Latest Transfer News | 30th July
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- Real Madrid are considering a £100m-plus double swoop on Chelsea to sign Thibaut Courtois and Willian.
- Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom is closing on a permanent move to Greece with PAOK Salonika.
- Pep Guardiola has hinted some of his young guns will feature in the Community Shield at the weekend after impressing on tour.
- Tottenham will open their new stadium with a ceremony paying homage to the area’s rise from the ashes of the 2011 riots.
- Jose Mourinho’s relationship with Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is at an all-time low over the club’s transfer policy.
- Patrick Bamford will have a medical at Leeds United on Monday ahead of a possible £10m move from Middlesbrough.
- Fulham hope to wrap up an agreement with Swansea City for defender Alfie Mawson early this week.
- Middlesbrough are keen on Liverpool’s Sheyi Ojo and West Brom’s Matt Phillips.
- Leicester have rekindled their interest in Middlesbrough centre-back Ben Gibson.
- Olivier Giroud is planning on staying and fighting for his place at Chelsea despite holding talks with Marseille.
- Chelsea are in talks with Borussia Dortmund over a deal for highly-rated USA winger Christian Pulisic.
- Jefferson Lerma has missed two deadlines to return to training with Levante as he tries to force through a £24m move to Bournemouth.
- Mattia Caldara has overtaken Juventus team-mate Daniele Rugani as Chelsea’s No 1 centre-back target.
- West Ham midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate is at the centre of a transfer tug-of-war between Crystal Palace and Porto.
- Antonio Conte is set to take over from under-fire Gennaro Gattuso as AC Milan head coach on a £5.5m-per-year deal.
- Crystal Palace and Southampton are mulling whether to make an offer for Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater.
- Ipswich will sell striker Martyn Waghorn to Derby County, but not until they have recruited a replacement.
- Aaron Ramsey is a shock target for Chelsea.
- Andros Townsend has stressed it is imperative Crystal Palace hang onto talisman Wilfried Zaha.
- FIFA has been urged to launch an independent investigation into sabotage claims surrounding Qatar’s successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
- A difficult pre-season is threatening to lurch into a farce for Manchester United as manager Jose Mourinho heads into their final game in the USA against European champions Real Madrid without as many as 17 senior players.
- Marseille and Atletico Madrid are interested in signing Olivier Giroud.
- Sevilla are keen to take Tiemoue Bakayoko but the midfielder is likely to stay at Chelsea as they want a loan fee and his full wage to be paid to sanction a temporary deal, which appears to be too expensive for the Spanish club.
- Fiorentina are interested in Manolo Gabbiadini, the Southampton striker.
- Steven Gerrard hopes to add two more players to his Rangers squad before their first league game on Sunday.
- Rangers are preparing a second bid of £300,000 for Hearts striker Kyle Lafferty.
- Celtic will today decide on an appeal against Jozo Simunovic’s suspension from Wednesday’s Champions League crunch against Rosenborg.
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