Tuesday’s transfer news and rumours: Manchester United set Paul Pogba asking price as Liverpool chase as Romelu Lukaku nears departure
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Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and more are set to be busy in the summer transfer window.
Arsenal are set to push on with their first signing of the summer with a bid for Bournemouth’s Ryan Fraser set to be lodged following this week’s Europa League final. 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. Crystal Palace’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka is another on the Norwegian’s radar.
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. And 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.
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Good morning and welcome to today's Independent transfer live blog.
The summer window is 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 at Manchester United where Matthijs de Ligt remains their No 1 target.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set for a major revamp of his squad this summer with the 19-year-old a key part of it.
Barcelona remain seriously interested but United are said to have made a big money offer to try and turn his head.
De Ligt, for his part, says all the talk over his future should be taken with a "pinch of salt".
Over to Spain now where Real Madrid look set for a busy summer.
Eden Hazard looks all set to finally get his move to the Bernabeu - more on that shortly - but Los Blancos aren't stopping there.
Rumours of interest in Neymar refuse to go away with AS reporting that Real will have to pay the Brazilian a staggering £1.2m per week to get a deal done.
We shall see.
Paulo Dybala knows what he wants next year - and it's a stay at Juventus.
Manchester United have been linked with a move for the Argentine with the departure of Max Allegri as manager seen as potentially the trigger for an exit this summer.
But Dybala is keen to stick around.
“[Juventus director of sport Fabio] Paratici knows what I want to do next year – to keep playing here,” he said.
“Paratici knows that next year I want to continue here. Then it doesn’t depend on me.
“Juventus must make its choices with the coach that will come. But society knows it – next year I want to stay here.
“I have a lot of respect for this shirt and for these fans, and because of this I will only talk about Juventus, not about other teams, because that seems to me a lack of respect.”
With Petr Cech on his way into retirement this summer Arsenal are in the market for a new goalkeeper.
Could that goalkeeper be Gianluigi Donnarumma?
Well they've made initial contact at least, according to reports in Italy.
Still a long way to go before a deal is done, however, with the 20-year-old one of Milan's most-prized assets.
Napoli are in pole position to sign Kieran Trippier from Tottenham Hotspur this summer.
The England right-back will be allowed to leave White Hart Lane for the right offer, and the Italian side are confident of reaching a deal for a fee of roughly £25million.
Trippier has three years left on the contract he signed in the summer of 2017, but at 28 years old he is keen on the prospect of a move abroad and the deal on offer from Napoli.
Could Sergio Ramos be on his way out of Real Madrid?
He has told the club that he wants out this summer and wants a free transfer to the Chinese Super League.
Florentino Perez, however, has told his captain that he's not leaving - or at least not leaving for free - under any circumstances.
This one could run and run.
Eden Hazard says victory in the Europa League final against Arsenal on Wednesday would be the "perfect farewell" to Chelsea if he is to leave the club this summer.
Hazard is expected to depart Stamford Bridge, having long been linked with a move to Real Madrid.
The Belgian playmaker insists nothing has been finalised regarding his future, but he conceded lifting the trophy in Baku would provide a fitting send-off.
Romelu Lukaku's days at Manchester United could be numbered.
With Antonio Conte set to take over at Inter Milan the Belgian is said to be his top target according to The Times.
United would sell for a figure similar to the £75m they paid for him.
Will the Nerazurri pay it?
Arsenal plan to firm up their interest in Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser after the Europa League final against Chelsea, with the 25-year-old one of Unai Emery’s transfer targets this summer.
Fraser has enjoyed a fine campaign under Eddie Howe at Bournemouth, contributing 14 assists in the Premier League this season – behind only Chelsea forward Eden Hazard – and establishing himself in Scotland’s national team.
He is entering the final year of his contract after seven seasons at the Vitality Stadium, with Bournemouth eager for the player to put pen to paper on a new deal with the club.
But negotiations between the two parties have stalled and there is an acceptance at the south coast club that it would be better to sell Fraser than risk losing him on a free transfer next summer.
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