Friday Transfer Gossip, Pogba Offered 5yr Contract
According to the latest transfer gossip, Manchester United and France 27-year-old midfielder Paul Pogba is close to agreeing on a new five-year deal with Manchester United. The player has been consistent since his arrival from injury, he has been able to blend well new signing Bruno Fernandes and United want to keep him although clubs like Real Madrid who just won the La Liga title and Juventus are coming for him.
Manchester United have agreed on a deal with Real Madrid’s 17-year-old left-back Alvaro Fernandez Carreras, who will pen a four-year deal at Old Trafford. Manchester United have no plans to reintegrate Argentina defender Marcos Rojo, 30, into their first-team squad after his disappointing loan with Estudiantes.
According to reports from the transfer gossip, Bayer Leverkusen has accepted that Germany midfielder Kai Havertz, 21, has chosen to join Chelsea but the Bundesliga outfit want to delay the transfer until the end of August. Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara, 29, is confident of completing a move to Liverpool after he turned down a new contract with Bayern Munich.
Ajax and Argentina left-back Nicolas Tagliafico, 27, is a potential transfer target for Manchester City this summer. Manchester City has agreed on personal terms with Valencia’s Spanish winger Ferran Torres, 20. English midfielder Jude Bellingham, 17, has completed a medical at Borussia Dortmund before his proposed transfer from Birmingham but will finish the Championship season with the Blues.
Also in the transfer gossip, Arsenal is keen to recruit France Under-21 defender Malang Sarr but the 21-year-old – available on a free transfer from Nice – has already been sounded out by clubs in Italy and Germany. Inter coach Conte must convince the club’s board to agree to N’Golo Kante’s salary and sign the 29-year-old France midfielder from Chelsea.
Former Southampton and Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is on the shortlist of candidates at Inter Milan and Juventus should the Italian clubs sack their ex-Chelsea managers – Antonio Conte and Maurizio Sarri respectively – at the end of the season.
Algerian defender Yasser Larouci, 19, is set to leave Liverpool this summer, with Leeds and Brentford among the clubs interested in signing the full-back. Tottenham could be without Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier, 27, for the remainder of the campaign after he returned to France following the death of his brother.
Everton have made an offer for Napoli midfielder Allan according to the Friday transfer gossip but the Italian club are stalling on a deal for the 29-year-old Brazil international. Manager Roy Hodgson says the arrival of fresh faces at Crystal Palace this summer will allow the Eagles to aim higher next season and push for a top-10 place.
West Ham, Norwich and Watford are in the hunt to sign QPR’s Republic of Ireland midfielder Ryan Manning, 24. Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers is keeping tabs on Roma’s Amadou Diawara. The Guinea midfielder, who turns 23 on Friday, has also been linked with Tottenham and Newcastle.