Transfer Rumour Gossip: Liverpool Close In On £12m Spanish Attacker, Man United Offered £10m Serie A Centre-Back, Lionel Messi Linked With Astonishing £250m Summer Transfer

Saturday’s transfer rumour roundup. 

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Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is a £250m target for Manchester City this summer.

Full story: Manchester Evening News

Jackson Martinez’s agent has dismissed stories suggesting that his client has already signed a pre-contract agreement with Serie A outfit AS Roma.

Full story: talkSPORT.co.uk

Manchester United have been given the chance to sign Valencia centre-back Adil Rami for just £10m this summer after the Frenchman’s proposed move to AC Milan fell through.

Full story: The Daily Mail

Lazio starlet Keita Balde Diao is set to put pen to paper on a new deal in the Italian capital next week, and so dashing any hopes that both Liverpool and Manchester City may have had on signing the 19-year-old Spanish-born Senegal international front man.

Full story: talkSPORT.co.uk.

La Liga pacesetters Atletico Madrid are set to beat Manchester City to the signature of highly rated young San Lorenzo forward Angel Correa.

Full story: The Daily Mirror 

 

Italy attacker Antonio Nocerino is keen to move to West Ham United from AC Milan on a permanent contract next season after his loan spell at Upton Park comes to an end this summer.

Full story: Sky Sports

Serie A high flyers AS Roma are hoping to be able to lure Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Paulinho on a season-loan loan to the Italian capital this summer with a view to then signing the Brazil international on a permanent basis next year.

Full story: The Metro

Liverpool remain confident of being able to sign exciting young Barcelona forward Cristian Tello this summer for £12m, so long as the Liga champions have their recently imposed Fifa transfer ban lifted.

Full story: The Daily Mirror

Arsenal may miss out in the race to sign Aymeric Laporte, with Bundesliga and European champions Bayern Munich also said to now be interested in the player.

Full story: talkSPORT.co.uk

Reported Manchester United and Arsenal goalkeeping target Kiko Casilla says that he will not be quitting his current club Espanyol at the end of the campaign.

Full story: The Daily Express 

Chelsea midfielder Oriol Romeu claims that he would like to move to Liga outfit Valencia on a permanent contract when his loan spell with the Southern Spanish outfit ends this summer.

Full story: The Daily Star

Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain will switch their focus to Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure if the mega-rich Parisians fail to land first-choice midfield target Paul Pogba from Juventus this summer.

Full story: Football Direct News

In-demand Arsenal centre-back Laurent Koscielny has told the north London club that he will let them know about where his future lies next season before the start of this summer’s World Cup amid reported interest in the Frenchman from PSG.

Full story: The Daily Mirror

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is set to once again snub experienced left-back Ashley Cole for Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final with Atletico Madrid, despite Serbian Branislav Ivanovic being suspended for the first-leg clash at the Vicente Calderon.

Full story: The Guardian

Manchester United’s record signing Juan Mata claims that under-pressure manager David Moyes does still retain the full support of all the players at Old Trafford.

Full story: The Daily Mirror 

Some Arsenal players will be forced to take a 25 per cent pay cut if the north London club fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League.

Full story: The Daily Star

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard is the best controlling midfielder in the whole of Europe, says Reds boss Brendan Rodgers.

Full story: The Guardian

Under-pressure Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini claims that he has received no complaints from the club’s owners in the United Arab Emirates, despite the big-spending north-west outfit slipping to third place in the Premier League title race.

Full story: BBC Sport Online

Manchester United are interested in signing Marseille’s teenage left-back Benjamin Mendy this summer as a replacement for the departing Patrice Evra at Old Trafford.

Full story: The Daily Mirror

Young Southampton midfielder is a target for the likes of Fulham, Swansea City and Crystal Palace this summer.

Full story: The Daily Mirror 

Manchester United manager David Moyes is wanting some respect from the Everton faithful when he makes his first return to Goodison Park on Sunday.

Full story: The Daily Mirror

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is still refusing to speak to the media as the race for the Premier League title heats up.

Full story: The Daily Mirror

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers claims that suspended midfielder Jordan Henderson still has a key role to play in the Reds’ push for the title this season, despite the fact that the England international will be banned from the Merseysiders’ next three games.

Full story: The Daily Mirror

Arsenal striking target Josip Drmic is still up for sale this summer, despite recent talk of the young Swiss striker agreeing a new deal with Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen.

Full story: The Daily Mirror

Tottenham Hotspur coach Tim Sherwood claims that the north Londoners’ squad contains only two must-pick players.

Full story: The Daily Mirror


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