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Wednesday’s transfer news, rumours and done deals

A round-up of Wednesday’s transfer news

Wednesday 07 August 2019 20:48 BST

Zidane and Pochettino evasive over Gareth Bale transfer latest

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Relive Wednesday's transfer news as Tottenham tried to close in on signing Argentina and Juventus forward Paulo Dybala for a fee believed to be around £62m.

Elsewhere the former Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho could be set to join Manchester United from Barcelona, with Arsenal said to be uninterested in the Brazilian, while the Gunners have had a £55m bid for French defender Dayot Upamecano rejected by RB Leipzig.

And Paris Saint-Germain are rumoured to have offered up Neymar to Real Madrid, Juventus and United. Follow the latest below:

Watford have rejected a bid from Everton for Abdoulaye Doucoure, believed to be around £37m.

Meanwhile, Manchester clubs United and City are both eyeing Norway midfielder Hakon Evjen.