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The winter transfer window is closed, but now is the time to look into the summer! Here are the new rumors floating in the big leagues in Europe and beyond.
MAIN STORY: Pjanic to Barcelona is approaching
Readers with eagle eyes will have seen Miralem Pjanic-Rumors towards Barcelona are getting closer in the past week, and Marca believes the transfer is finally beginning to take shape.
Barcelona sees the 30-year-old as the perfect player for his midfielder and would come with experience at the highest level, having played in Italy’s top flight for the past nine years, the last four with Juventus.
The Bosnian is even said to be among Barça’s top priorities, although they could face competition for his signature. The Catalan club has tried to sign him before, in 2018, although at that time he decided to renew his contract in Turin until 2023. Now he is one of the best prospects in Europe.
However, the two clubs have been in contact about possible signings and exchanges, and Pjanic is believed to enjoy the opportunity to play alongside Lionel Messi at the Camp Nou.
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22.00 BST: Real Madrid and Brazil star Marcelo he wants to stay at the Bernabéu despite Italy’s interest, he said.
“I heard two years that I had agreed to join Juventus and follow Cristiano to Italy. People enjoy creating these rumors,” said Marcelo, who has a contract until June 2022, in an Instagram live chat with Fabio Cannavaro.
“I didn’t want to leave, and I don’t think Madrid would have let me go.”
“I am very well here in Madrid, and I don’t want to leave.”
21.08 BST: Atlético de Madrid have plans to present the Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani A two-year contract offer this summer worth 6 million euros per season, reports Mundo Deportivo.
Cavani’s PSG deal ends in late June, and the general thought is that he will need to find a new club after spending the past seven seasons in the French capital.
Can Diego Simeone’s side seal the deal for the Uruguayan international? We’ll have to wait and see.
20.07 BST: The Brazilian team Santos is ready to sign the Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira, according to the club president. But it may take some time before it happens.
The president of the Sao Paulo giants, José Carlos Peres, revealed his interest to Gazeta Esportiva in quotes found in the Daily Mail, and even told the media that he had been communicating with the lifelong fanatic of Santos.
“I have Andreas Pereira on WhatsApp and I have been talking to him,” Peres told the media. “He has done well at Manchester United. He will certainly use the club’s [Santos] shirt one day. “
19.11 BST: Southampton hopes to land defender of Reims Axel Disasi about some Premier League and European rivals, according to the Daily Mail.
Disasi, 22, helped Reims finish sixth in Ligue 1 during the recently completed season and was a staple at the bottom line having started all but one league game.
17.30 BST: Willian He has said he would be “fine” with a move to Arsenal or Tottenham once his contract expires this summer.
There have been no indications that he will be at Stamford Bridge for the 2020-21 season, and the Brazilian international discussed his situation with Brazilian YouTube channel Desimpedidos.
“It really is a difficult decision,” Willian said. “I identified a lot at Chelsea, I have a lot of love for everyone at the club and for the fans.”
“However, it’s like I said before, if I leave Chelsea without problems and leaving the doors open, it would be nice to move to a rival club.”
16.21 BST: Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita He has struggled to make an impact at the club since moving from RB Leipzig at the beginning of last season.
ESPN’s Steve Nicol discusses why the 25-year-old should have more time at Anfield.
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Steve Nicol assesses whether Naby Keita still has a chance to turn things around for Liverpool.
15.11 BST: Atlético de Madrid faces competition from the Premier League clubs in their attempt to sign the Real Valladolid defender Mohammed Salisu, sources have told ESPN.
The center-back has impressed in La Liga this season and has a release clause of just 12 million euros.
Atlético has spoken with Salisu and his club about a possible transfer, although sources in Valladolid insist that no formal offer has been made.
Five Premier League clubs have consulted, and at least three of them have shown great interest in the defender. The Valencia League has also made contact.
14.24 BST: Forward of Lyon Moussa Dembele He would be interested in moving to Manchester United this summer, according to the Manchester Evening News.
The report states that the club wants to add another attack option to the team for next season and is using data analytics to aid in its transfer process.
Sources close to the player say he is interested in moving to Old Trafford, but the final decision rests with United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
13.53 BST: Paris Saint-Germain is interested in signing Leicester’s Wilfred Ndidi, while looking for a new central midfielder in the summer transfer window, with Atlético de Madrid Thomas partey and AS Monaco’s Tiemoue Bakayoko They also considered the options, according to ESPN sources.
Ndidi, 23, was in good shape for Leicester, who was chasing the Champions League before the break due to the coronavirus outbreak and became the subject of interest for some of the best European clubs.
And PSG, through its sports director Leonardo, is positioning itself to make a move. The Nigerian international came to Leicester in 2017 from Genk for £ 15 million and has yet another four years on his contract. Its value is estimated at around £ 45-50m.
12.44 BST: Forward of Real Madrid Gareth Bale He has said that he “would definitely be interested” in playing in Major League Soccer in the future.
The Wales international, who has a contract at the Bernabéu until 2022, was close to leaving the club last summer, before he moved to China.
“I really like the league,” Bale told The Hat-Trick podcast. “It has grown a lot over the years. When we come and play now in the preseason, the games are difficult. The standard is much better. All the clubs are improving, the facilities are improving, the stadiums are improving.”
“It is a league that is on the rise and is still on the rise, and I think a lot more players want to come to America now to play. I would definitely be interested. I love going to Los Angeles on vacation.”
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Herculez Gomez reacts to Gareth Bale’s recent comments that he may be interested in moving to MLS.
12.01 BST: RB Leipzig forward Timo Werner he ruled out changing the Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich, saying he would rather move abroad amid ties to Liverpool, Barcelona and Inter Milan (see the Paper Talk section).
Werner, 24, has a contract until 2023 and an exemption clause in the region of € 50m to € 60m that allows him to leave Leipzig this summer. The Germany international has been linked to a pullout, but said Bayern is not an option for him in the future.
“Bayern is a great club, we don’t need to talk about it, and Hansi Flick has shown this season that he is a very good coach,” he told Bild. “But if a move became a problem at some point, I would be more tempted by a move abroad than a move to Bayern.”
“It’s just that the challenge of another league would appeal to me a little more than a move within the Bundesliga.”
“Of course it is also important that there is mutual respect as much as possible. That is why I chose RB Leipzig at the time, and why I would choose the club to [the] next step as one where I would have that feeling. “
11.20 BST: Real Madrid left-handed Marcelo He insists that he wants to stay at Real Madrid and does not believe that the club wants to sell him amid reports linking him to Juventus.
Marcelo, 31, has won four La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues since moving to the Bernabéu in 2007.
The Brazilian international has had his long-standing status as Madrid’s first-choice left back challenged by Ferland Mendy’s summer signing, but believes his place on the team is not threatened.
“I don’t want to leave and I don’t think Real Madrid will sell me,” Marcelo told Fabio Cannavaro, a former Madrid teammate, in a live chat broadcast on Instagram. “I’ve been doing very well in Madrid since I arrived. It’s been a long time and it’s an incredible story.”
“I think it’s good that other teams are interested in me, but I don’t know about Juventus. Two years ago I had already signed with them [Juventus], and he had his shirt on because he couldn’t live without Cristiano Ronaldo. People invent many things. “
10.35 BST: AS Roma want to keep Manchester United on loan Chris Smalling For at least one other season, manager Paulo Fonseca told ESPN.
The defender has settled in the Italian capital well since he came on loan last summer and Fonseca said Smalling wants to stay with the Italian club beyond this season, and that his loan contract will expire at the end of the season. Sources have told ESPN that while an agreement has been agreed to make their move permanent, Rome is confident it can be done.
“I will do everything I can to keep him in Rome next year as well,” Fonseca said. “I know he wants to stay, let’s see what happens.
“He is an amazing man, very humble, very professional. He is adored by fans and established himself as one of the leaders in the locker room.”
“It is not easy for English central defenders to adapt so quickly to Italian football that the record is not good. But it has been incredible.”
– Fonseca interview: ‘A great pleasure’ to rebuild the sleeping giant of Series A
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Rome manager Paulo Fonseca admitted that Rome is interested in signing Chris Smalling permanently.
09.48 BST: Former Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood believes the club should convince Harry kane to maintain its ambition in the transfer market.
Kane, 26, recently said he would not stay with the Spurs if the team does not progress, as he wants to win trophies “sooner rather than later.”
That statement rekindled Manchester United’s conversations of interest, and sources told ESPN that the England captain will remain on the restricted transfer list at Old Trafford despite Tottenham’s stance that he will not sell his star striker to a rival. national.
Sherwood, the coach who gave Kane his Tottenham first-team debut in 2013, compared the situation of the striker to his former Blackburn teammate Alan Shearer.
“It’s like Shearer,” Sherwood told the Daily Mail. “Finish fourth with Blackburn. [in 1992-93], then second [in 1993-94]. Manchester United is on him. But he decides to stay, because he believes that we have the quality to win. [the Premier League title], and we did next season.
“Harry needs to assess this for himself. He would wait to see what they do in the summer. They have a manager who hasn’t gone there just to finish in the top four. Harry will know very soon if the club is willing to do it.” spend that money to give yourself a chance to win the league.
09.00 BST: Barcelona plans to trade rather than buy players on the transfer market this summer, as the closure of football has already cost the club between € 120 million and € 140 million in revenue, club vice president Jordi Cardoner told ESPN.
Cardoner said he was sure the club would lose this season, but added: “Because our base financial situation is strong, this will not affect us in the same way that other clubs probably do.”
Cardoner predicted that exchanging moneyless players by changing hands would be common practice for clubs this summer.
“It will be part of the game. This is how things will happen for next season at European clubs,” he said.
Cardoner declined to discuss specific agreements. However, his comments suggest that Barcelona will not pay off large transfer fees on informed targets like the Inter Milan striker. Lautaro Martinez or Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar, nor to match Brazil’s international salary of 30 million euros.
PAPER TALK (by Nick Judd): Camaving out, Cherki on her way to Real Madrid?
Real Madrid may be forced to make a change in the transfer direction, with Rennes suggesting they will do their best to avoid Eduardo Camavinga moving to the Bernabéu, according to AS.
The same title also suggests that due to the early completion of Ligue 1, Madrid could take full advantage of Lyon’s inability to qualify for the Champions League and sign the youngster. Rayan Cherki.
Lyon has been the victim of the French season’s cancellation with its league position, prompting the activation of a number of player release clauses, including Cherki.
Chjerki is only 16 years old, but Zinedine Zidane is said to have been monitoring the young man for some time. Lyon’s youngest scorer could have moved up the hierarchical order as a result of Rennes playing hard on Camavinga.
Bayern and Inter could seize Werner from Liverpool’s reach
Timo Werner He is now a realistic target for Inter Milan and Bayern Munich following the news that Liverpool have admitted they are likely to spend money this summer.
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RB Leipzig star Werner has a £ 50 million release clause, while Aouar could cost up to £ 40 million, a combination that is proving too costly for the Reds in the current situation.
Even signing one of the two seems unlikely, meaning that other clubs could now try to sign prospect Werner, who is likely to leave Leipzig this summer.
Bayern and Inter are now believed to be leading the line for the striker who has scored 27 goals in 36 games.
Tap-ins
– Santos is interested in signing the Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira, according to an interview with Oh peixe President José Carlos Peres at Gazeta Esportiva. The Brazilian has played 37 times for United this season, but is eager to return home, and despite being hired until June 2023, Santos is willing to offer him a way home.
– The Argentine side of San Lorenzo is ready to sign Luis Suarez, according to the South American outlet Crack Deportivo. They are eager to bring the striker to Argentina, and their club president plans to bid for the 33-year-old at the end of the season. Suarez is believed to have an affinity for the club, and the Uruguay star could envision a return to South America with Barcelona seeking to change his attack options this summer.
