Premier League transfer news: Manchester City eye €70M move for Barcelona target and more – November 21, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Premier League latest transfer news and rumours of the day! With just around 40 days left for the transfer window to open, it is only natural for the volume of transfer rumours to increase exponentially.

We are not yet in the craziest time as that usually occurs during December and January for the winter window. However, there are some big stories out there today and here are some of them…

#5 Ray Parlour on Aaron Ramsey

Former Arsenal star Ray Parlour has spoken about Aaron Ramsey’s situation in North London. The Welshman is set to leave the Gunners as his contract expires next summer.

The talks between the player and the club broke down after having been verbally agreed, much to the surprise of Aaron Ramsey. It is not expected for Arsenal to get back into negotiations and Ray Parlour believes that the Gunners will have to tweak their strategy a bit.

The former Gunner is of the opinion that the North Londoners shouldn’t allow circumstances to come to the point wherein a player reaches the last year of his contract – something that has happened far too often with the Emirates outfit in the form of Samir Nasri, Jack Wilshere and Robin Van Persie

“Players have all the power these days but Arsenal do have to change their policy a little bit,” he said.

“They can't let contracts run down like in the cases of Jack Wilshere, Samir Nasri and now Ramsey.”

Parlour then stated that while the process of negotiating with a player is a lot more complex in modern day football, he would like the Welshman to stay at the Emirates and added that seeing him go would be a said sight.

“Negotiations these days are not straightforward but I would love to keep him, I just don't know how far off a deal is.

“It'd be sad to see him go.”

#4 Christian Pulisic update

Liverpool and Chelsea interested

Christian Pulisic is perhaps the most in-demand player in Dortmund right now. The American is not even at his peak form and yet, there seems to be a lot of interest in him.

And it is understandable because, after all, he is a huge talent that could improve many teams. He has been linked with Chelsea and Liverpool extensively and Pulisic has now claimed that he will think about his future in January.

While he stated that he is currently focused on his team, he will use the January break to discuss his future with the club.

"I'm still focused on Dortmund. We are doing great this season," said Pulisic.

"Once the break comes [in January], that is always when I will have to discuss with Dortmund and see about my future."

Well, reading between the lines, Pulisic might just change clubs in the middle of the season.

#3 Manchester City madness

De Jong has attracted many clubs

Pep Guardiola’s team might be the strongest in the Premier League but who doesn’t like to renovate further? There were reports of the former Barcelona manager wanting to sign Gremio’s Everton Soares.

In fact, he had reportedly called the player but according to Everton himself, there has been no calls yet but he hopes to play for a big club like Manchester City someday.

“It’s a dream, right? Every player dreams of playing at high level, playing in Europe, reaching the national team,” he said.

“I think that when you are in a good sequence like this, at a stage like I am living, you are observed, monitored by several clubs

“My phone hasn’t rung yet, but who knows if he’ll call.”

Meanwhile, according to Goal, Barcelona have given up on the chase for Frenkie De Jong as the midfielder is close to joining Manchester City, who are prepared to pay €70 million for him.

#2 Manchester United madness

Chelsea and Juve interested

During the summer transfer window, Lazio’s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic was linked to the Red Devils. In the end, the player’s high price-tag may have put off the Old Trafford outfit as he ended up staying with the Italian outfit.

However, according to Lazio president Claudio Lotito, it would be very hard for them to keep their prized asset should a big club come with a financially sound offer.

“Nowadays it’s very complicated for a player to tie himself to a club for his entire career. […] Unfortunately, Lazio don’t have the economic power of Barcelona and Real Madrid, so if a once-in-a-lifetime offer comes in, it’d pose a problem or us,” he said.

Meanwhile, Anthony Martial’s contractual situation means that there is no dearth of clubs interested in acquiring his signature. The Frenchman’s current contract expires in the summer of 2019 but United have the option to extend by a year.

According to Sky Sports, however, Chelsea and Juventus are circling around the Frenchman and could make an attempt to sign him in January.

#1 Story of the day

Hazard to Madrid?

As always, this slideshow belongs to the story that is most outrageous of the day. And as always, there is Spanish influence here. Yesterday, Eduardo Inda claimed that Real Madrid are so desperate to bring Hazard in January that they would be willing to swap Gareth Bale in the process.

"Real Madrid are pressing very hard to sign Hazard in January,” Inda told OK Diario.

“The last chance for Chelsea to take a pasture for the player is this winter. It is possible to barter with Bale."

And today, Don Balon come up with a report that the Galacticos would also be willing to swap Marco Asensio if need be. The prize of the Belgian is reportedly close to €180 million and the Galacticos want to bring that down by letting Chelsea get their hands on one of the aforementioned two Madrid superstars.

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