here is a round up of the day’s top transfer stories, rumours and done deals as compiled by our Man Paul Ayorinde.
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Done Deals:
– New York City FC have completed the signing of Juventus midfielder Andreas Pirlo.
– Dynamo Zagreb have completed the signing of Angelo Henriquez from Manchester United
– Fenerbahce have announced the signing of Nani from Manchester United
– AC Milan have confirmed the signing of former Parma midfielder Jose Mauri on a four-year deal
– Valencia have completed the signing of Zakaria Bakkali on a five-year contract
– Manchester City have signed Enes Unal from Bursaspor.
– Getafe have completed the signing of Alvaro Medran from Real Madrid
– Deportivo La Coruna have signed forward Luis Alberto on a season-long loan from Liverpool.
– Rennes have completed the signing of Portuguese defender Pedro Mendes on a four-year contract
– Sampdoria have completed the signing of midfielder Fernando from Shakhtar Donetsk on a five-year contract for €8million
– Barcelona have signed Arda Turan from Atletico Madrid on a five-year contract for €34million.
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Today’s reports and rumours:
– According to Sky Sports, Manchester United will listen to offers for Brazilian defender Rafael
– Marco Verratti’s agent has denied reports linking his client with a move away from Paris Saint-Germain this summer.
– Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has revealed the club are working on a deal to sign FC Twente defender Cuco Martina.
– Sporting Lisbon manager Jorge Jesus has seemingly ruled out a summer exit for William Carvalho.
– Leicester City and Watford have been linked with forward Tranquillo Barnetta.
– Rumour has it that talks are ongoing between Middlesbrough and West Ham over the signing of winger Stewart Downing.
– Watford have confirmed the signing of midfielder Etienne Capoue from Tottenham for a club record fee.
– Lazio have reached an agreement with Liverpool for to sign forward Fabio Borini, according to reports in Italy.
– Empoli sporting director Marcello Carli reveals they rejected an offer from Napoli for Riccardo Saponara.
– According to Spanish TV station TVE, Real Madrid have received a written offer from Porto for goalkeeper Iker Casillas
– Wolfsburg sporting director Klaus Allofs has said the club is keen on signing Stuttgart defender Antonio Rudiger
– According to reports, Chelsea midfielder Josh McEachran is set to join Championship side Brentford for £750,000.
– According to Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG are set for talks with Asamoah Gyan after agreeing a fee with Al-Ain
– According to reports, Sidney Sam has joined Eintracht Frankfurt on loan from Schalke.
– According to reports, Besiktas are interested in signing Chelsea striker Loic Remy on loan with a view to a permanent move
– According to reports, Sassuolo are set to aproach Fulham over striker Kostas Mitroglou.
– Fiorentina are reportedly interested in signing Copa America star Eduardo Vargas
– According to reports, OGC Nice are close to signing Monaco striker Valere Germain on a season-long loan.
– German goalkeeper Kevin Trapp is close to joining PSG from Eintracht Frankfurt
– Sassuolo sporting director Giovanni Carnevali says they will meet teams including Napoli ‘this week’ for defender Sime Vrsaljko.
– Stoke City are expected to sign Real Madrid teenager Sergio Molina this week,according to reports.
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– Former France boss Raymond Domenech has urged Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin to
join Manchester United this summer.
– According to reports,Tottenham must pay £18million if they want to sign Belgium forward Yannick Ferreira Carrasco from Monaco.
– According to Sky Sports, Norwich have had three offers rejected by Hull City for winger Robbie Brady.
– Mohamed Salah’s agent says the winger will join parent club Chelsea for their pre-season training camp.
– Manchester United striker Robin van Persie would be a huge success at Fenerbahce, according to the club’s new signing Nani. “I haven’t had the chance to talk with Robin van Persie yet,but if he comes to Fenerbahce, I am sure that he will be very successful.” Nani said at his unveiling.
– Galatasaray coach Hamza Hamzaoglu have warned Inter Milan target Felipe Melo to turn up for training on Friday or ‘it will be a matter for the directors’.
– Newcastle United Sammy Ameobi is reportedly close to joining Cardiff City on a season-long loan deal
Football tit bits:
– Liverpool have named former Nottingham Forest coach Sean O’Driscoll as their new assistant manager.
– Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand will been sidelined for five-six weeks following a minor knee surgery
– Harold Mayne-Nicholls, a FIFA official who assessed the bids for the 2018
and 2022 World Cups has been banned from all football-related activity for seven years by FIFA’s ethics committee.
– Juventus coach Max Allegri has extended his contract by a further year.
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