Friday's transfer news: Man Utd, Arsenal and Real Madrid rumours as Barcelona break silence over Neymar move
Review the day's transfer news - the window remains open in Spain and across Europe, with some big deals ready to be pushed through
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La Liga is back tonight with FC Barcelona taking on Athletic and the debuts of Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie De Jong for the Blaugrana - two of the biggest signings this summer.
Lionel Messi is not thought to be ready, but one of the biggest deals from 2017, Ousmane Dembele, will hope to convince and avoid talk of another big move for himself any time soon.
Elsewhere, Paris Saint-Germain continue to negotiate the sale of Neymar, with Barcelona and Real Madrid fighting it out for the Brazilian.
Transfer deadlines
Italy’s Serie A is the next big transfer deadline. The Italian window shuts on 23 August.
The transfer window in La Liga, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 meanwhile shuts on 2 September.
For a comprehensive review of the English transfer window: click here.
Napoli rejected a £82m bid from Manchester United at the end of the English transfer.
The 28-year-old was seen as an another option to Harry Maguire.
But Napoli were not interested in selling the Senegalese centre-back, claim Corriere dello Sport.
Real Madrid have pushed for extra funds to enable them to sign Neymar.
Florentino Perez has taken out a loan to give them the capability to bring the Brazilian to the Bernabeu.
PSG want a deal worth £200m (€217m), claim Sport, but Real will make their latest offer worth between £91m (€100m) and £109m (€120m) with a player thrown into the mix.
West Ham wanted to keep Adrian before he joined Liverpool as a free agent, Manuel Pellegrini has revealed.
"I'm very happy for him, because he played a lot of years here at West Ham. He's a very good goalkeeper," the Hammers boss said.
"For different reasons he couldn't find an arrangement to continue here. We wanted him here because not only is he a good goalkeeper but he is a good player for the squad.
"He signed for Liverpool and put in a very good performance and I'm happy for him."
Daniel James was extremely close to signing for Leeds last January before his £17m move to Manchester United this summer.
The Wales winger completed a medical before Swansea pulled the plug, even posing with the Leeds shirt.
The news Leeds documentary Take Us Home has shown James undergoing his medical at Thorp Arch and pictured with a shirt with No 21.
Dejan Lovren might be staying at Liverpool after all.
His move to Roma move appears to have fallen through, claim Gazzetta dello Sport, as the Croatian wants an extra £1m in bonuses.
Now Roma are looking at alternatives, which may leave Jurgen Klopp to welcome Lovren back into the group.
Ole Gunnar Solsjaer has denied sending Alexis Sanchez to train with the Manchester United reserves.
"Alexis is such a pro and he comes in working every single day really hard and wants to be a part of this," Solskjaer said. "It's these stories he's been put in the reserves - of course he hasn't."
Solskjaer then offered a glimmer of hope to Sanchez and his projected playing time.
"We don't have the biggest forward line in terms of numbers so Alexis might end up playing a lot more games than you expect," Solskjaer added. "We expect him to come good at this club. He's quality."
Ivan Perisic's agent Frane Jurcevic has claimed his Croatian client is delighted to have joined Bayern from Inter on loan.
“Perisic is very, very happy, Bayern are the best club,” Frane Jurcevic told Sportske. “Ivan is more than satisfied with the club and everything else. Inter are also exceptional, but this is another step forward for him.
“As for whether he could return, you can never say never but I can’t answer that. His exit was completely civil. Conte was surprised when Ivan told him he would leave. It went exactly like this: after it was reported in the Press that he no longer counted on Ivan, Conte approached him in training and told him he was angry with these journalists who had written this nonsense.
“However, Bayern changed everything. That’s the truth. When the German club’s offer came in, obviously Ivan was interested but it’s true that we thought that if the transfer had been permanent, it would’ve been fantastic."
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Graeme Souness has criticised Liverpool midfielder Fabinho for his inability to contain N’Golo Kante in the Uefa Super Cup.
The Reds triumphed 5-4 on penalties against Chelsea in Istanbul with the sides level 2-2 after extra-time.
But Souness was not satisfied with the performance of the Brazilian, who was upstaged by the Frenchman starting his first match since returning from injury.
“This guy [Fabinho], twice he had Kante dance past him as if he had Jacques Cousteau boots, lead boots on,“ Souness told Virgin Media Sport Ireland.
Blaise Matuidi will see out his Juventus contract despite being linked with a move away this summer.
Monaco were in talks to sign the French midfielder, but L'Equipe claim the 32-year-old will stay this year and leave on a free next summer.
Maurizio Sarri now has six first team players ineligible for his Champions League squad.
Zinedine Zidane has responded to talk about a move for Paul Pogba.
The Manchester United midfielder has remained at Old Trafford beyond the end of the English transfer window, but is still eligible for a move to Spain.
But Zidane batted away talk Los Blancos could make a move for Pogba in the coming days.
“I am happy with my players, thinking just of tomorrow’s game," Zidane said. "The players the same. We are ready to play a good game, we want to compete. I have the best players here, no doubt, I always say that.”
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