Euro Paper Talk: Courtois report supports Liverpool’s bid for Alisson; Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo revelation

Manchester United never made a move to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, AC Milan could sell Leonardo Bonucci and Real Madrid are closing in on Thibaut Courtois, according to Tuesday’s European papers.

 

UNITED DID NOT WANT RONALDO

Cristiano Ronaldo’s mother has claimed that Manchester United did not make an attempt to re-sign the Portugal forward.

Ronaldo yesterday completed a move to Juventus in a €100million transfer, signing a four-year contract taking him through to 2022.

The 33-year-old was linked with a return to Old Trafford and The Sun claimed at the start of the month that United’s vice-chairman Ed Woodward was evaluating what it would take to beat the Serie A side to Ronaldo.

But an approach never materialised from Woodward and United.

Maria Dolores Aveiro told SFR Sport: “It was not possible to return to Manchester, but we’ll support him,” Aveiro told reporters after Ronaldo’s official unveiling in Turin.

“It is a new stage in his life and I believe he is happy, as are all the family.”

 

PSG ACCEPT MANCHESTER UNITED OFFER FOR GUEDES

Manchester United have had an offer accepted for Goncalo Guedes, according to reports in the Spanish media.

According to Don Balon, United boss Jose Mourinho has turned his attention towards the PSG playmaker after repeatedly hitting a brick wall in his efforts to prise Sergej Milinkovic-Savic from Lazio.

But he has had far more luck with his efforts to bring in Portugal star Guedes, with PSG reported to have instantly accepted United’s opening offer of €80million (£71m) for the playmaker.

Guedes spent last season on loan in LaLiga with Valencia and had been expected to make a permanent switch to the Mestalla.

However, Valencia have been stalling on paying PSG’s asking price and that has allowed United to step in and sign the Jorge Mendes represented client.

PSG are eager to offload their fringe stars due to their FFP stipulations, while a move to Old Trafford for the 21-year-old makes perfect sense to all parties.

 

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AND THE REST

AC Milan could decide to sell Leonardo Bonucci this summer; Man Utd and PSG are on alert (Sky Italia)

AC Milan will hold talks about signing Alvaro Morata in London (Corriere dello Sport)

Barcelona are ready to join Real Madrid in pursuit of Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard (Don Balon)

Bayern Munich are not interested in signing England and Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford (Sky Germany)

Chelsea captain Gary Cahill is considering leaving the club as they close in on a deal for Daniele Rugani (London Evening Standard)

Real Madrid are ready to cut their losses on Theo Hernandez (Marca)

Manchester City and Barcelona are interested in Miralem Pjanic, but Juventus would only accept a bid of around €90million (Tuttosport)

Real Madrid could finalise a deal to sign Thibaut Courtois by the end of Tuesday (Cadena COPE)

West Ham are chasing Barcelona defender Marlon Santos, along with Hertha Berlin and Fenerbahce (Sport)

Karim Benzema could be sold by Real Madrid this summer (AS)

Inter Milan are ready to abandon their bid to sign Mousa Dembele after the Tottenham midfielder rejected the chance to move to Italy (Calciomercato)

Atletico Mineiro have made an official offer for unwanted Roma attacking midfielder Gerson (Sky Italia)

Antoine Griezmann is ‘proud’ of his decision to renew his contract with Atletico Madrid and reject Barcelona following a summer transfer saga (AS)

Sampdoria are pushing ahead with plans to sign Roma forward Gregoire Defrel, following further talks in the last 24 hours (Sky Italia)

Barcelona have transfer listed Arsenal target Andre Gomes, as well as Aleix Vidal, Marlon Santos, Munir, Douglas, Rafinha and Sergi Samper as they bid to raise around €150m this summer (Marca)

Marcelo Brozovic is set to be handed a new deal at Inter Milan which will likely see his buy-out clause doubled from €50m to €100m. The Croatian has been mentioned as a target for Chelsea and Manchester United in the past (Calciomercato)

West Ham have matched Liverpool’s €22m offer for Domogoj Vida – but Besiktas has told his suitors the Croatia defender will cost at least €30m this summer (Sabah)

Chelsea midfielder Mario Pasalic is set to return to Serie A, joining Atalanta on loan with an option to buy (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Neymar and Kylian Mbappe want to stay at PSG this summer, according to the sporting director of the club’s youth academy (Radio Marca)

Barcelona are growing confident of a deal for Chelsea forward Willian and expect he will fit into the club’s non-EU playing slots (Mundo Deportivo)

Gonzalo Higuain has told Juventus he would rather join AC Milan than move to Chelsea this summer (Sky Italia)

Marko Arnautovic has been put up for sale by West Ham – but the Austrian would prefer to join Roma ahead of Manchester United (Leggo)

James Rodriguez will not return to Real Madrid from Bayern Munich this summer despite reports in the Spanish press suggesting otherwise (ESPN)

Real Madrid are ‘very close’ to signing Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois with a €35m deal set to be ‘concluded almost immediately’ (Marca)

AC Milan manager Rino Gattuso is ready to tell Suso’s agent that the winger will not be allowed to leave this summer after he was linked with a €40m switch to Chelsea (Calciomercato)

Napoli are eyeing a move to sign Paris Saint-Germain right-back and World Cup semi-finalist Thomas Meunier (Corriere dello Sport)

Manchester United’s hopes of signing Gareth Bale in a £90m deal look to be over after he was handed the chance to become Cristiano Ronaldo’s heir at Real Madrid

AC Milan striker Nikola Kalinic is on the verge of joining Atletico Madrid in an €18m deal (Marca)

Roma insist they are still to receive any offers for Alisson, despite claims Liverpool were set to launch a €70m offer (Corriere dello Sport)

Real Madrid forward Borja Mayoral looks set for a transfer away this summer and has been linked with a move to Alaves (Marca)

Lyon have set Liverpool a deadline in which to make up their mind on a deal to sign Nabil Fekir (L’Equipe)

France sensation Kylian Mbappe has donated all of his World Cup earnings to a children’s charity (Huffington Post)

Chelsea midfielder Jeremie Boga is close to joining Sassuolo for a fee of around £3.5m (Goal)

Tottenham have contacted Stuttgart to make a £44m bid to sign versatile France World Cup winner Benjamin Pavard

Monaco have made an offer to CSKA Moscow for Alexsandr Golovin and are confident of agreeing a deal to sign the Russia midfielder

 

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