Transfer News LIVE: Done deals, gossip and rumours as they break throughout Sunday.
8:00am: Tottenham are set to start their summer spending with an outlay of up to £85m on three players.
Spurs have made an opening offer of £20m for Ajax’s Colombian centre-back Davinson Sanchez, 21, but could eventually end up paying £35m.
Dutch sources have told the Daily Star Sunday that Holland’s top club were prepared to sell him for 25m – £22.6m.
Ross Barkley, 23, remains the top target for Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino and he still hopes that a £30m deal can be agreed before the transfer window closes.
Tottenham also want Valencia’s Joao Cancelo as competition for Kieran Trippier.
1am: Newcastle are keen on Jack Wilshere.
The Sun say the Toon want the Arsenal star on board, but face plenty of competition domestically and abroad, including from Italian giants Juventus.
11.20pm: Manchester United are back working on a deal for Inter Milan star Ivan Perisic.
Perisic is on Jose Mourinho’s wanted list but getting a transfer done has proven tricky.
But The People say chief executive Ed Woodward is now back in talks with the Croatia star’s agent Fali Ramadani in an attempt to get a deal done.
10.40pm: Chelsea want £35m for Diego Costa this sumer, report The Times.
Atletico Madrid are keen on the striker, but can't sign him until January.
9.10pm: Alexis Sanchez is currently in Paris with his agent and lawyer.
That’s according to French journalist Nicolas Hortus.
Hortus says Sanchez is in Paris with his agent and lawyer, but that doesn’t mean he’s in France for talks with PSG.
7.30pm: Manchester United have turned down offers from Tottenham and Inter Milan for Anthony Martial, according to RMC.
4.25pm: Jurgen Klopp refused to comment on Philippe Coutinho’s future following the 3-3 draw at Watford.
“I cannot say a lot about it,” Klopp said when asked for the latest by Sky Sports.
“I am responsible for the whole team.
“I need to be focused on the players who are available.
“I have no influence on the players who aren’t available.”
3.30pm: Chelsea are willing to sell Eden Hazard to Barcelona, according to Diario Gol.
It’s claimed the Blues fancy either £109m or Sergi Roberto plus cash in exchange for Hazard.
1.50pm: Leicester are demanding £40m from Chelsea for Danny Drinkwater, according to the Telegraph.
The Foxes have already rejected a £15m bid from the Premier League champions for Drinkwater.
1.20pm: Jamie Redknapp has urged Liverpool to sell Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona for £90m.
“It’s a nightmare for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp,” Redknapp said on Sky Sports.
“Coming into the season, it should be a time full of optimism but instead everyone is talking about the talisman, Philippe.
“It’s difficult now as he doesn’t want to be there, Liverpool is one of the biggest clubs in the world but he doesn’t want to be there.
“You can sell him for £90million so what’s the best for the club?
“It’s getting to the stage where if he doesn’t want to be here, no player is bigger than Liverpool.
“Take the money, he doesn’t want to stay anymore and £90m is good money, incredible money.”
12.30pm: Willian has admitted he is upset to leave Nemanja Matic leave Chelsea.
Matic quit Stamford Bridge for United in a £40m deal earlier this month.
Willian told Goal: "Matic and Diego [Costa] are two great players.
“I am sad to see them leave, but I expect Matic to be happy in his new club.”
11.50am: Brighton are close to beating Middlesbrough and Sunderland to Sporting Lisbon defender Ezequiel Schelotto, according to The Sun.
9.30am: Manchester United have confirmed the departure of Guillermo Varela.
The right-back has returned to Penarol.
He hit the headlines last season after loan club Eintracht Frankfurt suspended him when he defied club orders to get a tattoo, which became infected.
2.20am: Jermaine Jenas thinks Philippe Coutinho will do everything in his power to force a move to Barcelona.
He told 5Live: “It is going to get messy because the player wants to leave and inevitably what will probably happen [is] he will probably either fake injury or just say, ‘Look, I’m not available for this club right now so you need to take this money’.
“The club have given him almost nowhere to move.
“If this was done in a situation where people [at Liverpool] would say remain professional, and obviously he’d continually train, be playing his football and be out there playing in a Liverpool shirt and what will be will be.
“The problem is with Barcelona, are they ever going to come back?
“If they go out there and find somebody else that chance has gone.
“He’ll be looking at this from a players’ perspective going, ‘This is my opportunity, I’ve given everything I can for Liverpool Football Club, this is my one chance to get to Barcelona and I’m going to do whatever it takes to get there'."
00:30am: Manchester United will pay no more than £90m for Gareth Bale.
The Welshman is a target for Jose Mourinho but even he has admitted it will be a very difficult deal to do.
Bale has insisted he is happy at Real Madrid and he appears to be in Zinedine Zidane’s plans going forward.
He was expected to be the man to make way for Monaco sensation Kylina Mbappe.
However, the prodigal Frenchman looks to be heading towards Paris St-Germain.
And Spanish outlet Diario Gol say the Red Devils ‘will not offer more than €100m’ (£90m) for the former Tottenham star.
Saturday, August 12
10.30pm: Arsene Wenger has revealed he was open to letting Olivier Giroud leave the club.
Giroud, who has been linked with a move to Everton, came off the bench to secure all three points for Arsenal against Leicester.
"I love the man and the player," Wenger said.
"He's a fantastic guy and he's committed.
"He doesn't want to leave and I'm happy he wants to stay.
"At one stage I opened the door for him as I knew I had many strikers, and in the end he decided to stay."
8.40pm: Leeds have turned down a bid from Burnley for star striker Chris Wood.
The £12m-plus-add-ons offer was instantly rejected by Elland Road chiefs, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.
United are desperate to keep Wood, who was the top scorer in the Championship last season.
8.00pm: Barnsley have confirmed the signing of striker Mamadou Thiam from Dijon on a three-year deal.
7.40pm: Manchester United are on the brink of signing Oliveirense starlet Bruno Amorim
The 19-year-old winger's arrival will be announced soon, according to Oliveirense's communications director Antonio Jose Leite.
"He (Amorim) had been promoted to the main squad but the scouting was already aware and decided to take him there (to United)," Leite told Lusa News Agency.
"At this time the business is 50 per cent done and he can have an excellent contract ahead.
"The contract will shortly be announced, but he is a future bet at United.
"We’ll receive training rights, because he’s always been trained here, although in monetary terms it may not be more than that because there may be other exchanges.
"These details are not yet defined. But the training rights and future sales of the player are guaranteed gains."
6.05pm: Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane is considering a move for Eden Hazard.
According to Don Balon, the Chelsea schemer is fancied as an alternative target to Monaco sensation Kylian Mbappe.
5.30pm: According to Don Balon, Lionel Messi wants Barcelona to sign Dele Alli instead of Philippe Coutinho.
The Nou Camp club have had two bids rejected by Liverpool for Coutinho as they bid to replace Neymar.
4.30pm: Middlesbrough have completed the loan signing of Chelsea midfielder Lewis Baker.
“It’s going to be an exciting season, there are a lot of games in the Championship,” he said.
“I’m here to give my input and hopefully get the club back to the Premier League. Hopefully we can do that together.”
Boro yesterday sold Marten De Roon back to Atalanta.
4.15pm: Huddersfield defender Michael Hefele has signed a contract extension until 2019
Terriers head coach David Wagner said: “Michael was a big player for us last season as we gained promotion to the Premier League.
“I think everyone can see how big of an influence he is in the dressing room and how good of a character he is for the team.“
4pm: Liverpool have rejected a transfer request from Philippe Coutinho.
Barcelona are interested in signing the Brazil international from the Reds as a replacement for Neymar.
Starsport understands Liverpool have rejected offers of £72m and £90m for Coutinho so far this summer.
Fenway Sports Group (FSG) released a statement on Friday morning insisting he will stay put - a message echoed by Jurgen Klopp.
Coutinho then handed in a transfer request via email.
A member of Coutinho's family told Sky Sports: "Philippe has tried very hard to find an amicable solution to this situation but to no avail.
"He has tremendous love for the club and its fans.
"But like Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez have pointed out in the past, Liverpool does not let its players leave on amicable terms."
3.30pm: Arsenal are planning a bid for Gremio forward Luan.
That's according to Brazilian paper Zero Hora, who reckon he could be Premier League-bound after a move to Russian side Spartak Moscow collapsed.
Luan has scored 12 goals in 23 games this season, earning his first Brazil cap alongside his Olympic gold medal in 2016.
Gremio are reportedly keen to keep him another couple of weeks as they look to progress in the Brazilian Cup.
3pm: Leeds striker Marcus Antonsson has signed for League One outfit Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan.
2.30pm: Leicester midfielder Harvey Barnes has joined Barnsley.
The 19-year-old midfielder arrives at Oakwell on a season-long loan.
2.15pm: Manchester United are in talks with Zlatan Ibrahimovic about returning to the club, Jose Mourinho has confirmed.
"You know, he's injured, he needs time to recover," Mourinho said at a press conference ahead of Sunday's game against West Ham. "He's not ready to play tomorrow.
"It's not something urgent, it's nothing that you are desperate to have it done or not done.
"I just think that he was very clear by showing that what he did last year was not enough for him. He thinks he can do more.
"He wants more at football's highest level, so we are having conversations and we are discussing the possibility of him staying with us for the second part of the season."
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