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Follow all the day's latest transfer news as Manchester United and Arsenal both look to complete tide-turning transfers in their push to return to Champions League football.
United are edging closer to a swap deal that would see Romelu Lukaku join Juventus and Argentinian playmaker Paulo Dybala move in the other direction. Lukaku has agreed terms with the Italian champions and both clubs are now just waiting on the decision of Dybala after the 25-year-old met with Maurizio Sarri yesterday afternoon. It's believed he'll demand Ed Woodward pays him close to £350,000-per-week to match United's top earners.
Arsenal are set to announce Nicolas Pepe on a club-record £72m transfer after persona terms were finalised and the Ivorian winger underwent a medical earlier in the week. The Gunners are still edging closer with their pursuit of Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney, while a loan deal for Juve centre-back Daniele Rugani is also being mooted. Follow all the day's latest transfer news:
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Steven Naismith has joined Hearts on a permanent deal after being released by Norwich. The 32-year-old has spent the past two season with the Scottish side on loan, scoring 18 goals in 43 appearances.
Liverpool starlet Ben Woodburn has vowed to make his mark at Oxford United after completing a season-long loan deal to the League One side, where he will wear the No 10 shirt.
“Ten is a big number, a lot of great players have had it.
“I just need to show what I can do and hopefully repay the club.”
“Once you’ve had 30 or 40 games you’d be classed as trusted. That’s what I need to achieve here.”
PSG have set Barcelona a deadline to do a deal for Neymar.
The Brazilian is trying to force an exit from Paris, however, Barcelona are operating on limited funds after completing the signing of Antoine Griezmann, while Real Madrid have already made a huge summer outlay.
PSG want to recoup the £222m they paid for Neymar, however, they are thought to be willing to accept a £150m + plus player deal.
Manchester United are on the verge of completing a deal for 16-year-old Monaco starlet Hannibal Mejbri.
The highly touted youngster has been caught in the middle of a bitter bidding war with Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool all interested as Monaco attempted to hold on to the teenager. However, United are now confident of striking a deal with a fee believed to be in the region of £9m.
Oli McBurnie underwent a medical at Sheffield United yesterday ahead of a club-record £20m move from Swansea. Further tests are set to take place today before the deal is confirmed.
Sky in Italy report that Roma have not given up on signing Toby Alderweireld, despite the defender's £25m release clause ending.
No offers have been made as of yet but the defender still only has one year remaining on his contract and the Italian side are still keen to reach a deal.
Kevin Prince-Boateng's wonderfully storied career continues after the Ghanain completed a move to Fiorentina, ending a loan spell at Barcelona.
Former Arsenal full-back Cohen Bramall is in talks to join Colchester, according to Sky Sports.
The full-back was released by the Gunners this summer and hit out at Unai Emery, claiming he hadn't had "a conversation with him once".
Arsenal reportedly approached West Ham over signing Issa Diop this summer, but the club baulked at the Irons £65m valuation.
Foot Mercato reports that Unai Emery instigated the move three weeks ago but any interest was ended almost immediately.
Sport claim Neymar is refusing to play for PSG in a bid to force through his move to Barcelona.
The Brazilian has cut ties with the French champion's hierarchy but any move is looking increasingly unlikely due to the club's asking price, despite Neymar's attempts to engineer a deal.
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