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Your support makes all the difference.The summer transfer window is wide open with a host of world football's biggest names apparently on the move.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez, Kylian Mbappe and Alvaro Morata are just a handful of big-name players tipped for a move this summer, with the likes of Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger and Antonio Conte all eager to bolster their squads ahead of the new season.
Rather impressively, a number of clubs have already set about their business early. Manchester City are the summer’s early pace setters, having already signed both Bernardo Silva and Ederson, while Mohamed Salah recently joined Liverpool in a £34.3m move from Roma.
The Reds' pursuit of Naby Keita is beginning to annoy Leipzig with lots of talk but little action. And then there's Charlie Taylor, Roque Mesa and a bunch of other guys signing deals at Premier League clubs.
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Manchester United have announced they have agreed a fee with Everton for Romelu Lukaku despite late interest from Chelsea.
The Old Trafford club will pay a basic fee of £75m, with the two clubs ironing out disagreements over bonuses that could well take any final deal up to £90m or £100m.
United have already agreed healthy personal terms with the 24-year-old and his agent, and will pay Lukaku up to £200,000 a week, in the hope of getting the deal done more quickly.
Wolves have completed the signing of Porto's Ruben Neves for a fee believed to be in the region of £15m.
A statement of intent from the Championship club who are very much targeting promotion this season.
Manchester United have stepped up discussions over the signing of James Rodriguez this summer, in yet another move that involvesReal Madrid.
The Independent has been told that Jose Mourinho had instructed executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward this week to move on from striker target Alvaro Morata and on to Everton’s Romelu Lukakuafter growing impatient with the Spanish club’s refusal to budge from their €90m asking price.
However, that hasn’t yet affected talks over the Colombian star, as Mourinho seeks to solve one of United’s main problems last season and make them more productive in front of goal.
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Chinese Super League clubs are expected to rival Ligue 1 giants Lille for the signing of Manchester City forward Wilfried Bony.
The Ivorian striker rose to prominence after stunning seasons with Vitesse Arnhem and then Swansea City, but his move to Manchester City has been nothing short of a disaster and a loan spell at Stoke was little better.
Bony's camp would prefer him to remain in the Premier League, and there has been interest from a couple of clubs.
Liverpool have been dealt a huge setback in their chase for RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita with the club’s sporting director insisting even a bid in the “three-figure range” will not be enough anymore.
The 22-year-old is one of Jurgen Klopp’s primary targets during the summer transfer window with the club prepared to make him their club record signing – albeit it have so-far baulked at the Bundesliga runners-up’s £70m valuation of the Guinean.
It is understood Keita himself wants to leave the club after helping Leipzig into the Champions League for the first time but the German club have so far been resolute in their stance.
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Monaco have dropped another hint they might crack under pressure and eventually sell Thomas Lemar as they left their star out of a poster promoting their new kit.
The 21-year-old midfielder has been pursued by Arsenal for most of the summer window, with the Gunners having lodged two bids for the player so far.
Monaco, however, have been playing hard ball with potential buyers and set an astonishing £80m price tag for Lemar.
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Gary Neville is not convinced Romelu Lukaku is worth the £75million that Manchester United are about to pay for him.
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has identified defensive midfield as a significant area of need this summer as he looks to give world record signing Paul Pogba more freedom next season.
England international Dier's name was on the shortlist Mourinho handed to executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward earlier this year after he watched him impress after Mauricio Pochettino shifted him from defence to midfield during Spurs' 2015/16 campaign.
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