Real Madrid agree deal for €70 million Cristiano Ronaldo replacement, Lionel Messi wants Barcelona to sell €53 million star and more: Transfer Roundup, 1 June 2019

Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's Daily Transfer Roundup. With the transfer window and well and truly underway, there is no space for peace in the footballing world. Without further ado, let's take a look at the top transfer news and rumours that made headlines on 1 June 2019.

Maurizio Sarri tells Chelsea he wants to leave, Redknapp thinks it's too early for Frank Lampard

Maurizio Sarri with the Europa League trophy

Maurizio Sarri has reportedly informed the Chelsea top brass that he wants to leave the club in the summer. This has come as quite a shock to supporters and neutrals alike as Sarri had just finished a decent first season in the Premier League.

He secured Champions League qualification for next season by finishing 3rd on the table. Sarri also engineered Chelsea's Europa League triumph against Arsenal just a couple of days ago and was expected to take up a rebuilding job in the summer.

However, Sarri has now made up his mind on where he wants to be next season. Speculation has been rife ever since Massimiliano Allegri vacated the manager role at Juventus and Sarri has been closely linked with the job.

Now, the reports claim that Sarri has agreed to take over at the Old Lady and has asked for him to be released from the current contract at Chelsea. As per the report, Sarri has already held talks with Marina Granovskaia and the Chelsea director will convey Sarri's desire to leave to the club owner Roman Abramovich.

Meanwhile, Frank Lampard is the bookies' favourite to take over at Chelsea. However, renowned English manager and Lampard's uncle Harry Redknapp thinks it's too early for the Chelsea legend to be taking up such a huge project. He told talkSPORT,

“It’s a difficult one for him. He’s at a good club, Derby is a great club,”

“He’s had one year there and he’s got a good relationship with the chairman, so it would be difficult to leave.

“But if the Chelsea job comes up, will he turn it down? It won’t be easy for him.”

Jose Mourinho hails Bruno Fernandes as Manchester United close in on a deal

Bruno Fernandes in action for Portugal against Scotland

Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has hailed Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes as the Red Devils become frontrunners to sign the attacking midfielder. As per reports, Manchester United are now leading the race to sign the Sporting Lisbon star after offering to pay £62 million for him.

Fernandes scored 29 goals and registered 17 assists for Sporting this season and now finds himself in a transfer tug of war between the eternal rivals of the city of Manchester. Jose Mourinho has lavished praise on his fellow countryman.

Mourinho told Eleven Sports,

‘I was surprised by the season of Bruno Fernandes,’

‘It was easy to predict quality, he is a very good player, but scored a very high number of goals for a midfield player.

‘It shows that you need to have instinct and qualities to score and he has it all.

‘He strikes the ball well, heads well, cool when he is one-on-one with the goalkeeper. He finds space in the penalty area. It’s all there.

Elseid Hysaj says he is leaving Napoli in the summer

Napoli right-back Elseid Hysaj has revealed that he will leave Napoli in the summer. Hysaj spoke on his future and sounded a bit discontented with his life in Naples. The 25-year-old has been previously linked with both Manchester United and Chelsea.

Hysaj said,

“I’m absolutely ready for a new challenge because I need change,”

“I’m not the type of person who likes to stay at a club for too long. I want to have new experiences, learn about a new country, meet new people, play for another team and maybe try to win something.

“For me, my time at Napoli is over and I hope to find a team that will give me what I need.”

Manchester United were sporadically linked with the Albanian international in January. However, nothing materialized on that front. The Red Devils are likely to take note of the latest development given that the club is still looking to replace the ageing Ashley Young and Antonio Valencia.

Lionel Messi wants Malcom sold

After joining Barcelona from Bordeaux on a €40 million deal, Malcom has failed to live up to the expectations and currently lives his life on the fringes at Barcelona. As such, the club is looking to offload him in the summer to make way for more financial capital which they can put to use over the course of the summer.

Several top clubs are interested in buying the 22-year-old. Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan and Olympique Lyon are all ready to rope him in. Barcelona have slapped a €53 million price tag on the Brazilian.

Malcom has been ruled surplus to requirements at the Camp Nou with Barcelona needing a player who will want to pocket less and be content playing low-profile games. The report also adds the Lionel Messi has asked for Malcom to be sold to make way for the likes of Antoine Griezmann and Matthijs De Ligt.

Real Madrid agree deal for Luka Jovic

Luka Jovic tussles for the ball with Chelsea's Jorginho

After all the brouhaha and the back and forths, it looks like Eintracht Frankfurt striker Luka Jovic will finally join Real Madrid. The latest reports suggest that Real Madrid have agreed to bring the striker to the Santiago Bernabeu in furtherance of Perez's agenda to give Karim Benzema a partner.

Real Madrid have lacked sharpness in front of goal since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and have been desperate to replace the mammoth amount of goals that the Portuguese used to get for them season in and season out.

As per the report, Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt have agreed on a fee in the ballpark of €70 million + add ons. The report adds that Luka Jovic has already cleared out his stuff from the club and said his final goodbyes to his teammates. Jovic will be Real Madrid's second big signing of the season after Eden Hazard.

Edited by Sripad