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Good evening and welcome to Sportskeeda's latest transfer news and rumours roundup. With the focus now shifting to the World Cup, top clubs have begun their work on the transfer front.
And as always, there are stories which will have huge repercussions on the transfer market. After scorching through papers and sources from all over Europe, we have managed to find transfer stories that made headlines on June 14, 2018:
#1 Serie A
AS Roma name Alisson Becker price
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Gazzetta Dello Sport has claimed that Roma will demand at least €60 million to let Alisson go. Real Madrid have emerged as the favourites to land the Brazilian with the shot-stopper also keen on joining the European champions.
Roma chief Monchi is eyeing at least €60 million plus bonuses for the goalkeeper and will not budge lower than this valuation. Roma believe they hold all the cards in Alisson's case with the goalkeeper having three years remaining on his current contract.
Napoli drop price for Maurizio Sarri
Chelsea have received a huge boost in the pursuit of their top target to replace Antonio Conte. The Mirror reports that Napoli have dropped their price to £4.5 million to let Maurizio Sarri leave this summer. His £7 million release clause expired on May 31 keeping the master tactician on the club's payroll.
Napoli are desperate to let Sarri go as they face a prospect of paying him for two more years. The Italian giants have already appointed Carlo Ancelotti as their next boss with Chelsea now tipped to sign Sarri. Borussia Dortmund and Zenit St Petersburg were also previously linked with the Italian coach.
#2 Bundesliga
Bayern Munich ready to offload Jerome Boateng
Club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has revealed that Bayern Munich are open to receive offers for the German centre-back Jerome Boateng. The former Manchester City defender has reportedly wished to leave the Bavarians this summer. Manchester United are said to be the front-runners to land him.
Rummenigge was quoted by Goal as saying, "His thoughts about leaving Bayern still exist, as his agent has told me. When a club is interested and Jerome says that he wants to join this club, we will consider it. I know that Jerome is thinking about leaving."
Premier League trio interested in Mario Götze
The folks at Sky Sports have revealed that Arsenal, Everton and West Ham United are interested in signing Mario Götze. Borussia Dortmund are looking to recoup at least £20 million for the 26-year-old.
Götze made 23 league appearances last season, scoring twice. Marseille and Valencia are also monitoring the situation of Germany's World Cup hero.
#3 Premier League
Chelsea face Antonio Conte conundrum
The Telegraph reports that Chelsea are unsure over how to solve their managerial issues. It is reported that that Blues will have to pay £9 million as compensation to Conte in order to relieve him of his duties. Whereas a mutual partition is believed to be off the table.
Conte is adamant over his stance of seeing out his contract and intends to return to pre-season training next month. Chelsea do not want Conte and have identified Mauricio Sarri and Laurent Blanc as the potential candidates to replace him.
Ander Herrera set for showdown talks with Jose Mourinho
After not starting regularly last season, Ander Herrera is all set for showdown talks over his future with the Manchester United boss. The Sun has claimed that Herrera is eyeing guarantees over playing time which seems to be further diminished after the arrival of Fred.
Herrera has just a year left on his United contract. He is hoping for a new deal from the club while Jose Mourinho also wants to keep him under his tutelage.
#4 La Liga
Sergio Ramos hurts FC Barcelona in a big way
Thiago Alcantara is one of Barcelona's top target this summer. Senior players at the club have voiced their opinion over wanting the Spanish midfielder back at the club.
But it is believed that Real Madrid are also keen on signing Thiago and now have two major weapons in their artillery to complete this hijack - Sergio Ramos and Julen Lopetugui.
According to Don Balon, the new Real Madrid boss has instructed Spain and Real captain, Sergio Ramos, to persuade Thiago in rejecting Barcelona for a move to the capital.
Thiago has been a regular for Spain and Real Madrid believe that his good relationship with Ramos and Lopetegui will make him reject Barcelona's advances.
It has also been claimed that the Bayern Munich midfielder is miffed at the way Barcelona handled his departure in 2013 which has further boosted Ramos' chances of luring the creative player to the Bernabeu. He is viewed by many as Luka Modric's successor at the club.
Massimiliano Allegri reveals that he turned down the Real Madrid job
Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has admitted that Real Madrid contacted him over the prospect of taking over from Zinedine Zidane.
After Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio Pochettino, Real Madrid were keen on landing Allegri but were also turned down by the Italian.
Allegri was quoted by the Sun as saying, "I thanked Florentino Perez, who called me, but I had given my word to Juventus."
#5 Rest of the world
Marco Verrati offered to top European clubs
Le 10 Sport has reported that Marco Verrati is looking to leave Paris Saint Germain this summer. With a threat of FFP regulations looming over the club, Thomas Tuchel may be forced to sell the Italian midfielder to the highest bidder.
Verratti's agent Mino Raiola has offered his client to the top European clubs. The likes of Manchester United, Juventus and Real Madrid are all said to be keen on signing the combative midfielder.
Ajax set a high price for two of their in-demand stars
After losing Justin Kluivert to AS Roma for just €17.5 million, Ajax have now placed huge valuations on the head of Frenkie De Jong and Matthijs De Ligt. Mundo Deportivo claims that De Jong is valued at €50 million by the Dutch side whereas De Ligt is valued at €60 million.
The former is a Barcelona target whereas De Ligt is on the radar of Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.
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