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Football Rumours on Thursday 16th August 2018

last updated Thursday 16th August 2018, 9:54 AM



TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Fulham have allowed goalkeeper Magnus Norman to join Rochdale and defender Marcelo Djalo to join Extremadura on loan.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Arsenal's 29-year-old Colombia keeper David Ospina has joined Napoli on loan.
    (Guardian)


  • Romanian wonderkid Catalin Carjan has revealed he will join Arsenal when he turns 16.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Bayern Munich are interested in signing Tottenham's 29-year-old Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Tottenham's 23-year-old French winger Georges-Kevin N'Koudou is set for a loan move to German club Mainz.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Real Madrid are targeting Chelsea's Spanish defender Marcos Alonso, 27, following their Super Cup defeat by local rivals Atletico Madrid.
    (Daily Star)


  • Real Betis vice-chairman Lorenzo Serra Ferrer says the Seville club would like to sign Tottenham's Brazilian forward Lucas Moura, 26, before the Spanish transfer window shuts.
    (El Desmarque)


  • . Manchester United's World Cup-winning midfielder Paul Pogba wants to leave Old Trafford for Barcelona even if his damaged relationship with manager Jose Mourinho can be mended.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Mourinho has told Pogba he should ask for a transfer if he wants to leave the club. The 25-year-old France midfielder has responded by saying he will only speak to the Portuguese through his agent.
    (Sun)


  • Parma are close to signing 31-year-old Ivory Coast forward Gervinho from Chinese club Hebei Fortune as they return to Serie A.
    (Mediaset)


  • Liverpool have rejected an offer from Torino for 22-year-old Serb midfielder Marko Grujic. The Italian club wanted a season-long loan with an option to buy for £9m next summer.
    (Liverpool Echo)


  • Australian club Sydney FC are in discussions with Adam Le Fondre. The 31-year-old English striker is a free agent after leaving Bolton on Tuesday.
    (Fox)


  • Newcastle's 27-year-old Senegal midfielder Henri Saivet is close to signing for Turkish club Bursaspor on loan.
    (Evening Chronicle)


  • Blackburn Rovers have made a £6m bid for Nottingham Forest's 19-year-old English striker Ben Brereton.
    (Sun)




  • MANAGEMENT STUFF
  • Unai Emery has told his Arsenal players they are carrying too much fat and are not running far enough in matches as he attempts to turn the Gunners back into a Champions League outfit.
    (Daily Express)


  • Chelsea are searching for a replacement for director of football Michael Emenalo, with Football Association technical director Dan Ashworth, Juliano Belletti, Michael Ballack, and Roma director of football Monchi among the candidates.
    (Daily Telegraph)


  • QPR co-chairman Tony Fernandes has stepped down to allow shareholder Amit Bhatia to take over as the club's chairman.
    (Sky Sports)




  • INTERNATIONAL STUFF
  • Gareth Southgate is keen to freshen up his England World Cup squad with some the country's best young players as soon as possible.
    (Daily Telegraph)


  • Belgium manager Roberto Martinez is keen to call up Manchester United's Andreas Pereira, but the 22-year-old midfielder would prefer to play for Brazil, the country of his parents' birth.
    (UOL)


  • Victor Moses has retired from international football in order to focus on his club career at Chelsea.
    (Sky Sports)




  • OTHER STUFF

  • Aleksandar Mitrovic says he has found his home at Fulham and does not need time to settle in.
    (Daily Telegraph)


  • Matteo Guendouzi has revealed the crucial role Jeremie Aliadiere played in him turning down "some of the biggest clubs in Europe" and joining Arsenal last month.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Manchester City's 27-year-old Belgium attacking midfielder Kevin de Bruyne will be out for three months after tearing a lateral ligament in his right knee.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • West Ham are in dispute with their London Stadium landlord over the colour of the material that surrounds the pitch as the club are worried that it will resemble the navy blue of their rivals Tottenham.
    (Times)


  • Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek is hoping to make the advanced third-man midfield spot his own under Maurizio Sarri.
    (Daily Express)


  • European divisions are to fall in line with the Premier League over the transfer window deadline.
    (Daily Mail)


  • A Turkish amateur club sold 18 of its youth players to fund the purchase of 10 goats, with the aim of using milk and meat sales to help fund its future.
    (Hurriyet)


  • Luis Suarez has agreed a mega-money switch to get his boots supplied by Pum.
    (Sun)




















  • Source BBC Sport/SkySports