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The coronavirus pandemic has made the transfer market uncertain, and you can find out when windows open and close here, but here are the rumors floating around in major leagues in Europe and beyond.
KEY STORY: Griezmann’s future has Premier League top clubs on red alert
Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal are among the clubs monitoring the situation when it comes to the future of the Barcelona forward. Antoine Griezmannreports the Mail on Sunday.
Lionel Messi’s dramatic change of course on Friday ended his attempt to leave the club this summer, leaving Barça looking for alternative ways to finance the major squad reform that is required after his first season without a trophy in 12 years. .
Griezmann was one of the few players that Barça president Josep Maria Bartomeu said would not be available for a transfer this summer, but Messi’s decision to stay could change that situation for the 29-year-old.
In 2017, sources told ESPN’s Rob Dawson that Griezmann was United’s main transfer target, when the French international was still at Atlético Madrid but, despite the player appearing willing to move, he remained in the capital. Spanish.
The Mail report adds that Barcelona will have to take a significant loss on the 120 million euro fee they invested when Griezmann signed with them a year ago if they want to take him off the salary bill.
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10.20 BST: Wales coach Ryan Giggs believes the Chelsea defender Ethan Ampadu You may need to move around in order to play regularly.
The versatile defender, who will turn 20 later this month, has impressed both at Stamford Bridge and during last season’s loan at RB Leipzig, but has failed to secure a regular first-team spot at either club. .
And, with veteran Thiago Silva arriving at Chelsea on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain, Giggs believes Ampadu has a big decision to make this summer.
“Thiago is a quality central midfielder and you can only learn from someone like that,” Giggs said ahead of Sunday’s UEFA Nations League game against Bulgaria in Cardiff (Catch it LIVE on ESPN3 at 9am in the US.).
“I want all the players to play regularly, but sometimes that’s not the case. It’s that balance of whether they’re in a top-notch club and surrounded by elite players and getting better every day, but ultimately you need minutes in field”. That’s Ethan’s decision, I’ve talked to him a lot about that.
“I think last year was maybe a little different as he had injuries. You could see in the game he played against Tottenham in the Champions League that he was outstanding. Nothing puzzles him, he is a quality player and he just needs to stay in shape. “. now.”
09.38 BST: Luis Suarez and Arturo vidal They trained separately from their Barcelona teammates on Saturday, sources told ESPN’s Moisés Llorens, as both players prepare to leave the club.
Sources told ESPN’s Andrew Cesare Richardson on Friday that Suarez, 33, had agreed to join Juventus, while Vidal, also 33, is in talks with Inter Milan.
Barça’s new coach, Ronald Koeman, decided that the pair should train individually, accompanied by a physical trainer, rather than join the rest of the team.
Suárez, who has risen to third place on Barça’s all-time goal scorers list since he joined in 2014, is expected to move to Turin for a nominal fee.
Sources told ESPN that Vidal was originally expected to stay at Camp Nou, but there was a change of mind after the 8-2 defeat in the Champions League quarterfinal at the hands of Bayern Munich. Now he is likely to connect with his former Juventus coach Antonio Conte in a return to Serie A.
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The FC boys are evaluating the possibility of Luis Suárez joining Juve and how his relationship with Giorgio Chiellini will improve.
09.00 BST: The wolves broke their club record transfer fee to sign the Portuguese teenager Fabio Silva Porto, the Premier League club said on Saturday.
Wolves did not disclose the fee paid by the 18-year-old forward, who signed a five-year contract, but said it was a club record. Media reports had indicated that the fee was around £ 35 million.
Silva was part of the youth system at both Porto and Benfica and made his first-team debut with Porto, his hometown club, in August 2019 when he was 17 years old.
The forward has scored a goal in 12 Portuguese league games for Porto and spent time last season with his B team in the second division.
The Wolves’ previous record signing was Mexican forward Raúl Jiménez, who joined the West Midlands club from Benfica for £ 30 million in 2019.
PAPER TALK (by Nick Judd): Juve considers Morata if not Suarez
Italian champions Juventus are planning other options should they try to sign Luis Suarez Barcelona fails, and AS suggests they are considering the Atletico Madrid forward Alvaro Morata.
Juve are desperate to add another attacking option to the squad and have been strongly linked with Suárez and the AS Roma star. Edin dzeko. The club has an agreement with Suárez, but the player has yet to reach an agreement with Barcelona on his severance package, or resolve the issue of his passport, which can take up to a month to finalize.
Similarly, Juve is believed to have a deal with Dzeko, but Roma are not willing to let him go until they have completed the signing of Arkadiusz Milik from Napoli.
That is why AS has linked the Turin club with Morata, and suggests that the club has even drawn up a technical dossier on the Atlético forward.
Morata spent two seasons at Juve between 2014 and 2016, and the club is keen to launch one of Federico Bernardeschi, Aaron Ramsey or Douglas Costa to sweeten the deal.
Mourinho contemplates shock play for Hughes
The Daily Mirror links Tottenham Hotspur manager José Mourinho with a surprise move for the Watford midfielder Will hughes.
Mourinho is looking to remodel his team, but has to balance the books while doing so. The Spurs coach has already signed Southampton’s Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Matthew Doherty and Burnley’s Joe Hart, for which Hughes is appealing for £ 13m.
Mourinho believes Hughes offers a number of options in various roles in midfield, while also increasing the team’s home share.
Hughes impressed at Watford in the Premier League after joining the club from Derby County in 2017.
Mourinho is willing to let players like Juan Foyth, Serge aurier, Danny rose and Paulo gazzaniga in an effort to sign players like Hughes.
Judgment of the hand united to young Khadra
Manchester United have handed over a trial to the former Borussia Dortmund youth Reda Khadra, according to the Daily Mail.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has given the 19-year-old a chance to prove himself by allowing him to play for the club’s Under-23s and, if successful, could push for a place in the Reds’ first team next season.
Khadra was due to play in a friendly against Doncaster earlier in the week but was forced to watch from the side after his international clearance was not approved.
Khadra plays on the right but can also play on the left or as an attacking midfielder.
Khadra won the U17 West Bundesliga and U19 West Bundesliga before being released by Dortmund earlier this summer.
Tap-ins
– Hot on the heels of the signing of Portuguese Wonderkid Fabio Silva, The wolves seek to capture the Barcelona defender Jean-Clair Todibo. Todibo impressed while on loan at Schalke 04 last season, but Sport believes the Wolves are in pole position to sign the central defender permanently. The wolves still have money to spend after Doherty’s deal with Tottenham, but they value the player below the 17-20 million euros that Barcelona is asking for.
– Leicester City hopes to hijack West Ham United’s play to James tarkowskiaccording to the Daily Star. Tarkowski has two years left on his contract with Burnley and the Clarets have turned down a £ 25 million offer from the Hammers. And now Leicester is hoping that a £ 30 million offer will be enough to ensure that the Foxes get the central defender to Walkers Stadium. Burnley hopes to get £ 50 million for the defender, or hopes the price tag will be enough to put off both would-be suitors.
