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Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's Daily Transfer Roundup. We are a month away from the summer transfer window. With several top clubs across Europe expecting a busy summer, the rumour mill is buzzing.
Real Madrid and Manchester United are among the most prominent clubs expected to oversee a massive squad overhaul in the summer. With several high-profile stars expected to switch clubs before the next season starts, we are expecting several transfer records to be broken over the course of the next few months.
Without further ado, let's take a look at the top transfer news, rumours and updates that made headlines on 20 April 2019.
Nabil Fekir parts ways with agent
Frenchman Nabil Fekir has split with his agent amid rumours of a potential move to Liverpool. Fekir came close to joining Liverpool last summer but the move did not materialize. Subsequently, tensions arose between the Lyon midfielder and his agent and now Fekir has revealed that the duo have parted ways.
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Speaking to Europe 1, Fekir's (now) former agent Jean-Pierre Bernes said,
"I terminated the contract on (Thursday).
"It was a choice (Fekir) took. He will certainly look for another agent. Like all human relationships, from time to time you can have a difference of opinion on someone's future or their behaviour."
"To get into one of the top 10 clubs is very difficult, you must have an approach.
"You must not place too much importance on the role of an agent. When you have a big player and a big club wants him, it is the club who come to see you. You are not soliciting interest."
Nabil Fekir reportedly has admirers in Real Madrid and Chelsea as well.
Manchester United ready to listen to offers for Romelu Lukaku in the summer
The big Belgian who joined for £75 million in the summer of 2017 from Everton has failed to nail down a starting spot at Manchester United, having only impressed sporadically. Now condemned to playing second fiddle to Marcus Rashford, Lukaku could be part of the clearing out process that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will oversee in the summer.
Manchester United are looking to build a new core in the summer and Lukaku is one of the players who they are willing to sell in order to make way for fresh signings. Lukaku was the first-choice striker for the Red Devils under Jose Mourinho. However, things didn't work out for Lukaku despite stitching together a few good performances under Solskjaer.
Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan are all being linked with the man who holds the goalscoring record for Belgium.
Wilfried Zaha hints at Crystal Palace exit, says he wants Champions League football
Wilfried Zaha has been Crystal Palace's standout performer over the past few years and him leaving the club for greener pastures has become more of a possibility now than ever before.
Zaha has had an impressive campaign so far for the Eagles, scoring 8 goals in the league so far. Now he has revealed that he feels ready to take on the bigger challenge of the UEFA Champions League. He said,
"I have to experience the Champions League. I just need the opportunity, that's it. And I'll do the rest.
"I'm too ambitious. And not ambitious just to play for a top club, but to win things at club level and with the Ivory Coast.
"For me to be better, to achieve what I know I am capable of, I have to aim to play at the very highest level, to win trophies.
"I'm blessed to have come this far in my playing career. But I feel like there is so much more I have to offer."
Luka Jovic chooses to join Real Madrid
Luka Jovic has grown immensely in reputation over the course of this season and has become one of the hottest young properties in European football at the moment. Eintracht Frankfurt, who only recently signed him on a permanent basis from Benfica, are now all set to lose him to Real Madrid for a sum in the ballpark of €70 million.
Jovic wants to make the switch to Real Madrid and the Blancos are more than happy to welcome him to the Santiago Bernabeu. Zinedine Zidane is expected to enter the summer transfer window looking for a replacement for the ageing Karim Benzema. Now it looks like they will have to look no further.
Real Madrid are close to agreeing a deal worth somewhere between €60 million and €70 million for the young striker in the coming days. This will be quite a sensational move for the 21-year-old.
Philippe Coutinho wants to follow Neymar Jr. to PSG
Coutinho fell out of favour with the Camp Nou faithful after joining La Blaugrana amid huge fanfare in the winter transfer window of 2018. After impressing initially, Coutinho failed to live up to the expectations that were set for him after his record-breaking move. Now he is fed up with the treatment being meted out by the fans and has his mind set on a move to Paris Saint-Germain.
Coutinho had been widely linked with a return to the Premier League with Manchester United being one of the most prominent names touted as a potential destination for the Brazilian. However, having served Liverpool in the past, Coutinho does not want to join a Premier League rival and has thus decided to join his countryman Neymar in Paris.
Coutinho scored a peach of a goal against Manchester United in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie and his goal was met with loud cheers and thus these new reports come as a bit of a shock. Meanwhile, Neymar is doing his best to force the issue and rope in Coutinho to PSG.
