Real Madrid rejected the chance to sign Premier League superstar and other transfer news and rumours of the day - 3rd September, 2017

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Turan is set to end his Barcelona nightmare

Galatasaray set to sign Arda Turan

FC Barcelona's out of favour midfielder, Arda Turan is close to completing a move to his homeland Turkey where he will sign for Galatasaray. The Turkish transfer window is open until the next weekend with Barcelona confident of completing a deal before the deadline. Turan is set to join the Turkish giants on a season long loan.

Sporting Lisbon claim no bid arrived for William Carvalho from the Hammers

The Portuguese club have rejected West Ham United owner David Sullivan's claims of submitting a big money bid for Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho. Sporting's communications chief Nuno Saraiva has disputed those claims by saying, "No proposal arrived for the player William Carvalho. Mr. Sullivan has a duty to prove what he says. For this reason, Sporting Clube de Portugal challenge him to publicly show the proposals he says have been made, as well as the evidence that Sporting CP has received them."