Monday's transfer news: Manchester United turn their attentions to Swansea's Daniel James
All the news, gossip, rumours and done deals as the summer transfer window opened
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and more are open for business with the summer transfer window now officially open.
A new centre-back is high on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's priority list at United with Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly and Leicester's Harry Maguire both options. It won't just be incomings at Old Trafford, however, with Paul Pogba a high-profile target for Real Madrid and Alexis Sanchez on his way out with Inter Milan and Juventus fighting it out for his signature - if he drops his wage demands. Liverpool could be active too as they look to go one better after failing to win the Premier League title by just a single point. Champions Manchester City are always big players in the market and could go big with the prospect of a potential transfer ban looming.
Take a look through the day's transfer news below:
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To Chelsea where Marcos Alonso could be on his way out.
The Spaniard saw his first-team opportunities limited down the stretch with Maurizio Sarri opting for Emerson more regularly at left-back.
And Atletico Madrid are keen to take advantage, according to AS.
Arsenal are set to continue Unai Emery's squad revamp this summer as he looks to overhaul what is left of Arsene Wenger's squad, and one name who has emerged on the radar is young centre-back William Saliba.
The 18-year-old St Etienne defender is valued at around £25m which puts him in Arsenal's price range, and Goal are reporting that Emery is ready to take the risk on the Frenchman after seeing how the move for Matteo Guendouzi worked out this season.
Sticking with Manchester City news this morning, Ilkay Gundogan looks set to commit his future to the club.
The midfielder is reportedly hoping to re-open negotiations to extend his time at the Etihad Stadium beyond 2020, according to the Daily Mail, and now that City's season has wrapped up the Germany international is keen to resolve his future.
One player who Manchester United have been linked to is the Lyon midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, but a summer move from Ligue 1 is not a simple one.
According to the Manchester Evening News, United will only make a decision on whether to pursue Ndombele or not once they know what is happening to Paul Pogba.
United are determined to keep hold of Pogba and featured the World Cup-winner heavily in their 2019/20 kit launch, but with the player's intentions currently up in the air, it appears that United are making contingency plans for his departure and the 22-year-old Ndombele looks to be at the forefront of those.
Wilfried Zaha has told Crystal Palace that he wants to leave this summer, according to the Daily Mail.
Arsenal and Chelsea are long-term admirers but Palace's £100m valuation is likely put both off.
A move abroad shouldn't be ruled out with Borussia Dortmund keen back in January.
Eintracht Frankfurt's Luka Jovic looks all set for Real Madrid, but the Bundesliga club have confirmed that reports of a done deal are premature.
Sky Sports reported that the deal to send the Serbian forward from Germany to Spain for £52.4m was signed and sealed, but Frankfurt's director of sport Fredi Bobic has stressed that there are still further negotiations to be had.
"It's not agreed right now. There are some talks behind the scenes," Bobic said after the club's 5-1 defeat against Bayern Munich.
Frankfurt only bought him from Benfica for £6m earlier this season.
Tottenham have apparently been offered the chance to sign Gareth Bale on loan.
The Sun report that the Spanish giants have told Spurs they can have him for £10m for the season.
They would also want them to pay half of Bale's £600,000 per week salary.
The Mirror report that Bale is happy to stay put in the Spanish capital, however.
A club interested in signing Danny Rose last summer wanted to make sure he was not "crazy", the England defender has revealed in BBC One documentary A Royal Team Talk: Tackling Mental Health.
The Tottenham left-back opened up about his struggles with depression in the build up to the 2018 World Cup, an illness which was triggered by a significant knee injury and the death of a close family member.
In the wake of his revelation, a club interested in signing him insisted they wanted to meet him to check on his mental state.
The potential move fell through, but Rose, who is still angry at the situation, says the unnamed club in question have scuppered any chance of signing him in the future.
To Manchester City where there are suggestions they could be about to spend big before any Uefa sanctions do or don't come down.
The Daily Mail suggest that Pep Guardiola has a £200m wishlist including some of Europe's hottest properties.
Ajax's Matthijs De Ligt, Atletico Madrid's Rodri and Lyon's Houssem Aouar are all on apparently on the shopping list.
Inter Milan now face competition from Juventus for the signature of Alexis Sanchez, as it now seems likelier his Manchester United nightmare will end this summer.
There have now been concrete meetings between intermediaries and both clubs. The Old Trafford club desperately want to offload the Chilean flop this summer, but have found his huge wages an obstacle.
Inter and now Juventus are willing to look at a deal, but only so long as he drops his financial demands, or United subsidise his wages.
While that remains a hugely complicated prospect, it is understood there was progress in some of the meetings.
Inter are also interested in United's Romelu Lukaku in what is likely to be a busy summer for the Serie A club.
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