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Hello and welcome to the Premier League transfer news and rumours of the day! Here are the top stories of the day surrounding the Premiership!
Duncan Castles on De Ligt
Journalist Duncan Castles has given his thoughts about where Ajax captain Matthijs De Ligt could potentially go next. Castles thinks that Raiola will not target only Manchester United as a potential for his client.
He also added that the rumours of Liverpool’s interest in the player could be genuine, even though the Reds don’t really need a defender as much as the Red Devils do.
“We should factor in here that Manchester United are not the only Premier League club that Mino Raiola will try and sell the player to,” he said.
“There has been talk of Liverpool’s interest which I think is correct.
“Although I don’t think there need is as great, certainly not as great as Manchester United.
Castles then went on to state that even Manchester City have De Ligt on their radar and that it has been that way for a long time now. Indeed, before Barcelona’s interest became strong, many at Ajax thought that he would go to City, according to Castles.
He also added that he is the type of player that suits the recruitment policy of the Citizens.
“What I do know is that Manchester City have pursued De Ligt for a long time.
“I know that, several months ago, before Barcelona went in strong for De Ligt, that people at Ajax felt City was his most likely destination.
“We now have Vincent Kompany announcing his exit from Manchester City to move to another league and become player-coach at Anderlecht.
“And De Ligt fits the profile for City in this sort of focus they’ve always had of signing the best of young talent, being prepared to put high transfer fees down in the expectation the player’s value will increase.”
Cillessen frustrated with Barcelona’s asking price
Barcelona goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen is not happy with Barcelona’s asking price for him. The Dutch goalkeeper is a second-choice ‘keeper with the Blaugranas as Mar-Andre ter Stegen is the number one.
As a result, the Netherland international is looking to leave. However, he showed his frustration at Barcelona by claiming that their asking price is not helping matters and that he is waiting and will take a decision after he is done with his holidays.
'The fact that Barcelona ask for £53m for me does not help anything,' he said.
'I still have to wait and see what happens in one of the top five European leagues. [A decision] will only be taken after the holidays.'
The likes of Manchester United are said to be interested in him as David De Gea’s contract ends in 2020 and he is not showing any signs of penning down an extension just yet.
London
This has been quite a decent season for London sides in Europe as the three major teams from this city took part/will take part in the final of the two European competitions.
This slider is about the two sides that faced each other in the Europa League final: Arsenal and Chelsea. The former were schooled by the latter in the second half of the match in which Mesut Ozil was absolutely terrible.
And now, according to Standard, the Gunners are considering getting the German off their wage bill as they are not going to be in the Champions League next season, which means that they won’t be making as much money.
Meanwhile, everyone expects Chelsea to lose star player Eden Hazard but according to reports, the Blues have rejected Madrid’s first offer for the Belgian. As a result, it could take a while before the former Lille star finally arrives at the Bernabeu.
Liverpool
The Reds are flying high! Even though they just marginally lost the league to Manchester City, the Merseyside outfit are in the final of the Champions League for the second time in as many years
However, that hasn’t stopped them from looking in the market for new signings for next season already as the Anfield outfit have been linked with a sensational move for Athletic Club forward Inaki Williams.
Atletico Madrid, however, are also interested in the Athletic star.
Meanwhile, buying isn’t obviously the only priority as the according to reports, the general consensus in Lazio is that Dejan Lovren fits the bill at the Serie A outfit.
The Reds have reportedly also given the Croat the permission to talk to other clubs after the conclusion of the Champions League final as they want to make somewhere around €12 million from his sale.
Manchester madness
Along with Real Madrid, Manchester United are another club that are expected to be busy in the summer transfer market as their squad needs a serious renovation after quite an indifferent season.
However, they might have to see some of their players going first and the one who is linked the most out of the Old Trafford is Paul Pogba. According to Marca, Zinedine Zidane has put Eriksen’s signing on hold because he wants Paul Pogba to come to Madrid instead.
The report claims that Madrid could sign Eriksen for as little as €60 million while Pogba could cost considerably more than that.
Meanwhile, another report from Spain claims that Cristiano Ronaldo wants Juventus to sign Paul Pogba from the Old Trafford. In fact, the Portuguese called and convinced Pogba to join him in Turin.
The Italian giants have reportedly put Dybala in the operation in order to bring down the €188 million asking price of United for the player.
