Well, the biggest news – reported news – today is that Manchester United have stepped up their chase for Cristiano Ronaldo. Apparently.
If you like apparentlys and maybes and allegedlys, you’ll love the rest of this morning’s transfer round-up. Probably.
But that’s it for the United links. There are no more rumours following Louis van Gaal and his transfer dealings.
Okay, there are a few more. The pick of them is that Pedro is close to sealing a deal that would see him leave Barcelona for Manchester United. The 27-year-old Spaniard is set to trade in the Nou Camp for Old Trafford but – apparently – United have been told that Barcelona will not accept anything less than £22m. They obviously haven’t seen Raheem Sterling’s price tag or, you know, a calendar to tell them what mad year we’re living in. United will bite their hands off… to put 22 million pounds into them. (Express, Telegraph)
Aston Villa are wasting no time in splashing the cash. 23-year-old Ghana striker, Jordan Ayew, is closing in on a move to Birmingham after Villa have had a reported £12m bid accepted for the Lorient front man. Tim Sherwood has already brought in Micah Richards as well as Jordan Amavi and Idrissa Gueye and Ayew would be his third signing from the French league. (Sky Sports)
It seems there’s a bit of a battle going on in north London and it’s not the usual struggle for fourth place. Oh, no. Both Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are vying for the signature of the most infuriating man in the world of FIFA 15, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. You don’t want to play against Aubameyang with speed abusers who just want to pile down the wing or run in behind. But it seems that Arsene Wenger might be willing to budge from his usual tiki-taka poetry as he fights for the 26-year-old Dortmund player. (TalkSPORT)
The Arsenal manager has been told that he can break the club’s record for a world class striker and, no, Danny Welbeck, that doesn’t mean that you should expect a stupid increase in your salary. It means you’re being replaced. By Giroud. Who’d be replaced by a world class striker. (Daily Mail)
Manchester United, meanwhile, have been told that both Thomas Muller and Sergio Ramos are not for sale. It’s okay, tomorrow they will be linked with both Thomas Muller and Sergio Ramos. (Independent)
Alonso closing in on Premier League return… Marcos Alonso. To Norwich. (TalkSPORT)
Hey, hey, wait ’til you hear this one. Victor Moses is still playing football. And he’s still at Chelsea, with Jose Mourinho ready to give him a chance to prove himself at Stamford Bridge. Presumably because no-one else will waste their time on him anymore. Well, unless Samsung intervenes again and puts him on a little pedestal along with some other decent footballers around the same level. (London Evening Standard)
QPR boss, Chris Ramsey, admitted to TalkSPORT last night that, whilst he wants to keep Charlie Austin, it is “unlikely”. Ramsey did go on to spout claims that Austin could play for a top four club – it is unconfirmed whether or not he was talking about the Premier League. Newcastle United are not willing to meet Rangers’ reported £15m valuation of the English striker though and Aston Villa‘s name is being bandied about willy-nilly now that they have a few bob. (Newcastle Chronicle)
But Tim Sherwood is said to be interested in bringing Emmanuel Adebayor to Villa Park, the rumour mill obviously hasn’t caught up on the Ayew news. Aston Villa have lost one of the league’s most prolific strikers so they’re looking to replace him with one of the league’s most prolific Emmanuels, even ahead of Newcastle’s Riviere but just behind Southampton’s Mayuka. (Birmingham Mail) – They’re the crowd who got the Fabian Delph rumours so wrong, six days before they were proved right.
Some good news for Aston Villa fans though with strong links putting Esteban Cambiasso on their radar. The former Leicester player is a free agent so, basically, he ticks every single one of Randy Lerner’s boxes. (The Sun)
It seems that Liverpool haven’t finished their summer spree either.
PSG defender, Lucas Digne, has told the club that he wants to leave and all the talk is that he is Anfield bound to make up what would be a lovely-looking Liverpool team.
Laurent Blanc admitted to L’Équipe that the French man has asked to depart the club and the 22-year-old international could be Brendan Rodgers’ next move. (The Star)
