Live Transfer Blog: EPL, La Liga and Rest of Europe (13th July 2016)

That's it for today! But still,

Will we see an end to the Pogba transfer saga?
Will Arsenal finally sign Higuain?
Will John Obi Mikel ever leave Chelsea?

and many more questions remain unanswered!

See you all tomorrow! Hopefully we have a lot more transfer rumours to cover tomorrow!

Breaking: Gonzalo Higuain to China may actually happen! Stay tuned for details! Rumours of Euro 800,000 a week are doing the rounds.

HIGUAIN REJECTS £800k OFFER!

Gonzalo Higuain has reportedly rejected a massive contract offer from Chinese club, Hebei China Fortune.

Arsenal are keen on signing the Argentine striker, while Chelsea and Atletico Madrid are also keeping tabs.

Latest transfer news coming through... pic.twitter.com/U543JPrGfn
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) July 12, 2016

Paddy Power has something to say about West Ham's recent series of bids for a number of players.

Jonas Hector over-evaluated?

Impressive German left-back Hector's value has been tabled at £25million by Koln, according to German daily Bild.

He has attracted attention from several clubs, most of which have given up on the chase due to his club's high expectations. Those interested but dejected include Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, but with Barcelona having spotted him as a possible target, it is unlikely that the price tag could come down.

Wales hero Hal Robson-Kanu is being offered £100,000-a-week to move to the Chinese Super League.

The 27-year-old, a free agent after leaving Reading last season, has attracted the interest from Jiangsu Suning and Beijing Guoan. Abu Dhabi outfit Al Jazira Club are also keen.

The money on offer from all three is understood to be significantly higher than he would get at Hull, currently favourites to sign him. Watford and Swansea are also interested.

Nolito sends Bony down the pecking order. Wait. He might just get loaned out!

Striker Wilfried Bony, 27, is set to leave Man City, with Galatasaray offering him a loan move, according to Sun.

Here's Paul Pogba's agent Mino Raiola explaining what it'll take of Man Utd to sign their transfer target.

“Last year, when the bid came in, I really wanted him to go to Chelsea. It didn’t happen but this year we will see.“Juve do not want to sell him and there is a chance for us to talk about a new contract. He feels no need to leave.“But if you come with a project that will make Paul want to leave, we’ll talk with the club.”

So, basically what JUVENTUS is asking for a gigantic sum of M O N E Y !

Note: Man Utd have broken the transfer record earlier by signing a Serie A player Sebastien Veron during Fergie's years.

DONE DEAL! DIGNE JOINS BARCELONA!

Barcelona has have confirmed the signing of Lucas Digne from Paris Saint-German. the left back had spent the 2015/16 season at AS Roma.

#DigneFCB @LucasDigne pace and youth at full back https://t.co/CzudxB6IL7 pic.twitter.com/CRcNTCNySZ
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 13, 2016

👋 Bienvenue @LucasDigne
Welcome to @FCBarcelona! #DigneFCB pic.twitter.com/7cprKuMYw1
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 13, 2016

In two minds?

Manchester City target Leroy Sane is yet to tell Schalke he wants to leave, with new City boss Pep Guardiola prepared to spend £40m on the 20-year-old German midfielder.

Skrtel ve Köybaşı Sağlık Kontrolünden Geçti | https://t.co/vBFeaKwxuQ pic.twitter.com/ff0PEYPkPa
— Fenerbahçe SK (@Fenerbahce) July 13, 2016

ICARDI TO TOTTENHAM?

The Inter Milan striker's agent has revealed that he's been approached by Tottenham regarding a move to the club.

Chelsea are also said to be interested in the striker. Do we see another Willian-like transfer saga here?

Spurs have made an approach to sign Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi, according to his agent. #THFC pic.twitter.com/yPOoG1RJqz
— Hotspur Related (@HotspurRelated) July 13, 2016

YOU GOT SKRTEL? WE ARE GETTING KOMPANY!

Reports emerge from Turkey that Besiktas have made a bid for Manchester City captain, Vincent Kompany. The injury-prone defender has been on the sidelines for the past couple of months and missed the EURO 2016 for Belgium.

Rivals Fenerbahce have just landed Martin Skrtel from Liverpool and it looks like the Turkish league is going to be a tight 3 way battle!

Martin Škrtel İstanbul’da | https://t.co/W5IzuNZYCd pic.twitter.com/s96AqYp3t3
— Fenerbahçe SK (@Fenerbahce) July 12, 2016

BREAKING: SKRTEL PASSED MEDICAL AT FENERBAHCE!

Turkish giants, Fenerbahce have confirmed that Martin Skrtel has passed him medical at the club ahead of his move from Liverpool. The defender is set to be unveiled in the next 48 hours.

HE'S HERE! CHELSEA FANS! ANTONIO CONTE HAS ARRIVED!

Conte arriving at Cobham today. #cfc pic.twitter.com/VUV6Hk23iV
— Forever Blue (@BunchOfBallacks) July 13, 2016

Sunderland have confirmed that Big Sam was interviewed by The FA for the English National Team managerial position.

Do you think he's the right one for the job?

Club comment - Sam Allardyce https://t.co/Scrp0HBogI
— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) July 13, 2016

HENRY STRAIGHT BACK TO COACHING?

Thierry Henry left Arsenal yesterday after a fall out with Arsene Wenger but it looks like he's already got 2 other coaching job offers on his table!

Watford and West Ham United are reportedly the clubs to have made an offer to the Arsenal legend who is currently working as a pundit for Sky Sports.

More news on N'Golo Kante

Chelsea's hopes of securing the French defensive midfielder's signature have now rocketed since N'Golo Kante has rejected a new £100,000-a-week deal at Leicester City.

No prizes for guessing, that the club is likely to raise their offer.

Axe on Giroud. Higua(in?)

Latest: Arsene Wenger is willing to pay Napoli €50 million plus Olivier Giroud for star striker Gonzalo Higuain, reports Italian publication La Gazzetta.

If this swap deal goes through, the chances of Gunners' last season's league position getting swapped for their title ambitions surely get a boost.

HUGE BLOW FOR ARSENAL!

Juventus and Wolfsburg have made moves to sign Karim Benzema from Real Madrid! The German club have reportedly made a bid of €60 million for the French striker but Real Madrid have rejected that straight away!

Juventus love Real Madrid strikers, don't they? They tried to sign Higuain when he was leaving the Galacticos, then they signed Morata on loan and now they are eyeing Benzema!

Filip Lesniak has joined Czech side Slovan Liberec on loan until January, subject to international clearance. pic.twitter.com/GXR0ejagKi
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 12, 2016

WELL WELL WELL! Looks like Chelsea have agreed a fee with Leicester City to sign N'Golo Kante!

Le Parisien say the fee is €35 MILLION - which looks like a steal for Chelsea but at the same time a HUGE Profit for Leicester City, who signed him for €8 million last summer.

Breaking | Chelsea have agreed a €35m fee with Leicester City for the transfer of N'Golo Kanté, according to Le Parisien. More to follow.
— Get French Football (@GFFN) July 13, 2016

Everton join Chelsea in the race for Koulibaly

Everton, according to Liverpool Echo, are keen to sign Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly with the Serie A side wanting more than £42m.

Earlier, Conte made an attempt to strengthen his defence but were thwarted by Napoli as they put a giant tag on the defender.

BARCELONA GO DIGGING FOR DIGNE

The ever so reliable, TV3 are reporting that Barcelona have agreed the fee to sign Paris Saint-German left-back, Lucas Digne! Jordi Alba is the only left-back in the Barcelona squad right now and Luis Enrique seems to have made it clear to the board that he wants another player in the squad for that position.

TV3 are reporting that a bid of €20 million has been accepted by PSG and he will be unveiled TOMORROW!

Stones leaving no stone unturned in City move!

Everton centre-back John Stones has told the club he wants to join Manchester City in time to start pre-season training under Pep Guardiola.

An official request was only expected from the England defender, but that leaves the Merseyside club little time to negotiate over a price which they'd like to be dealt at £50m.

Tick Tock Toffees

News: Jurgen Klopp tells Mario Balotelli to leave Liverpool!

Klopp: "I told Balotelli he must leave Liverpool."

The burden of Balotelli returns to Anfield as his loan spell at AC Milan expired. While Liverpool board hoped that the "world class" Italian striker would rediscover himself, sadly, nothing has changed.

The 25-year-old managed to find the net just once at Serie A last term and Klopp does not see a future for him at Anfield, just like a bunch of 6-year-old Scousers might have predicted.

Although, a wise person that he is, Klopp has handled the Balotelli case diplomatically.

He said, "There will be a club around who would be happy to have a new Mario Balotelli, if you like. I have spoken clearly to the player about that.

"It's now time to make decisions and I try to help Mario to get in the best shape he can be in and we will see what happens."

Troll?

CESC FABREGAS TO MANCHESTER UNITED?

Jose Mourinho seems to have set his sights on Cesc Fabregas now with the rumours of Paul Pogba signing a new contract at Juventus. Fabregas loves Mourinho and vice versa but will it be enough to tempt him to make a move to Old Trafford? Read More about this rumour.

GOOD MORNING PEOPLE! It's exactly one month to go for the Premier League and the clubs are moving in fast on their transfers targets.

Big day for Chelsea fan today as Antonio Conte takes charge of training for the first time today! (Good luck to Gary Cahill and John Obi Mikel)

Pre-season matches are about to begin for all clubs!

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