Thursday's transfer rumours, news and done deals
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool 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. Crystal Palace's Aaron Wan-Bissaka is abother on the Norwegian's radar. 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.
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Arsenal plan to firm up their interest in Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser after next week’s Europa League final against Chelsea, with the 25-year-old one of Unai Emery’s transfer targets this summer.
Bournemouth are understood to be holding out for a price in the region of £30m, particularly as Aberdeen will be owed around 20 per cent of the transfer fee after insisting upon a sell-on fee when they sold the player to the then League One side back in 2013.
Yet Arsenal are hopeful of signing the player for less given their relatively modest transfer budget this summer, which will decrease even further if they fail to win in Baku and secure Champions League football next season.
All the details from Luke Brown here:
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reportedly identified the players he wants out of Manchester United this summer as he prepares a major overhaul at Old Trafford.
Ander Herrera and Antonio Valencia have already made their way out of the door, with Matteo Darmian, Marcos Rojo, Juan Mata and Romelu Lukaku all likely to join them in leaving the club.
According to the Daily Mirror, Solskjaer is keen to further purge United's existing squad and bring in up to five new players before the squad returns for pre-season training on 1 July.
Harry Maguire, Kalidou Koulibaly, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Daniel James and Nicolas Pepe are allegedly all among Solskjaer's targets.
Tottenham have reportedly made a £10m move for Leeds United winger Jack Clarke.
The 18-year-old winger has allegedly caught the eye of a number of Premier League clubs after impressing under Marcelo Bielsa in the Championship.
Now, Tottenham have joined the race to sign the young rising prospect.
According to the Daily Mail, Mauricio Pochettino sees potential in the youngster and may drop interest in Aston Villa's Jack Grealish should Clarke put pen to paper with the north Londoners.
Gonzalo Higuain 'dreams of joining' Cristiano Ronaldo and Maurizio Sarri at Juventus after his disappointing Chelsea loan spell, according to Tuttosport.
Higuain's stay at Stamford Bridge will not be extended, and with Sarri's future up in the air, could the pair be seen working together in Turin?
Latest from our report Jack Pitt-Brooke on the future of Kieran Trippier:
Well that's all from us today. Tune in tomorrow for more from your friend and mine, the transfer rumour mill.
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