Rumour Mill: Arsenal’s £100m double deal; Chelsea’s Morata bid
Arsenal are set to make a £100m double swoop for two top targets, while Chelsea’s opening Alvaro Morata bid has been rejected, according to Wednesday’s transfer rumours.
Arsenal
– Gonzalo Higuain has told Napoli he wants to join Arsenal this summer Gazetta dello Sport)
– Arsenal are ready to enter the race for Moussa Sissoko – and hope Newcastle will accept a £30m bid (Daily Express)
– Napoli have turned down a bid of 60million euros plus striker Olivier Giroud approach from Arsenal for Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain (Sky Italia)
– Arsenal have turned their attentions towards Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi after making a 50million euros approach (Corriere dello Sport)
– Arsenal are very close to sealing the signing of Bolton defender Rob Holding for £2million (Bolton News)
– Barcelona are willing to sell Arsenal and Chelsea target Arda Turan for a fee of £20million (Sport)
– Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool want to sign Newcastle’s Moussa Sissoko but Juventus have now entered the race for the Frenchman (The Sun)
– Arsenal have beaten Manchester United in the race to sign 16-year-old Norwegian starlet Erik Tobias Sandberg (The Sun)
Bournemouth
– Brentford have made a bid for Bournemouth target Ollie Watkins who plays for Exeter (HITC Sport)
Burnley
– Nottingham Forest play-maker Henri Lansbury is wanted by Burnley (Nottingham Post)
Chelsea
– Barcelona are willing to sell Arsenal and Chelsea target Arda Turan for a fee of £20million (Sport)
– Chelsea have had a €75m bid for Alvaro Morata rejected – with Real Madrid holding out for €80m (Radio Cadena SER)
– Chelsea will make a combined bid for Lazio’s Italian internationals Antonio Candreva and Marco Parolo (Sport Italia)
– The Blues are continuing their efforts to bring in Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata, having made a 60million euros bid (Marca)
– Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool want to sign Newcastle’s Moussa Sissoko but Juventus have now entered the race for the Frenchman (The Sun)
– Loic Remy could be on his way out of Stamford Bridge with Besiktas ready to sign the French forward (Evening Standard)
– Striker Divock Origi is wanted by Atletico Madrid but only if they fail to land former striker Diego Cosa from Chelsea (Bleacher Report)
Crystal Palace
– Crystal Palace will battle West Brom, Sunderland and Swansea for West Ham striker Diafra Sakho – but the price could rise to around £14million (Daily Mirror)
Everton
– Goalkeeper Diego Lopez will be ready to sign for Chelsea once Asmir Begovic completes his switch to Everton (Calciomercato)
– Man City are still interested in signing Everton defender John Stones but no formal bid has been made yet (The Mail)
-Manchester United are also linked with a bid for Stones with Jose Mourinho a keen admirer of the 22-year-old (The Times)
– The Toffees are preparing a club record £46million bid to sign Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly (Sport Italia)
Hull City
– Hull want Reading right back Chris Gunter but have not yet made a bid (getreading.co.uk)
Leicester
– Riyad Mahrez will stay at Leicester this summer, insists Claudio Ranieri
– Melbourne Victory will not try to tempt goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer into returning home (SEN)
Liverpool
– Georginio Wijnaldum could complete his transfer to Newcastle this week with Lucas heading in the opposite direction (Telegraph)
– Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool want to sign Newcastle’s Moussa Sissoko but Juventus have now entered the race for the Frenchman (The Sun)
– Udinese want £17million for Polish midfielder Piotr Zielinski (Gazzetta dello Sport)
– Schalke will compete with Fiorentina for Liverpool flop Lazar Markovic
– Liverpool are interested in Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic, but the Spanish giants only want to send him out on loan (Marca)
– Striker Divock Origi is wanted by Atletico Madrid but only if they fail to land former striker Diego Cosa from Chelsea (Bleacher Report)
Manchester City
– Man City are still interested in signing Everton defender John Stones but no formal bid has been made yet (The Mail)
– Riyad Mahrez could be on his way to Man City if they don’t manage to sign Leroy Sane (France Football)
– Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin is attracting the interest of Man City with Pep Guardiola a fan of the pacy defender (Evening Standard)
– City have enquired about the availability of West Ham’s England under-17 captain Reece Oxford and could make a bid worth £15million (Independent)
Manchester United
– Paul Pogba would be happy to return to Manchester United, three years since he left, amid rumours of an £87million bid (Manchester Evening News)
– Young striker James Wilson could be leaving Old Trafford shortly after being left out of the club’s pre season tour to China. Fulham are interested in a loan deal (getwestlondon.co.uk)
– Arsenal have beaten Manchester United in the race to sign 16-year-old Norwegian starlet Erik Tobias Sandberg (The Sun)
Middlesbrough
– Middlesbrough will look elsewhere following the collapse of Neven Subotic’s proposed transfer to Teesside (Northern Echo)
– Alvaro Negredo should complete his loan move to Middlesbrough today after joing up with the squad in Marbella (Gazzette Live)
– Brad Guzan could be closer to joining Middlesbrough after Aston Villa told the American keeper he could leave for free (The Express)
Southampton
– Southampton want to sign Brighton winger Solly March but face competition from West Ham (Daily Echo)
Stoke
– Stoke’s bid to sign Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina depends on whether his team-mate Paul Pogba joins Man United (The Guardian)
– The Potters are battling with clubs throughout Europe to sign Ecuadorian striker Jose Angulo (The Guardian)
Sunderland
– Sunderland, West Brom and Swansea are all keen on West Ham’s Diafra Sakho (The Mirror)
– The Black Cats are keen to offer former England defender Micah Richards an immediate return to the Premier League and will trigger his £5million release clause (Birmingham Mail)
Swansea
– Sunderland, West Brom and Swansea are all keen on West Ham’s Diafra Sakho (The Mirror)
– Bafetimbi Gomis is linked with a loan move to Marseille but his wages are providing a stumbling block (walesonline.co.uk)
Tottenham
– Lille midfielder Sofiane Boufal says he is happy to stay at Lille despite interest from Spurs (insidefutbol.com)
– Georges-Kevin N’Koudou’s £10.9million move to Spurs is very close (Daily Star)
Watford
– Brice Dja-Djedje is close to sealing a £2million switch to Vicarage Road (Sky Sports News)
West Brom
– Sunderland, West Brom and Swansea are all keen on West Ham’s Diafra Sakho (The Mirror)
– West Brom could tempt Leeds into selling left-back Charlie Taylor for a fee of £5million (Birmingham Mail)
– This is after a £9million bid for Leicester’s Jeffrey Schlupp was turned down, though the Baggies are prepared to go in with a fresh bid (Express and Star)
West Ham
– Sunderland, West Brom, Swansea and jow Crystal Palace are all keen on West Ham’s Diafra Sakho (The Mirror)
– Man City have enquired about the availability of West Ham’s England under-17 captain Reece Oxford and could make a bid worth £15million (Independent)