Transfer Rumour Gossip: Man United Launch Club Record £50m Bid, Chelsea Make Move For £30m Defender, White Hart Lane Side Ready to Offload 11, Gunners Set to Go Greek

The biggest transfer stories from Wednesday.


Manchester United to make club record £50m for Real Madrid’s Angel di Maria (Daily Mail).

Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o set for second round of talks with Liverpool ahead of proposed move (Goal).

Roberto Soldado and Andros Townsend among 11 players new Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino is prepared to sell (Telegraph).

Everton and Southampton compete for £6m signing of Parma winger Jonathan Biabiany (Daily Express).

Elche defensive midfielder Carlos Sanchez close to £4.5m Aston Villa switch (Birmingham Mail).

Chelsea make £30m bid for AS Roma centre-back Mehdi Benatia (Gazzetta dello Sport).

Ajax star Daley Blind set for £20m switch to Man United (Daily Mail).

Saints agree £12m fee with Hull City for striker Shane Long (Mirror).

Crystal Palace want Connor Wickham but Sunderland will only sell the striker if they can sign Fabio Borini from Anfield (Mirror).

West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce wants two more attacking signings before the transfer window closes (talkSPORT).

Red Devils to offer £40m plus Javier Hernandez for Juve star Arturo Vidal (La Tercera).

Arsenal eye up Olymiakos defender Kostas Manolas as a replacement for Thomas Vermaelen (Daily Mail).

Everton agree deal in principle to sign winger Christian Atsu from Stamford Bridge on-loan (Mirror).

United youngster Wilfried Zaha on the verge of rejoining former club Palace on-loan (London Evening Standard).

Cardiff City considering a loan move for Liverpool defender Tiago Ilori (Mirror).

Transfer blow for Reds as Xherdan Shaqiri says he’s staying at Bayern Munich (talkSPORT).

Mexico manager Miguel Herrera urges Javier Hernandez to leave Man United and join Juventus (ESPN).

Zenit St. Petersburg to sign Manchester City midfielder Javi Garcia in £13m deal (Guardian).

Artur Boruc ready to quit Southampton following the £10m arrival of Fraser Forster (Daily Star).

Hull face battle to keep hold of Ahmed Elmohamady as QPR and West Ham show interest (Goal).

Man United set to fend off interest from elsewhere in the Premier League to sign Sporting Lisbon defender Marcos Rojo for £16m (Guardian).

Inter Milan want £10m plus Soldado for midfielder Fredy Guarin (Tuttosport).

Juve hoping to land Red Devils winger Nani for just £4m (talkSPORT).

Hamburg chairman dismisses reports of a Rafael van der Vaart and Harry Redknapp reunion at QPR (talkSPORT).

Martin Kelly set to join the Eagles from Merseyside (Sky Sports).

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