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Thursday June 22
9.45: Mohamed Salah has arrived in Liverpool ahead of his medical.
Salah will complete his move to Liverpool in a deal worth around £39m to become the club record signing.
Roma and Liverpool had been at a stalemate until earlier this week when he was given permission to travel to the UK.
And he is now on Merseyside to go through the formalities.
09:05: Is Cristiano Ronaldo missing Manchester United? Spanish football expert Graham Hunter certainly thinks so.
He said on talkSPORT: "The first thing to say is, long prior to the tax demand, or tax accusation, €14.7m (£12.9m), Ronaldo has been making clear to ex-team-mates at United, that nothing at Real Madrid - in terms of the club, the infrastructure, the protection for the stars, the way in which the mood and the behaviour of the club is structured - nothing compares to his time at Manchester United.
"And he still laments that."
08.30: Manchester United are set to throw everything at a deal for Alvaro Morata - and want it done before July 9 - after Cristiano Ronaldo begun to rethink his Real Madrid future.
Morata remains Manchester United’s top summer target and Jose Mourinho wants to get a deal done in time to take him to Los Angeles on the club’s pre season tour.
Talks with Real are underway with a slight delay coming after Morata got married on Saturday.
But Mourinho is keen to get the deal done in time to have Morata on board the plane departing for LA.
The Spain star is keen to quit the Bernabeu after struggling to break into Zinedine Zidane’s side.
But both Zidane and president Florentino Perez have stressed they want to keep him - in an attempt to squeeze as much money out of United as possible.
Real want to sign Kylian Mbappe and know they will have to break the transfer record to get him in a deal that could be worth over £100m.
But United hope £60m will be enough to get the Morata deal done.
08:10: Chelsea star Eden Hazard remains a Real target, reports claim.
Spanish outlet Diario Gol say the Blues forward could still be signed regardless of whether or not Cristiano Ronaldo stays or goes.
Madrid chief Florentino Perez is reportedly furious that his No7 is again threatening to leave and wants Hazard to either sign as his direct replacement or to compete for a spot in Zinedine Zidane's starting line-up.
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07:20: Liverpool will reportedly reject any advances from Serie A giants Juventus for midfielder Emre Can this summer.
The Liverpool Echo say the Reds will not let Can leave Anfield this transfer window.
Both the 23-year-old and the club were in talks over a new contract last term but failed to reach an agreement.
However, it is said that Liverpool hope to tie him down for the future in the coming months.
05:30: Neymar is now a Manchester United target, reports claim.
Don Balon say the Red Devils are prepared to turn their attentions to the Barcelona star with Cristiano Ronaldo likely to stay at Real Madrid.
It is said Jose Mourinho wanted to sign the Brazil international when he was Real manager and the player was at Santos.
And he has supposedly told Old Trafford chiefs to get a deal done this summer.
03:00 Tiemoue Bakayoko reportedly appears to be heading to Chelsea.
The Monaco star is on Antonio Conte’s radar.
And according to the Daily Mail, a £35million deal is on the horizon which could pave the way for Nemanja Matic to leave.
Conte is supposedly willing to listen to offers for the Serbian midfielder.
Wednesday June 21
23:45: Juventus chief Giuseppe Marotta has confirmed the club have received a “substantial offer” for Chelsea target Alex Sandro.
Moratta revealed last week that the Blues lodged a a “very good offer” to sign Sandro.
And he has now admitted that another offer has been made for their star man.
He said: "A substantial offer has arrived.
"We have no intention of selling anyone, but if a player decides to leave, as has happened in previous years, then at the end of the day he has to go, because we don't keep anyone against their will.
"But at the moment there are no such situations and I hope nobody will leave."
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22.45: Chelsea are set to make a £48million bid for Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci, according to reports from Italy.
CalcioMercato claim Antonio Conte's interest in the 30-year-old has not waned and the Blues are prepared to make a bid in the next few hours.
The Italy international will reportedly be handed a five-year deal worth £117,000 a week.
The Blues could reportedly face competition for his signature from Premier League rivals Manchester City who are also on the brink of signing Bonucci's team-mate Dani Alves.
22:07: Newcastle’s chief scout Graham Carr has left the club after seven years in the position.
Carr helped Toon sign a number of players including Yohan Cabaye, Matthieu Debuchy, Vurnon Anita, Moussa Sissoko, Papiss Cisse and Cheick Tiote.
Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley said: “It has been my pleasure to work with Graham over the last seven years as both a colleague and a friend. He can count some of Newcastle’s most successful players in recent years as his ‘finds’.
“Everyone connected with Newcastle United wishes Graham the very best for the future.”
21:50: Liverpool youngster Taiwo Awoniyi could be heading to Sweden this summer.
Kalmar are interested in bringing in the 19-year-old.
Awoniyi has previously had loan stints in Germany and Holland.
And the Nigeria youth international is on Kalmar’s radar.
“It’s good to get things done in advance. Maybe Liverpool are looking at a new environment to lend Taiwo to, but we have not come that far,” Kalmar manager Thomas Andersson Borstam told Fotbollskanalen.
“But he is in our mind and I have contact with him from time to time. We always try to keep in touch through different means.”
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21.30: Aston Villa owner Tony Xia has teased fans about a possible move for Chelsea legend John Terry in his latest tweet.
"Quoting Jose Mourinho, 'I am not going to talk about a player who still belongs to another club' as JT's contract with CFC expires on 1/7," he tweeted.
Terry is reportedly close to reaching an agreement with Villa and is said to be mulling over a £60,000-a-week contract offer.
The Sun claim the 36-year-old is excited by the prospect of moving to Villa Park to help them regain their Premier League status.
20:53: Manchester United are supposedly on the verge of completing their second signing of the summer.
L’Equipe claim Aliou Badara Traore is set to join the Red Devils after agreeing terms.
Traore, 16, is currently at French amateur side Sarcelles.
He has previously had trials at PSG and the report claims he has agreed a three-year contract with United.
20:46: Juventus will have to pay £20m for Wojciech Szczesny after Arsenal upped their demands.
It was claimed the Gunners wanted £13m for their goalkeeper after rejecting Juve’s £4m offer.
But The Sun now report that Arsenal have increased their valuation of the unwanted Poland international.
They claim Szczesny’s price has risen in wake of Jordan Pickford’s £30m move to Everton.
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19:50: Emre Can looks set to remain at Liverpool next season - even if he doesn’t sign a new contract.
Can has 12 months left of his current deal and talks over fresh terms have stalled.
Juventus want to sign the midfielder but the Mirror claim Liverpool are willing to let the Germany international’s contract run down and lose him on a free transfer next summer, rather than selling him now.
19:42: The agent of Nigerian defender Ganiu Ogungbe scuppered a deal for his client to join Chelsea in 2012.
"Yes it's true, Chelsea offered me a four-year contract," Ogungbe told AllNigeriaSoccer.
"I was glad they had made an approach. It was an agreement between Chelsea and my agent then.
"I couldn't join them because my agent was demanding too much from them."
19:04: Barcelona’s plan to sign Marco Verratti from Paris Saint-Germain has stalled.
Barca are favourites to land Verratti after he told PSG he wanted to leave this summer.
He has fuelled the reports of a move to Barca after posing holding a Spanish newspaper whose front page ran a story of him joining the Catalan club.
But Tuttomercatoweb claim Barca are not there yet.
It is claimed Chelsea could muscle in on the deal as Barca struggle to secure any of their targets so far this summer.
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17:23: Barcelona are gearing up to spend big this summer, says technical director Robert Fernandez.
Barca are yet to land any big names since the end of last term and will soon reconvene for pre-season.
"We have a lot of information and there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes," Fernandez told Barca Magazine.
"It goes without saying that we'll bolster the squad in the positions we need and that they'll be big-name signings.
"The biggest difficulty we face is our own grandeur.
"A lot of players don't want to come here because they aren't sure they'll get much playing time.
"But we are very happy with the players that we signed last summer because they have all made big steps forward in their careers."
17:19: CHELSEA DONE DEAL
Chelsea have sent goalkeeper Nathan Baxter on loan to Woking for next season.
“I’m here for a full season, I think it’s important when you come to a club that you fully commit to it," Baxter told Woking’s website.
"I want to show people that I can put together a full season of consistent National League performances. It’s a really exciting club to be at and I hope we can finish as high as possible.”
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16:50: Leeds United are reportedly considering a deal to sign Dutch left-back Ard van Peppen.
Van Peppen, 31, could be offered a one-year contract.
That is according to Roda JC Live, who claim the defender has attracted the attention of Leeds boss Thomas Christiansen.
Van Peppen’s contract at Roda expires next year.
16:42: Juventus must up their bid if they want to sign Wojciech Szczesny after having a £4m bid rejected by Arsenal.
Szczesny, 28, wants a return to Italy after two years on loan at Roma.
But the Gunners are holding out for £13m for their former No 1 shot-stopper.
That is according to The Sun, who claim another move to Roma could be scuppered by Szczesny’s £80,000-a-week wages.
15.10: Reece Oxford has joined Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach on loan for the season.
Slaven Bilic said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for Reece to continue his development and experience top level European football on a regular basis.
"He will play in a league which is very technical, which can only help him immensely, and he will also learn a new culture and gain valuable life experience.
"We believe Reece has a very exciting and successful future here at West Ham, and he now needs regular first team football to ensure his progress continues.
"We wish Reece all the very best in this adventure, and look forward to welcoming him back to the Club at the end of the season."
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