Welcome to our daily transfer rumours round-up. As always, we’ve been going through the newspapers and websites this morning to complie the best transfer rumours for you. Manchester United have completed the signing of a Bundesliga superstar, whilst Real Madrid have no interest to sign a certain Premier League star.
Tottenham officials are in Italy to conduct negotiations for a Serie A striker, and Liverpool are still trying to complete a deal for a Polish midfielder.
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Here are the transfer rumours doing the rounds on July 2nd:
Serie A
- Udinese have rejected a bid from Liverpool for Polish midfielder Piotr Zielinski, reports Liverpool Echo. The Reds offer of £11.75m was turned down, but an identical bid from Napoli has been accepted. The player has made it clear that he wants to sign for Liverpool, and has already rejected Napoli.
- According to Gianluca di Marzio, Inter Milan skipper Mauro Icardi is subject of interest from Tottenham. It is reported representatives of the North London club are already in Milan to meet Icardi’s agent, and are also ready to offer €45m for the player.
- Watford are interested in signing Argentine star Roberto Pereyra. The Premier League side have already submitted an offer of €15m for the player, whilst Juventus are holidng out for €16m, reports Mondo Udinese.
Premier League
- Borussia Dortmund, today, announced they’ve agreed a deal with Manchester United for Henrikh Mkhitaryan. A Dortmund statement read: “After intensive discussions BVB have complied with the wishes of the Armenian national team player to join Manchester United.”
However, reports suggest Mkhitaryan is yet to agree personal terms with Manchester United, but that shouln’t be a problem.
- According to Spanish website ABC, Real Madrid have no interest in signing Eden Hazard this summer after his poor performance for Chelsea last summer. There have been rumours that Real Madrid want Hazard to be included in a deal for Morata, but ABC believe those reports are not true.
- Recently, reports in the German media suggested Bayern Munich could be interested in signing Laurent Koscielny, with his contract expiring next summer. However, English media outlet Evening Standard reckon the Frenchman has a contract until 2019 at Arsenal, and Arsene Wenger is quite confident of keeping him beyond this summer.
- Manchester United are close to signing Hirving Lozano from Mexican club Pachuca, reports Futbol Entre Lineas. Porto are also said to be interested in the player, but it’s worth mentioning that Futbol Entre Lineas are not really a reliable source.
La Liga
- Paris-Saint Germain have reportedly reached an agreement with Sevilla for the sale of Polish midfielder Gregory Krychowiak. A fee of €26m has been agreed between both the parties, whilst the player had a release clause of €45m, reports Marca.
- Real Betis goalkeeper Antonio Adan has responded to rumours linking him with a move to Liverpool. “Liverpool? I have recently signed a new contract with Real Betis and that shows I’m happy at the club,’ he told El Desmarque.
- Barcelona have turned their attention towards Portuguese midfielder Andre Gomes after completing a deal for Samuel Umtiti, reports Catalan based newspaper Mundo Deportivo. Juventus are also in the race to sign Gomes, but Mundo Deportivo believe the Valencia star is the favourite to sign for Barcelona.
Rest of Europe
- Liverpool are interested in signing Borussia Moenchengladbach star Mahmoud Dahoud, and are prepared to pay in excess of £25m, reports Liverpool Echo. The 20-year-old has a couple of years left on his contract at the Bundesliga club, and reports in Germany suggest he is reluctant to sign a new contract.
- Marseille are keen on extending the loan spell of Newcastle star Florian Thauvin. The Frenchman wanted to complete a move to the Ligue 1 club this week itself, and is also willing to take a wage cut, reports L’Equipe. Newcastle, however, want to offload him permanently.
- According to L’Equipe, Marseille’s interim boss Franck Passi is keen on signing Swansea star Bafetimbi Gomis to replace Michy Batshuayi. The Ligue 1 club, however, would want to sign him on loan, and are not keen on paying any loan fee. They’re also likely to find some difficult in matching his wages of €5m a season.
