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Summer transfer window: Likely deals and biggest rumours

The summer transfer window is in full flow as the annual Cristiano Ronaldo saga about him leaving Real Madrid continues to gather pace.

Manchester United are frontrunners for his signature, as they usually are, but they have other targets, with Alvaro Morata, Ivan Perisic and Andrea Belotti all wanted to follow Victor Lindelof into the club.

Liverpool are expected to announce a new record signing this week if Mohamed Salah completes his £35m+ move from Roma, as Jurgen Klopp eyes seven new targets in total.

Manchester City are the summer’s early pace setters when it comes to new signings, as Benardo Silva and Ederson have both already joined the club.

Everton are the other big spenders so far in the window, signing Jordan Pickford from Sunderland for £30m while Ajax's Davy Klaassen for £23.6m.

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[20 June 2017 14:14 · Samuel Lovett]

Swansea chaiman Huw Jenkins has insisted it would be “hard to suggest what sort of value” Gylfi Sigurdsson carries in the transfer market, adding that the club have received ‘no firm bids’ for the “priceless” midfielder. 

The Icelandic midfielder played a crucial role in helping Swansea avoid relegation last season and has subsequently been linked to a number of Premier League clubs, including Everton and Tottenham.

But has Jenkins stressed that the Swans are looking to add to their attacking options, rather than sell, and insisted that the club would “do everything in our power” to keep hold of him.

[20 June 2017 15:28 · Ben Burrows]

Meet the only Englisman playing in South America who might end up being James Rodriguez's teammate next summer.

[20 June 2017 15:44 · Ben Burrows]

We have a done deal down in League One.

Richie Smallwood has joined Blackburn Rovers from Rotherham.

He joins as Tony Mowbray's second summer signing following the arrival of Peter Whittingham last week.

[20 June 2017 16:36 · Samuel Lovett]

Nordtveit leaves West Ham​

Norway international midfielder Havard Nordtveit has joined Hoffenheim from West Ham for an undisclosed fee, both clubs have announced.

Nordtveit, who is 26 on Wednesday, joined the Hammers on a free transfer from Borussia Monchengladbach last summer and now returns to the Bundesliga after a year in the Premier League.

A statement on whufc.com read: "Havard Nordtveit has completed a transfer to German Bundesliga side Hoffenheim for an undisclosed fee."

Nordtveit, who has signed a five-year deal until June 2022, made 21 appearances for the Hammers and described his year in England as "less than ideal".

He told Hoffenheim's official website, achtzehn99.de: "I obviously know the Bundesliga very well from my years at Gladbach and I'm convinced I will be able to make the impact that TSG are hoping for."

[20 June 2017 17:18 · Samuel Lovett]

In other news...​

Uefa says it cleared Bundesliga runner-up Leipzig to enter the Champions League, after club owner Red Bull distanced itself from Salzburg. 

Leipzig risked losing its automatic place in next season's group stage because of Uefa integrity rules preventing two clubs under the same ownership from playing in the same competition. 

Had Red Bull owned both clubs, Salzburg would have taken priority under Uefa rules because it placed higher as the national champion in Austria. 

Uefa says its club finance monitoring panel "deemed that no individual or legal entity had any more a decisive influence over more than one club." 

Salzburg will play in the Champions League second qualifying round next month, against Hibernians of Malta or FCI Tallinn of Estonia.

[20 June 2017 17:34 · Evan Bartlett]

No Liverpool exit for Karius

Loris Karius has signalled to Liverpool that he is going nowhere this summer and wants to stay and fight for the No 1 shirt.

The German goalkeeper had been linked with a move back to the Bundesliga this week after enduring a stop-start first season at Anfield.

However, the player's agent has said the rumours are nonsense...

[20 June 2017 17:35 · Samuel Lovett]

Salah to Liverpool: what we know

A reminder that Liverpool are closing in on a deal to sign Roma winger Mohamed Salah for a potential club-record fee.

It's understood the Reds are set to pay in the region of £35m - which includes add-ons.

However, with some late negotiation over the finer details still to be done, the figure could move just beyond that mark and therefore eclipse the sum they paid Newcastle for Andy Carroll in January 2011.

Mohamed Salah in action for Roma 

Because of the ongoing talks it is understood Salah, contrary to reports, will not undergo a medical on Wednesday.

Liverpool had an initial offer of £28m for the 25-year-old rejected earlier this month but, having continued negotiations with the Serie A club, have now come to a settlement.

The Premier League club have landed Salah at the second attempt as three years ago they were outbid by Chelsea, with the winger moving to Stamford Bridge for £11m.

That move did not work out for him and, after loan spells at Fiorentina and Roma, he joined the latter for £13m last summer.

The pacy attacker scored 15 Serie A goals last season - making it 29 league goals in two years - and provided 11 assists as Roma finished third behind Juventus and Napoli.