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Welcome to Sportskeeda's Daily Transfer Roundup. We are into the business end of the transfer window as far as Premier League teams are concerned. With exactly a week to go, clubs like Arsenal, Everton and Manchester United remain desperate to add more quality to their sides.
Meanwhile, there are incredible transfer sagas unfolding elsewhere in Europe. Without further ado, let's get to all of it.
Paris Saint-Germain vetoes Neymar's return to Barcelona
Barcelona were expected to have quite a busy summer this time around. Despite breaking the bank over the big-money signing of Antoine Griezmann, the Catalans are far from being done with their business as they still have quite a few purchases to be made and quite a few players to be offloaded.
One of the potential arrivals at Barcelona is Neymar Jr. The Brazilian is desperate to rejoin his former club and has already told Paris Saint-Germain that he does not wish to continue at the club beyond the summer.
Paris Saint-Germain are not at all keen on selling Neymar. However, with the player intent on leaving, they are open to the idea. They would also expect to be offered as much money as they had paid to secure his services in the summer of 2017.
The latest reports, however, claim that PSG do not want to sell Neymar back to Barcelona. They do not want to negotiate with the Catalans as the clubs have a strained relationship on the transfer front. PSG are not willing to change their stance on the issue and as such, the move to Barcelona may not happen at all.
The clubs have tried to get in touch with each other. However, the correspondence only went onto confirm the strained status of the two clubs' relationship. PSG have also reportedly told Neymar that they will not sell him to Barcelona.
Also, Barcelona are not in a position to match PSG's valuation of Neymar and want to offer players in exchange instead. The French side are not really keen on any of the players that Barcelona have offered either.
Nicolas Pepe in London to complete Arsenal medical
Nicolas Pepe has landed in North London today and will undergo a medical ahead of a move to Arsenal. Arsenal had earlier agreed an €80 million club-record deal with Ligue 1 outfit LOSC Lille to sign Pepe up.
As per the reports, Pepe will join Unai Emery's side on a 5-year deal. The Ivory Coast international has been on the radar of several top clubs across Europe with sides like Liverpool, Napoli etc. also coming to an agreement with LOSC Lille over the fee.
However, Pepe has decided to snub the rest of them and join Arsenal. The 22-year-old was in sensational form, scoring 22 goals whilst also producing 11 assists for Lille last season and was only outscored by Kylian Mbappe in the league.
Pepe also became the first player at LOSC Lille to score more than 20 goals a season after Eden Hazard did it for them in 2011.
Everton deny making second bid for Wilfried Zaha, Idrissa Gueye joins PSG
After Arsenal bowed out of the race to sign Wilfried Zaha, Everton have been looking to engineer a deal to bring the Ivory Coast international to Goodison Park. Everton have had an initial bid rejected following which there were reports that claimed that the Merseysiders were willing to offer £55 million in cash + Cenk Tosun and James McCarthy.
However, the Toffees have now denied this via an official statement.
"Everton Football Club categorically denies that a bid has been submitted to Crystal Palace for Wilfried Zaha that included an increased sum plus Cenk Tosun and James McCarthy.
"Everton and Crystal Palace have a very good relationship. A bid was made over the weekend which was turned down. Both Clubs agreed that was the end of the matter."
Meanwhile, midfielder Idrissa 'Gana' Gueye has swapped Merseyside for Paris. Gueye's long-awaited move to PSG has finally reached its completion. On joining the Ligue 1 champions, he said,
"I’m immensely proud to sign for Paris Saint-Germain."
"After focusing on the AFCON with Senegal, I wanted to give a new boost to my club career by joining PSG, one of the most structured and ambitious sports projects in Europe."
Gareth Bale believes he can stay at Real Madrid and outlast Zidane
After quite a tumultuous week in the Spanish capital, Gareth Bale seems to have his heart set on continuing at Real Madrid beyond the summer. The Welshman is of the belief that Florentino Perez vetoed his move to China owing to suspicions of Zinedine Zidane's effectivity in the long-term.
Bale does fear that he could be frozen out of the team under Zizou. However, he is not willing to give up and is harbouring hope of outlasting the Frenchman at the club. The former Tottenham man was not at all impressed by how Real Madrid stepped in and vetoed Bale's proposed £1 million-a-week deal to join the Chinese Super League.
Perez was not sold on the idea of letting Bale leave for free after signing him for £86 million in 2013. Perez and Zidane seem to be on two pages about a lot of things now. Perez is not happy with Hazard's signing as the Belgian turned up overweight for Real Madrid's pre-season.
Perez wants to bring Neymar and Eriksen to the club while Zidane wants Paul Pogba. As such, tensions are rising between the two and Bale could stand to benefit from it.
Juventus ahead of Inter in race for Romelu Lukaku
Juventus have now become favourites to sign Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku amid claims that Inter Milan are poised to return with an improved bid after their initial £53.9 million offer got rejected.
Beppe Marotta, the Inter Milan director, had claimed that the club made "a fair and important offer respecting the value of the player". However, it was still way short of Manchester United's valuation of Romelu Lukaku. The Red Devils want in excess of the £79 million they paid for him in the summer of 2017.
Juve, on the other hand, are keen to include Paulo Dybala in any deal for Romelu Lukaku. Dybala is reportedly on his way out and Juve are trying to cash in. However, the Argentine is reportedly keen on staying at Juve and working with Sarri and the club will need to convince him to join Manchester United if they're to have a shot at roping in Lukaku.
