Premier League transfer news: Sergio Ramos does Liverpool more harm, Chelsea want £80 million forward and more – May 31, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Premier League transfer roundup for the day! Today, we have a nicely mixed round of rumours in the Premier League transfer mill. From the bottom clubs to the ones located at the top echelons, this space is filled with rumours surrounding them.

Summarising the content up ahead, the majority of the rumours today are of the midtable and newly-promoted clubs while the final half of the slider consists of Liverpool, Chelsea and the Manchester clubs, respectively.

So, let’s begin!

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#5 Midtable madness part I

Brighton did well to survive in the Premier League and give themselves another season in the English top flight. As a result, they would want to strengthen their team and make sure that they repeat their survival next season as well.

This is the reason why the club made a £2 million bid for Sunderland youngster Paddy McNair. According to Sky Sports, however, Sunderland have rejected the bid for the 23-year-old.

But that doesn’t mean that it all ends there as The Sun (page 55, May 31st edition) believe that Brighton will make another attempt for him as manager Chris Hughton is impressed by McNair’s versatility of playing anywhere in defence.

Meanwhile, Premier League-elect Wolves are looking at the option of triggering Benik Afobe’s release clause of £12.5 million as a means to bring him back to the club from Bournemouth, report TeamTalk.

Afobe played for the Wolves for a period of one year before being sold to Bournemouth for £10 million in January 2016. Since Wolves are back into the Premier League, they now think that he could play an important role in their top-flight journey.

Finally, highly-rated Trabzonspor attacking midfielder Yusuf Yazici is wanted by a host of clubs, which also includes the Premier League, according to his agent Erkut Sogut.

“He was born in born in 1997, he was selected among UEFA’s 50 most promising players. He is ahead of Cengiz Under, half of Europe is interested in Yusuf,” Sogut said.

“He is the most promising youngster in Turkey, he scored 10 goals in the league this season. His technique is brilliant, we have offers from Italy, from the Premier League, from Germany and Spain.”

#4 Midtable madness part II

Hot property

Without beating the bush here, newly-promoted Premier League club Cardiff City are already preparing to make themselves a team worthy of being in the topmost division in England as they have been linked with a move for Sunderland’s Didier Ndong by The Watford Observer.

Meanwhile, Jose de Souza of Fenerbahce, who has been previously linked with a move to Wolves, is wanted by West Ham United. The Hammers’ bid of €12 million, however, has been rejected by the Turkish outfit and they may need to increase it to €15 million, say Sporx.

Furthermore, The Lancashire Telegraph have learnt that no less than four Premier League clubs are interested in acquiring the signature of West Brom’s £20 million rated striker Jay Rodriguez. The clubs are Burnley, Bournemouth, West Ham and Crystal Palace.

#3 Midtable madness part III

Highly coveted

It seems as though the midtable clubs of the Premier League have finally woken up from their slumber and are on a rampant spree of being linked with players today. According to Mirror’s live transfer blog, three Premier League clubs are racing for the signature of Villa’s Jack Grealish.

The three clubs are Everton, West Ham and Leicester City, who are all going to make it very hard for Villa to keep him as they couldn’t secure Premier League football for next season.

Meanwhile, The Sun inform that Stoke City have slapped a £30 million price-tag on Jack Butland, who may not have interest from any of the top six clubs but newly-promoted Wolves is a name linked to him and so is Leicester City.

#2 Chelsea

Poland prepare for the World Cup

Alisson is a really wanted man, isn’t he? And why not? After all, he was named in the UEFA Champions League squad for this season due to his displays with Roma. As a result, even Chelsea are now vying for his signature as Gianluca Di Marzio states that the Blues have broken off contract extension talks with the Belgian.

Meanwhile, according to an exclusive from Express, Chelsea are interested in bringing Polish striker Robert Lewandowski to the Stamford Bridge as their search for a proper striker goes on and on. Bayern want £80 million for him.

#1 The mix-bag

The tackle that changed it all

We have had so many rumours today that it has been difficult to segment them properly. Nevertheless, both Manchester and Merseyside feature here.

According to Don Balon, Mohamed Salah faces a lot of pressure to not join Real Madrid and be team-mates with Sergio Ramos, whose tackle injured the Egyptian’s right shoulder.

As a result, has asked his agent to prioritise a move to either Manchester City and Man United above Real Madrid, which is infinite times worse for the Reds as they will have to see their player wanting a move to direct rivals.

Meanwhile, Manchester United are moving in close to signing a deal for Porto’s highly-rated full-back Diogo Dalot, say Independent. On the other side of Manchester, Napoli midfielder Jorginho and Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez will sign for Manchester City by the end of the week, reveal BBC.