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Football Rumours on Sunday 3rd July 2022

last updated Sunday 03rd July 2022, 10:59 AM



TRANSFER RUMOURS
  • Fulham have made a loan offer for France right-back Leo Dubois but his club Lyon favour a permanent transfer for the 27-year-old.
    (L'Equipe)


  • Manchester United have bettered Arsenal's bid for Lisandro Martinez, offering Ajax £38m for the Argentina centre-back, 24.
    (Mail on Sunday)


  • Arsenal and Manchester United are also in competition to sign Germany winger Serge Gnabry, 26, from Bayern Munich for £40m. The former Gunner is out of contract with Bayern next summer.
    (Daily Star on Sunday)


  • Gnabry will be at the top of Manchester City's wanted list if they sell England forward Raheem Sterling, 27, this summer.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Tottenham are closing in on a deal to land Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet as they look to continue their summer spending spree.
    (Mail on Sunday)


  • New manager Erik ten Hag will urge Manchester United to replace Cristiano Ronaldo with Ajax's Brazil forward Antony, 22, if the Portugal forward, 37, is allowed to leave this summer.
    (Sunday Mirror)


  • Italian club Napoli are interested in signing Ronaldo, while the Portugal international's agent has met Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly and Bayern Munich have been informed about the player's situation.
    (Athletic)


  • Arsenal have reportedly contacted Benfica over a possible deal for Alex Grimaldo having missed out on the signing of Aaron Hickey.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Arsenal have opened talks with the representatives of Lille midfielder Amadou Onana over a possible transfer this summer.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Barcelona president Joan Laporta says the club have spoken to Leeds United about signing Brazil winger Raphinha and that the 25-year-old wants to join them, despite Chelsea agreeing a deal worth £55m plus add-ons.
    (Mail on Sunday)


  • Everton are in talks to sign 26-year-old Brazilian defender Rodrigo Becao from Italian club Udinese.
    (Gianluca di Marzio)


  • Leeds are reportedly closing in on RB Leipzig midfielder Tyler Adams as a replacement for the outgoing Kalvin Phillips.
    (Mail on Sunday)


  • Nicolas Tagliafico is expected to leave Ajax this summer, with Brighton and Lyon among the clubs interested in signing the Argentina defender, 29.
    (Fabrizio Romano)


  • Nottingham Forest are close to signing French centre-back Moussa Niakhate, 26, having reached an agreement in principle on a transfer fee with Mainz.
    (Fabrizio Romano)


  • Nottingham Forest have confirmed the signing of goalkeeper Dean Henderson on a season-long loan deal from Manchester United.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Crystal Palace are plotting a late move in the battle to sign Wolves' £20m-rated English midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, 22.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Trezeguet is set for a medical with Trabzonspor after the Turkish side agreed a deal to sign the Egypt winger, 27, from Aston Villa.
    (Voel)


  • Manchester United remain in the hunt to sign Brazilian teenager Gabriel Veron from Palmeiras this summer.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Brazil left-back Alex Telles, 29, is next in line to be off-loaded by Manchester United after being involved in a training ground clash with Tunisia midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, 19.
    (Sunday Mirror)


  • Manchester United have reportedly agreed to offer Christian Eriksen a £150,000-per-week contract, but it is said the midfielder wants to wait and see who else Erik ten Hag brings to Old Trafford.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Manchester United are on "high alert" as Arsenal struggle to agree a deal for Leicester's Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans, 25.
    (Daily Star on Sunday)


  • Everton have signed central defender James Tarkowski on a four-year deal following his departure from Burnley.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Chelsea are in talks with AC Milan over a deal for the Blues' Morocco winger Hakim Ziyech, 29, to join the Serie A side on loan with an option to buy.
    (Nicolo Schira)


  • Brentford close to finalising a deal to sign Aaron Hickey from Bologna.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Brazil forward Vinicius Jr, 21, is set to sign a new contract at Real Madrid with a £1bn release clause to ward off interest from Paris St-Germain.
    (Marca)


  • Juventus are keen to sign Roberto Firmino and the Italian club reckon they can snap him up for less than £20m as he has just one year remaining on his contract.
    (Sunday Mirror)


  • After his Chelsea contract expired this summer, Denmark centre-back Andreas Christensen, 26, will be presented as a Barcelona player this week, along with AC Milan's Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessie, 25.
    (Mundo Deportivo)


  • Cody Gakpo is keen to test his talents outside the Netherlands and the £40m-rated PSV Eindhoven winger already has interest from Leeds United and Arsenal among other clubs.
    (Sunday Mirror)


  • Inter Milan will sell Stefan de Vrij to a Premier League side this summer because they do not want to lose the Netherlands defender, 30, for free when his contract expires next year.
    (Calcio Mercato)


  • Arsenal are struggling to find a taker for club-record £72m signing Nicolas Pepe and might have to allow him to leave on loan despite reportedly reducing their asking price £25m.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Atletico Madrid are interested in signing Italy winger Federico Bernardeschi, 28, from Juventus.
    (Goal)


  • Barcelona are reportedly close to agreeing a deal with Chelsea to sign Marcos Alonso, but their chase of Cesar Azpilicueta has become complicated.
    (Mail on Sunday)


  • Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic's contract at AC Milan has expired but the 40-year-old is set to meet the Serie A side to discuss a new deal.
    (Sky Sport Italia)


  • Barcelona have no intention of selling Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong, although they want the Manchester United target, 25, to agree to a pay cut.
    (AS)


  • Barcelona are willing to allow Netherlands forward Memphis Depay, 28, to leave the club for 25m euros (£21.5m).
    (AS)


  • Out-of-contract France winger Ousmane Dembele, 25, is close to agreeing a new two-year deal at Barcelona.
    (Sport)



MANAGEMENT STUFF

  • Birmingham City have confirmed the departure of head coach Lee Bowyer.
    (Sky Sports)



OTHER STUFF

  • Mohamed Salah was prepared to rejoin Chelsea before the Egypt forward, 30, agreed a new deal which made him the highest-paid player in Liverpool's history.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Premier League clubs will get the go-ahead to open safe standing areas in their grounds from the start of the new season after a successful trial at five stadiums.
    (Sun on Sunday)


  • Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior will sign a new long-term contract that will include a £1billion release clause.
    (Mail on Sunday)


  • Prisoners at HMP Highpoint in Sussex are being trained up as football referees, with 11 having passed the Football Association's Level 7 course which would allow to take charge of junior amateur games.
    (Daily Star on Sunday)




















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