Friday's transfer news and rumours: Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs, Man City latest, gossip, done deals and more
All the latest news, gossip, rumours and done deals as the summer transfer window opens
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Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and more are open for business with the summer transfer window now officially open.
A new centre-back is high on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's priority list at United with Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly and Leicester's Harry Maguire both options. It won't just be incomings at Old Trafford, however, with Paul Pogba a high-profile target for Real Madrid and Alexis Sanchez on his way out with Inter Milan and Juventus fighting it out for his signature - if he drops his wage demands. Liverpool could be active too as they look to go one better after failing to win the Premier League title by just a single point. Champions Manchester City are always big players in the market and could go big with the prospect of a potential transfer ban looming.
We'll have all the latest throughout the day here.
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Good morning and welcome to today's Independent transfer live blog.
The summer window is very nearly upon us with the Premier League’s biggest clubs set to spend, spend, spend as the sales re-open.
We'll bring you all the latest news plus all the done deals and the juiciest gossip throughout the day right here so don't touch that dial.
Without further ado, off we go.
Let's start with Manchester United where their hopes of signing England winger Jadon Sancho this summer have collapsed.
Sancho was United’s number one target for a summer rebuild, and they were willing to pay Borussia Dortmund up to £100million for the 19-year-old.
But United’s recent performances, ending up sixth in the Premier League table, have ended any prospect of a deal. United will be playing Europa League football again next season, entering at the second qualifying round in late July. There are now major reservations on the side of the player whether Old Trafford would be the right environment for his development.
Barcelona, Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain are still interested in signing Sancho, who has been instrumental in taking Dortmund to second place in the Bundesliga this year. They are now weighing up whether to offer the £100m that he would cost.
But the news is a setback for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s hopes to add more young, fast players to United’s squad for next season. They have now turned their attention to Swansea City’s Daniel James.
Real Madrid are set to test Liverpool's resolve over Mohamed Salah this summer.
That's according to the Daily Mail.
Zinedine Zidane is planning a comprehensive overhaul of his squad and that could include the Egyptian.
He's unlikely to come cheap though, even if the Reds were willing to part with their star man.
To Chelsea where Marcos Alonso could be on his way out.
The Spaniard saw his first-team opportunities limited down the stretch with Maurizio Sarri opting for Emerson more regularly at left-back.
And Atletico Madrid are keen to take advantage, according to AS.
Antoine Griezmann's announcement he is leaving Atletico Madrid is the biggest story of the window so far.
But where is he going?
Barcelona appears to be his most likely destination but the Manchester Evening News report that Manchester City would also be willing to pay his £104m release clause.
Wilfried Zaha has told Crystal Palace that he wants to leave this summer, according to the Daily Mail.
Arsenal and Chelsea are long-term admirers but Palace's £100m valuation is likely put both off.
A move abroad shouldn't be ruled out with Borussia Dortmund keen back in January.
Eintracht Frankfurt's Luka Jovic looks all set for Real Madrid.
Sky Sports report a deal is done to send the Serbian forward from Germany to Spain for £52.4m.
Frankfurt only bought him from Benfica for £6m earlier this season.
Tottenham have apparently been offered the chance to sign Gareth Bale on loan.
The Sun report that the Spanish giants have told Spurs they can have him for £10m for the season.
They would also want them to pay half of Bale's £600,000 per week salary.
The Mirror report that Bale is happy to stay put in the Spanish capital, however.
A club interested in signing Danny Rose last summer wanted to make sure he was not "crazy", the England defender has revealed in BBC One documentary A Royal Team Talk: Tackling Mental Health.
The Tottenham left-back opened up about his struggles with depression in the build up to the 2018 World Cup, an illness which was triggered by a significant knee injury and the death of a close family member.
In the wake of his revelation, a club interested in signing him insisted they wanted to meet him to check on his mental state.
The potential move fell through, but Rose, who is still angry at the situation, says the unnamed club in question have scuppered any chance of signing him in the future.
To Manchester City where there are suggestions they could be about to spend big before any Uefa sanctions do or don't come down.
The Daily Mail suggest that Pep Guardiola has a £200m wishlist including some of Europe's hottest properties.
Ajax's Matthijs De Ligt, Atletico Madrid's Rodri and Lyon's Houssem Aouar are all on apparently on the shopping list.
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