Manchester United in pole position to sign £72 million forward, Real Madrid take first steps to sign United star demanded by Zidane and more Premier League transfer news: March 19, 2019

Hello and welcome to the Premier League transfer news and rumours of the day! Here are the top stories of the day surrounding the Premiership!

Update on Julio Cesar Torres

Tottenham Hotspur have been reported to have signed a pre-agreement with Julio Cesar Torres, a Bolivian youngster. His agent Gonzalo Anciar has revealed that a presentation was made based on the strengths of the player and was shown to some clubs.

He then added that the player preferred a move to Real Valladolid in Spain but they came in contact with Tottenham via a French businessman, which is when they signed a pre-contract.

“We followed up on Julio and we put together a folder that specifies his technical, tactical, physical and psychological skills, which we presented to sport entrepreneurs. In the first instance, he was interested in Valladolid in Spain, but a French businessman came in contact with Tottenham and we signed a pre-contract,” Anciar said.

He then added that they have to be in England during the last week of April and that he will have a 15-day trial period with the club in order to assess whether they sign him permanently.

“We have to be in England on April 28 so that for 15 days Julio can do all the analysis, which will depend on him staying, the businessman is taking care of the stay.”

However, Alasdair Gold is of the opinion that the north London outfit don’t have him signed yet and labeled the stories as “rubbish” while also likening it to the Wilmar Barrios to Spurs stories.

“Have seen stories and a photo floating around of a young Bolivian player signing for Spurs to join the development squad. I understand it's a load of rubbish. Reminds me of the Wilmar Barrios done deal stories in each of the last two window,” he tweeted.

Monchi on Arsenal

Chievo Verona v AS Roma - Serie A

Former Roma director of football, Monchi, has thanked Arsenal for the interest they showed for him. The Spaniard mutually terminated his contract in Rome and was linked with a move to Arsenal as well as Real Madrid.

However, he ended up at the club where he became a renowned figure – Sevilla – completing a beautiful cycle. And now, he has revealed that the Gunners were seriously interested in him but that he chose Sevilla after careful considerations as their project convinced him the most.

He also stated that there was no truth in stories linking him to the Galacticos.

“With Madrid, there has been nothing. The offers have come from other places. Arsenal was the club that showed the most interest. In the end, I made the decision to accept the call of Seville because professionally, it was the best,” he said.

Hazard gives update

Everton FC v Chelsea FC - Premier League

Eden Hazard has spoken on a potential transfer to Real Madrid amid reports of Chelsea rejecting an initial offer from the Blancos for the Belgian. Hazard claims that there is no club waiting for him as his only focus now is to win the Europa league and ensure qualification to the Champions League next season.

He added that he is not sure as to what could happen in the summer transfer window and that he is not really thinking about it right now.

“At the moment there’s nobody waiting for me. We still have two important months with Chelsea. We can win the Europa League. We have to win the Europa League or we have to finish in the top four to play in the Champions League,” he said.

“I am only thinking about that (last two months with Chelsea), not about what might happen in 2, 3, 4 months. I don’t know. We will see.”

Manchester Madrid madness

France v Croatia - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Final

We have two stories of madness today and both come from Manchester and Madrid. It is quite amazing that there could be a possible four places here but only two dominates it. Although it must be added that three clubs are mentioned here.

The first story is from Le10Sport as they claim that Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has decided to give Zidane a war chest of €450 million and the Frenchman has, as a result, targeted his compatriots Kylian Mbappe and Paul Pogba and the Galacticos have already taken the first steps to sign the two.

Meanwhile, Sport claim that Antoine Griezmann has been put on the transfer market for next season. They state that Bayern Munich and Manchester United are in pole position to sign the Frenchman rated at £72 million.

A busy summer up ahead.