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Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's Daily Transfer Roundup. The Premier League transfer window is officially shut. However, that has had little effect on the rumour mill. Without further ado, let's take a look at the top transfer news, rumours and updates that made headlines on 9 August 2019.
Barcelona ask Neymar to block move to Real Madrid
Barcelona are not ready to give up on Neymar even as Real Madrid inch closer towards securing his services. Real Madrid are confident of landing the Brazilian after having offered €120 million + Luka Modric to Paris Saint-Germain.
However, Neymar has expressed his desire to return to Barcelona and it is not known how keen he is on joining Madrid. Neymar wants to play alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez with whom he has shared an incredible connection both on and off the pitch.
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As such, Neymar is almost certain that he will hit the ground running if he returns to the Camp Nou which is something that is not guaranteed at the Santiago Bernabeu. However, Real Madrid are ready to double the wage package he is set to receive at Barcelona where he'd have to take a pay cut to join.
Now that the Premier League transfer window is closed, Barcelona do not have to worry about Philippe Coutinho forcing a move back to England. The Catalans are expected to go on the offence by offering him and money in exchange.
Obviously, the move now hinges solely on Neymar's decision. And Barcelona have asked him to go public about wanting to join them. They want him to make it clear that he won't go elsewhere and as such, block a move to Real Madrid.
The report, however, goes on to claim that while Neymar is keen on joining Barcelona, his priority is leaving Paris Saint-Germain. As such, he does not want to go public and thereby close an open door.
Frank Lampard explains why he let David Luiz go and join Arsenal
David Luiz was signed by Arsenal on deadline day to wrap up what was an excellent transfer window for the Gunners. Frank Lampard was naturally quizzed about his decision to let Chelsea's most experienced defender leave and that too, to a rival club.
He said,
"We had some conversations over the last week, honest conversations because I know David well and I think the conclusion of that was that he moved on so I think it's pretty clear in those terms."
"It's an area of the pitch where I have competition, there's going to be competition through the year and people will need to make that shirt their own as they will all over the pitch.
"I don't have ones and twos and threes and that's what everyone has to understand and that will be the same everywhere but it's a competitive area I'll say so he's moved on.
"I and we as a club certainly wish him the absolute best because he's been part of a lot of really good things in our recent history and now he goes on to play elsewhere and we must focus on ourselves."
Alex Iwobi joins Everton in a £35 million deal
Arsenal signed a winger and they also let go of one. Everton sealed a deal for Nigeria international Alex Iwobi on Deadline Day and the Toffees' manager Marco Silva was excited to add him to his squad. Speaking about the transfer, he said,
"We have our targets. Alex (Iwobi) was one of our main targets. When you are planning a squad, we plan with some names. I did my job with the names for our football structure.
"We had names, the market was difficult. When we lost Lookman we looked for one winger, not two. We have a very good player. It is out of my control. It was not just our club interested in Zaha."
Everton, however, could not sign a replacement for Kurt Zouma who returned after his loan spell and Silva did not take any prisoners when he talked about his disappointment at the same.
"I will be honest, it's not the best scenario for me as a coach. We have had our targets since the first day, not just one, not just two, more than that, but for many reasons we didn't get them. It is what it is, that's football, it's not the best scenario to start with three central defenders.
"When it happens, it's a good opportunity - we never had any doubt about Yerry Mina when he was fit last season, he was a really important player for us. He's adapted more now, he's in better shape having pre-season with us. But if you'd ask me if I would like to have more competition at centre-back, that is true."
Ajax manager says he is unsure of Van de Beek's future amid Real Madrid interest
With the Premier League transfer window shut, Real Madrid have given up on their pursuit of Paul Pogba. In fact, towards the beginning of this week, it was being widely reported that Real Madrid had shifted their attentions to Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek.
Now, Ajax manager Erik Ten Hag has provided us with an update. He hopes Van de Beek will stay at Ajax but is unsure about his future.
"There are a lot of rumours, but nothing definitive."
"Donny played today, and he's busy with Ajax. We want him to be here for the Champions League because he makes this team better.
"I don't know if he'll leave, but I hope he stays for a long time. Especially for this season because it would mean we have a very good midfielder."
Inter Milan announce Lukaku, OGS reveals why he was sold
Inter Milan have announced the signing of Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United. The Belgian left the club after enduring 2 seasons of mixed fortunes at Old Trafford. Speaking to the press after Deadline Day and ahead of their first game of the new season against Chelsea, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said that it was time for the Belgian to leave.
He said,
"It was time for Rom to go. We got a good deal and he is happy so both parties ended that deal as it should be. Rom was injured for a while in pre-season and he didn’t participate. I just hope that he gets a good start at Inter Milan.”
He also added that it is Mason Greenwood's time to shine. It sounds a lot like Lukaku's deal was sealed in a bid to ramp up the progress of Greenwood and accelerate his integration to the first team.
Solskjaer added:
"Towards the end of last season we didn’t score a lot of goals. Mason Greenwood’s pathway would have been more difficult with another striker there. I believe that Mason is going to be playing and involved a lot and when he is, he will score goals.”
