Saturday’s transfer news: Maurizio Sarri’s mooted departure from Chelsea to Juventus gathers pace

Review all the day's transfer news, rumours, gossip and done deals

Transfer deadline day January 2019: The five biggest moves

The summer transfer window is officially open with Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and others set to be busy.

Chelsea face an uncertain summer due to their current transfer ban, but one thing they know is that Eden Hazard will be heading for the exit after expressing his desire to join Real Madrid. Arsenal are due to push on with their first signing of the summer, with a bid for Bournemouth’s Ryan Fraser set to be lodged in the coming weeks.

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. Review all of today's stories below:

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Key Points

• Eden Hazard confirms he’s leaving Chelsea
• Manchester United are keen on Ajax captain Matthijs De Ligt
• United target Paulo Dybala wants to stay at Juventus
• Arsenal have made contact with Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma
• Arsene Wenger is considering a return to Japanese side Vissel Kobe
• Real Madrid must pay Neymar £1.2m per week to sign him from PSG

[1 June 2019 19:02 · Tom Kershaw]

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