Transfer news and rumours of the day: 23rd August, 2016

shkodran mustafi
Mustafi to Arsenal called off?

Bundesliga

Hakan Calhanoglu
Calhanoglu to Atletico?

- Atletico Madrid have their sights set on signing Bayer Leverkusen star Hakan Calhanoglu according to Turkish sports newspaper AMK. La Liga side are willing to pay close to €20million for Calhanogu’s signature who has previously expressed his desires to quit Leverkusen. Bundesliga side are also looking to cash-in on their star man who wants to play for a bigger side in coming seasons.

- Aston Villa’s Twitter-friendly chairman Tony Xia has dismissed the possibility that his side will buy Wolfsburg target man Bas Dost. Last weeks, Goal.com claimed a £9million bid for the Championship side which was soon turned down by the Bundesliga side.

Since then there have not been any new bid for the prolific striker and now any hopes of him playing in English football were quashed by Tony Xia, who claims that the transfer saga is now dead.

- Brazilian defender Dante has completed a move to French side Nice from Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg. Dante has signed a 3-year contract with the Ligue 1 side and has now teamed up with his former Borussia Mönchengladbach manager Lucien Favre. Dante spent last 7 years in Bundesliga with Bayern Munich and more recently with Wolfsburg.

Quick Links

Edited by Staff Editor
Sportskeeda logo
Close menu
WWE
WWE
NBA
NBA
NFL
NFL
MMA
MMA
Tennis
Tennis
NHL
NHL
Golf
Golf
MLB
MLB
Soccer
Soccer
F1
F1
WNBA
WNBA
More
More
bell-icon Manage notifications