6 deals that could break transfer records this summer: £130m Manchester United raid, Chelsea striker swoop and shock Arsenal move

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Anthony Martial to Tottenham (£70m)

After a difficult season at Manchester United, Anthony Martial’s future is in doubt as he’s made available for £70m this summer, according to the Sun.

The Daily Mirror claim Tottenham are interested, so that would mean having to break the transfer record they broke last summer with the signing of Davinson Sanchez, according to the Guardian.

Manchester United misfit Anthony Martial is a transfer target for Tottenham

This could be a fee worth paying for Spurs, with Martial showing himself to be one of the finest young players in the world on his day, even if it hasn’t quite worked out for him at Old Trafford.

One imagines Mauricio Pochettino could improve the Frenchman significantly, so fans will be hoping this one can go through, while many United fans will be cursing their luck if it does.

Kalidou Koulibaly to Arsenal (£105m)

This would be a bit of a surprise one, but it has been claimed by the National that Arsenal are among the clubs in for Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly.

There’s no doubt the Gunners could do with improving at the back, and Koulibaly is one of the best in Europe in his position at the moment.

Still, RAI Sport (translated by the Metro) state that Napoli want a whopping £105m for the Senegal international.

Kalidou Koulibaly to Arsenal would smash the Gunners’ transfer record

That would almost double the club-record £56m that BBC Sport claim Arsenal paid for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in January, so might be one of the unlikelier rumours on this list.

It’s worth noting, though, that that move for Mesut Ozil in 2013 came fairly out of the blue and the club may know they need to spend this kind of money to compete now as they embark on a new era post-Arsene Wenger.

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