Saturday's transfer news: Arsenal set for £100m ‘spree’, Chelsea want Declan Rice move to follow Kai Havertz deal, Man United face Sancho deadline
Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United all linked with mega-money moves as Juventus look to appoint Andrea Pirlo
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Follow the latest updates live from the summer transfer window as Premier League clubs look for reinforcements ahead of the new season. Arsenal are being linked with four new players that could rejuvenate their squad, with the move for Chelsea’s Willian set to be followed up by a £100m ‘spree’ on Thomas Partey, Gabriel Magalhaes and Dani Ceballos.
Chelsea are also set for a big move with interest in West Ham’s Declan Rice, although the Hammers want as much as £65m for the England midfielder. That move will have to wait until Chelsea’s interest in Kai Havertz is resolved, with suggestions that he could secure a £71m move as early as next week.
Manchester United meanwhile have not reached any breakthrough yet with Borussia Dortmund in their pursuit of Jadon Sancho, with the German club identifying Sunday as a deadline for any move to be completed. With time running out, United may have to switch targets in the transfer window. Manchester City meanwhile are weighing up selling Eric Garcia after he revealed he will not sign a new contract at the club, though a £14m offer from Barcelona is half of what the club wants for the Spaniard. Follow the live updates below.
Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli meanwhile has denied that Cristiano Ronaldo is pursuing a move away from the club after their Champions League exit on Friday night, with Lyon knocking the Italian champions out of Europe.
Torreira is unlikely to be the only departure this summer at Arsenal.
Ainsley Maintland-Niles has been put up for sale at £30m with Brighton interested, while The Sun reports that Matteo Guendouzi, Shkodran Mustafi, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Mohamed Elneny are all set to leave the Gunners this summer.
Mkhitaryan and Elneny spent last season away from the club on loan, while Guendouzi has fallen out with manager Mikel Arteta since the Premier League defeat at Brighton, having not been selected since.
Mustafi though enjoyed something of a resurgence through the final part of the season, but with interest in Gabrial Magalhaes, the German could be the man sacrificed to make room for the Lille defender.
Current Bournemouth caretaker manager Jason Tindall looks set to become the permanent replacement for Eddie Howe.
Sky Sports reports that Tindall, who served as Howe's assistant for 11 years until his departure earlier this month following the club's Premier League relegation, is set to be appointed later today as his successor, having been in charge of the club for the last week.
Manchester United are ready to let Jesse Lingard leave Old Trafford after he fell behind Mason Greenwood in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's pecking order.
The England midfielder has suffered a fall from grace over the last 12 months, becoming a fringe player since Solskjaer took the reins, and the emergence of Greenwood along with the pursuit of Jadon Sancho has convinced United that he is surplus to requirements ahead of the new season, according to The Guardian.
Lingard is into the final year of his contract, although United have the option to extend that deal by a further year to avoid him from leaving on a free transfer at the end of the season, but the club will listen to offers for the 27-year-old.
BREAKING – Maurizio Sarri sacked by Juventus, reports Fabrizio Romano. More to follow...
Maurizio Sarri was under pressure coming into the game, but was insistent that his board would be foolish to judge him only on one game. Alas... Full story:
Juventus have officially confirmed Sarri's sacking.
Who next? Mauricio Pochettino must be a contender as one of the stand-out coaches of European football currently out of work.
Simone Inzaghi is the leading contender to replace Sarri right now, according to Gianluca Di Marzio.
Simone is the younger brother of Filippo, one of Juve's greatest strikers who was born offside, according to Sir Alex Ferguson. Simone is a son of Lazio, scoring plenty of goals himself in the capital and now as manager there, where he won the 2018-19 Italian Cup. It would be a big step up to Juve, but he had another good campaign with Lazio this season, finishing fourth only five points behind Sarri's champions.
Juve statement:
Juventus Football Club announces that Maurizio Sarri has been relieved of his post as coach of the First Team.
The club would like to thank the coach for having written a new page in Juventus' history with the victory of the ninth-consecutive championship, the culmination of a personal journey that led him to climb all the divisions of Italian football.
Chelsea's Tiémoué Bakayoko – remember him, Blues fans? – is wanted by AC Milan, Italian publication Calcio Mercato reports.
Bakayoko spent the season on loan at the San Siro and impressed, far more so than he ever did at Stamford Bridge, and is prepared to halve his wages to make the deal happen.
Jadon Sancho latest: Borussia Dortmund will look to give the England forward a bumper new contract if Manchester United fail to table a bid meeting their £120m valuation by Monday, according to Bild.
His annual salary is likely to almost double from it's current level at €6m. Not bad.
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