Premier League transfer news: Liverpool and Arsenal want Bayern star, manager rejects Madrid offer and more - November 7, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Premier League transfer roundup for the day! It might be late in the night but that only ensured that the best stories of the day were picked up to present to you here.

So, without further ado, let’s begin!

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#5 Lozano speaks about Premier League interest

After a great World Cup with Mexico, PSV’s Hirving Lozano was on the radar of a lot of big clubs; mainly Barcelona and Manchester United. In the end, he stayed with PSV but that hasn’t stopped the rumours.

In fact, if anything, his great start to the season has just added further fuel to the fire and it seems as though his move to a big club might just be on the horizon. The English press are once again talking about him and it seems to be pleasing the talented forward as he has expressed his gratitude for it.

“It’s nice English papers talk nicely about me,” he said. “It’s special. Personally, I say thanks for the nice words."

He then added that he always looks to improve himself and that is what he will keep doing before going on to praise his current manager Mark van Bommel while also adding that there is always scope to learn from every manager.

“I always try to improve and give something extra. I will keep on improving.

“I learn a lot from every manager. Every manager passes on something new. Mark van Bommel had a great career and you must learn from every manager.”

Finally, which is definitely the best part about this, he spoke about his boyhood favourite clubs and named the exact two clubs that he supported as a child.

“I liked Manchester United a lot. In Spain my favourite team is Barcelona.”

#4 Nicolas Pepe speaks

Pepe is a man in demand

Another player who has been linked repeatedly to the Premier League is Nicolas Pepe – and why shouldn’t he? He is in the form of his life with Lille and has been one of the best forwards in a league dominated by Neymar and Mbappe.

Pepe has been linked with clubs like Arsenal and Manchester City in the Premier League and according to the player himself, he is not aware of the rumours but claims that they are nice to hear.

"A preference between Dortmund, Bayern or Arsenal? They’re all big clubs. I was not aware of these rumours, although it’s nice,” he said.

Finally, he added that he doesn’t know what he will do tomorrow so whether he would leave Lille in the summer is out of the question.

"Will I leave Lille at the end of the season? We do not even know what I’ll be doing tomorrow!"

#3 Fred opens up about failed Man City move

City also wanted him

Manchester United midfielder Fred has opened up about Manchester City’s failed attempt at signing him. The Brazilian, according to the reports back then, was all set to join the Etihad outfit but in the end, he joined their arch-rivals and is now in the red half of Manchester.

And for the first time since making his move to England, he has opened up about his failed move to City. The player admitted to being targetted by Pep Guardiola’s team but once the move didn't materialise, he quickly decided that a move to the Red Devils was the right one for him.

“That’s true, I received an offer from them [City] and even talked to my Brazilian team-mates who play for our neighbours.

“They were trying to convince me to join them, but in the end, it didn’t happen. Then it was the summer and, as I said, there were other offers, including from United. I quickly decided that was the right move for me."

#2 Chelsea

Fekir wants to leave Lyon

Things are going incredibly well for the Londoners as not only has new manager Maurizio Sarri been able to implement his ideology on the Blues, they are also bringing out the results necessary to keep them in the title race.

However, even with the arrival of Alvaro Morata’s form, Chelsea seem a little weak in attack and might just make a move in the winter to fix it. At least that is what L’Equipe seem to believe.

The report claims that Frenchman Nabil Fekir wants to leave Lyon and at the moment, Chelsea and Bayern are interested.

Meanwhile, Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has blocked a loan move for midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who has been in good form of late, in the winter as he believes that he will be needing the services of the midfielder in the season run-in, according to this exclusive from the Mirror.

#1 Stories of the day

Bayern may have to let go of him

And finally, we are here. As usual, the top stories always surround the Spanish teams because, for some reason, there are always players or managers in the Premier League that both Real Madrid and Barcelona seem to covet.

Real Madrid, at this moment, are perhaps more desperate than their Catalan rivals. Their manager post is currently being overseen by interim boss Santiago Solari but it doesn’t look like he will be there for long.

According to Don Balon, Florentino Perez offered a whopping £17 million-per-year to Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino but he rejected it simply because he believes he owes Spurs a lot coupled with the fact that he wants changes in the Madrid squad, which can’t be achieved in January.

Meanwhile, another report from the same outlet claims that Liverpool and Arsenal are interested in acquiring the services of James Rodriguez.