Football transfer rumours for August 28, 2015

While most of the clubs in Europe have completed their summer transfer activities, there are still a few clubs trying to sign the players they need before deadline day.In the Premier League, while most of the clubs have put away their checkbooks for the summer, a few clubs like Chelsea and Manchester United are still on the look-out for the final player to complete their squad. Manchester City, on the other hand, have already spent €125.8 million this summer on attaining players like Raheem Sterling, Nicolas Otamendi, and Fabian Delph, but their final tally could be well above €200-million with Kevin De Bruyne on his way.While La Liga giants Barcelona can’t make any transfers this season due to their ban, Real Madrid who is under the management of Rafael Benitez have completed most of their purchases, they have been offloading their surplus player in recent days. While Illaramendi has been sold to Real Sociedad, Portuguese left-back Fabio Coentrao has been sent to Monaco on a loan deal.In the Serie A a few clubs are still active, amongst whom are both the clubs from Milan, AC Milan and Inter Milan who are still looking for players to help them return to the peak of Serie A. Here are the transfer rumors from 28 August 2015

#1 Premier League

De Bryune deal is expected to go through in next few days

- Manchester City are closing in on Kevin De Bruyne’s deal and it is expected to be done in the next few days. Although De Bruyne is not too keen on leaving Wolfsburg, the Belgian has no qualms of going back to the Premier League and joining the Citizens.

- De Bruyne was the Bundesliga player of the season last year and is expected to cost City £54-million. If the Belgian moves back to England the Manchester City squad they see Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling, and Kevin De Bruyne up front, with David Silva and Yaya Toure backing them up.

- While Chelsea are still after Everton’s John Stones, The Merseysiders have stated that they won’t allow the centre back to leave Goodison Park.

- Arsenal who have signed Petr Cech this season, are still looking to buy Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema. Although the Frenchman sent out a message on social media a few days back, showing his loyalty to Los Blancos Wenger will still be hoping the striker will come to the Emirates.

- Liverpool, on the other hand, have made most of their buys and are looking to send players like Fabio Borini and Lucas Leiva ought. Surprisingly though the team are also considering sending recently signed player Lazar Markovich on a season-long loan to Fenerbahce.

- Manchester United though have not been able to sign any big name players this season, and are still looking at Barcelona star Neymar, and recently rumours of Van Gaal’s interest in Bayern Munich’s Arjen Robben have also surfaced.

- The Red Devils are also said to be interested in Felipe Anderson and have placed a bid on the player.

#2 La Liga

De Gea close to Madrid move according to reports

- Real Betis have revealed their interests in signing Dortmund winger Jakub Blaszczykowski. Blaszczykowski has become a fan favourite at Dortmund and will be huge loss to the team if he leaves. The Poland international has been at the club since 2012 and was a crucial part of the team that reached the Champions league final and won the Bundesliga under Jurgen Klopp.

- Real Madrid, on the other hand, have not yet been able to confirm their status on David de Gea. The Spanish goalkeeper has been shunned by the United manager Louis van Gaal, and has been the talk of the transfer season. De Gea has shown his eagerness to move to Madrid, and Van Gaal has also stated that he intends to sell the player but both the clubs have not yet been able to finalize the players price.

- Barcelona who have not been able to sign any player this season, only managed to get Arda Turan who they will only be allowed to play from January. Turan is said to have cost the Catalan team a fair price, and will be the replacement for the recently retired Xavi.

#3 Bundesliga

Dante has seen more bench time at Bayern recently

- Vfl Wolfsburg, who seem likely to lose their star player Kevin De Bruyne to Manchester City, are keen on signing Bayern Munich defender Dante. Dante has been sent down the pecking order in Munich since his disastrous performance in the Brazilian World Cup.

- While Dortmund has managed to retain most of their players this season, they might lose Jakub Blaszczykowski this year. Apart from Spain the Polish player has also been receiving a lot of attention from the Premier League.

- Arsenal, Liverpool, and Everton are the three clubs who have shown interest in the player, while Liverpool has also shown past interest it is yet to be seen where the winger will move come the end of the transfer season

#4 Other Leagues

Will Draxler move to the Serie A?

- Juventus are still finalising the deal with Schalke star Julian Draxler. The German youngster has drawn attention from several top European clubs over the years, but it seems like his move to the Italian side seems eminent. Gaitan also looks like he is going to move to Juventus.

- Inter Milan are said to be interested in Wolfsburg player Ivan Perisic. Although Mancini has other players in his mind it seems like he has to settle for the Croatian winger.

- Paris-Saint Germain are keen on signing Everton’s left back Seamus Coleman. The Ligue 1 champions are said to have placed a bid of £20 million for the player.