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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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 Newcastle and the future of Salomon Rondon.
West Brom's play-off semi-final loss will have significant ramifications for Newcastle's summer business with the Mirrorreporting the Baggies' failure to get promotion will see a clause inserted into the Venzuelan's contract.
As a result the Magpies could make a move to reunite with the striker for £16.5m.
Back to Manchester United where they are firmly in the market for defenders.
A centre-back is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's priority with Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly, Leicester City's Harry Maguire and Inter Milan's Milan Skriniar all targets.
But full-backs are also apparently on the agenda with a pair from Crystal Palace of particular interest.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Patrick van Aanholt are those in question, according to The Sun.
Tottenham are closing in on the signing of Ryan Sessegnon from Fulham.
That's according to the Daily Mail.
They say that the club are keen to match Mauricio Pochettino's ambition and will do so by getting to the front of the queue for the 18-year-old.
Fulham want £40m with Spurs more keen to do a deal around £25m.
Ralph Hasenhüttl is looking to reunite with winger Ademola Lookman.
The Southampton manager worked with the 21-year-old during his loan spell at RB Leipzig in 2018 and may be ready to offer £20m to bring him to St. Mary's.
He'll have to fend off interest from Leipzig as well as south coast rivals Bournemouth to land the Englishman.
Nice are interested in signing Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud.
In an interview with Canal+, director Gilles Grimandi confirmed that he has spoken with manager Patrick Vieira about bringing the Frenchman to the French riviera.
The World Cup winner has only scored twice in the league this season and, at 32, may be ready to return to Ligue 1 seven years after leaving Montpellier for Arsenal in 2012.
French club Lille are resigned to losing sought-after forward Nicolas Pepe, with the Ivory Coast international firmly on the radar of both Arsenal and Manchester United.
The 23-year-old has 23 goals to his name this season as well as 12 assists, catching the eye of those in the Premier league as well as other clubs across the continent.
And speaking to French TV channel Canal+, manager Christophe Galtier has admitted that Lille do not expect to keep hold of Pepe for next season.
"Nicolas Pepe will leave," confirmed Galtier. "Life's like that, football's like that today.
"He is a player of the highest level who will have a big decision to make on the choice of his next club.
"There will be a battle between the great European teams.
"I hope that he will take good amount of time to think about it, do his research."
Ajax captain Matthijs de Lgt is set to follow his Ajax teammate Frenkie de Jong to Barcelona.
Sky Sports are reporting that the £65m-rated defender will choose the Nou Camp over interest from Manchester United and Liverpool, following in the footsteps of De Jong who has already agreed a move.
De Ligt so nearly guided his youthful Ajax team into the Champions League final, with Lucas Moura's 96th-minute winner sending Tottenham through instead in their recent semi-final encounter.
And after catching the eye this season, De Ligt looks certain to leave Amsterdam as he said goodbye to the fans at the weekend.
↵Here's the latest on Barcelona's latest pursuit for Antoine Griezmann, having missed out on the French international last summer.
Mauricio Pochettino is not the only one who's questioned his own future at Tottenham this season, with Moussa Sissoko also raising the prospect of the Spurs boss leaving in the summer.
Pochettino initially raised the thought of heading for the exit if Tottenham win the Champions League this season shortly before their semi-final clash with Ajax, explaining that he would be happy to "go home" if his side secured the European Cup.
And Sissoko has fanned the flames by addressing the thought of Pochettino going in the summer, but explaining that there is no guarantee that he would still be wanted at Spurs by the new manager.
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