando Llorente.
The 31-year-old, who was part of the Spain squads that won
the 2010 World Cup and 2012 European Championship, joins from Sevilla after
scoring nearly 130 goals in a career which has also taken in Athletic Bilbao
and Juventus.
Marlos
Moreno Joins Manchester City
Man City have signed Colombia forward Marlos Moreno from
Atletico Nacional, but he will spend the season on loan at Deportivo La Coruna.
Moreno, who cost a reported £4.75million, has put pen to
paper on a five-year contract with the Premier League club and is City’s
seventh signing of the summer following the arrivals of Leroy Sane, Ilkay
Gundogan, Nolito, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Gabriel Jesus and Aaron Mooy.
Moreno told www.mancity.com: “City are one of the best clubs in the world. It will be nice to experience being part of such a big club. I want to make the most of it.We are delighted to announce the signing of Marlos Moreno.— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 6, 2016
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Others
Leicester City could bid £25m for Brazil and Santos forward
Gabriel Barbosa, 19, who is also a target for Juventus and Inter Milan (The
Sun)
Chelsea have yet to make a bid for their former striker
Romelu Lukaku, 23, with Everton having made clear they will not consider offers
for their Belgium international, £28m club-record signing (Daily Mail)
Arsenal and Everton target Julian Draxler has been fined by
Wolfsburg after the 22-year-old Germany forward demanded a transfer (Bild, via
Metro)
An unnamed Premier League club has made a £72m bid for Real
Madrid and Colombia midfielder James Rodriguez, 25 (Marca, via Daily Star)
Jose Mourinho says if he had been named Manchester United
manager earlier, the club could have beaten Bayern Munich to the signing
Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches, 18 (Sport TV, via Daily Star)
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has warned Crystal Palace and
any other clubs interested in signing Christian Benteke, 25, that the Belgium
striker will not be sold below his value as a “present” (Evening Standard)
Middlesbrough’s hopes of signing Zinedine Zidane’s son Enzo
for the season have increased after Real Madrid told the 21-year-old midfielder
he could leave on loan (Daily Mail)
Bayern Munich want to keep Poland striker Robert Lewandowski
at the club, but have refused to pay the 27-year-old “crazy” wages (Bild, via
Daily Mail)
Newcastle United’s France midfielder Moussa Sissoko, 26,
could be set for a move to Paris St-Germain, though the French champions will
have to pay £35m to sign him (Daily Mirror)
Liverpool will be forced to send 19-year-old Brazilian
midfielder Allan Rodrigues de Souza out on loan this season because he does not
yet qualify for a UK work permit (Sun)
West Ham’s move for Inter Milan’s Italy defender Davide
Santon, 25, has fallen through and the club will now look to other targets
(whufc.com)
Burnley manager Sean Dyche says wages are proving the
“biggest challenge” as he looks to add recruits to the Premier League
newcomers’ squad (Lancashire Telegraph)
Hull City have offered to quadruple Wales boss Chris
Coleman’s wages to join the Tigers. The club are also talking to former Chelsea
forward Gianfranco Zola about the vacant manager’s position (Telegraph)
Defender Tony Hibbert, who was released by Everton this
summer after 25 years at the club, says they are “no longer the people’s club”
but instead “a ruthless, horrible business” (Daily Mail)
Midfielder Alex Pritchard, 23, said he “could not wait to get
out” of Tottenham after signing for Norwich City (Daily Mirror)
Defender Dani Ayala, 25, is the first of a number of senior
Middlesbrough players who will sign new contracts over the coming weeks
(Teeside Gazette)
