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Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's Daily Transfer Roundup. We try to bring you the most exciting transfer updates in this segment as things heat up away from the pitch in the world of football. We're inching towards the business end of the summer transfer window and we expect all hell to break loose over the next couple of weeks.
The rumour mill has gone into overdrive today. So, without further ado, let's take a look at the top transfer news, rumours and updates that made headlines on 27 July 2019.
Arsenal agree £72 million deal to sign Nicolas Pepe from LOSC Lille
In a quite shocking turn of events, amid interest from the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United, Arsenal have snatched up LOSC Lille winger Nicolas Pepe. The deal is worth £72 million (€80 million) and is expected to be completed over the next 48 hours.
Arsenal are yet to come to an agreement with Nicolas Pepe's representatives and once that is taken care of, the player will be announced as a Gunner. Napoli had also reached an agreement with LOSC Lille over the transfer fee. However, Pepe's camp rejected the offer.
Nicolas Pepe is primarily a right-winger who loves to cut in from the flank and shoot with his left foot. In addition to that, he can also play as a striker in a 4-4-2 formation. Pepe was second in the list of the highest goalscorers in the Ligue 1 after Mbappe last season.
Thus, he fits the bill for Arsenal who have been looking to sign a winger who's technically adept and is also pacy. The club has had a shortage of players of that ilk with only Alex Iwobi being a proper out-and-out winger and he is inconsistent as well.
Arsenal will pay the €80 million in instalments. Nicolas Pepe will sign a 5-year deal at Arsenal if everything goes to plan. Earlier this week, several reports had claimed that as many as 4 teams had agreed a fee with LOSC Lille who left it to the player to choose which club to join.
PSG now ready to pull off for a swap deal for Neymar
Paris Saint-Germain are more than resigned to losing their star player and are now willing to accept players in exchange for the Brazilian. As per the latest reports, Barcelona and PSG have already sat down to discuss a deal thanks to an Israeli intermediary.
The report adds that PSG expects a show of good faith from Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu in order to resolve this problem in a positive way for all parties involved. But even then, since it's a deal that will involve multiple players, it will take some time to be completed.
Barcelona had reportedly asked Paris Saint-Germain to clarify their stance on Neymar and the player has not travelled to Macao with the rest of the team for the pre-season games. He is desperate to rejoin Barcelona and now it looks like PSG will not stand in the way of that.
Real Madrid confident of signing Paul Pogba
Real Madrid are now growing increasingly confident of signing Paul Pogba from Manchester United before the summer transfer window shuts, as per latest reports. The report claims that the news was broken to them by sources at the club.
Zinedine Zidane has been vying for a Pogba deal all summer and has admitted publicly to fancying him. Manchester United, however, are under no pressure to sell and will not sell the Frenchman for less than €180 million. Despite this, there's a feeling that an agreement can be reached.
Florentino Perez had earlier told Zidane that signing Pogba could be tricky. However, Marco Asensio's injury has now made Pogba's signing more of a necessity and as such, the club is now willing to break the bank to sign the World Cup winner.
Having already spent a large amount of money this transfer window, Real Madrid will need to offload some players to comply with the FFP regulations.
Juventus to offer Paulo Dybala in exchange for Romelu Lukaku
Juventus are willing to sell Paulo Dybala to Manchester United in exchange for Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku. Juventus want to throw a spanner in the works of Inter and upset them as they struggle to match Manchester United's valuation of Lukaku.
Manchester United have already rejected a £53.9 million bid made by Inter Milan for Lukaku. They want at least £79 million - which is the sum they paid Everton sign him in the summer of 2017.
Conte had earlier confirmed Inter's interest in Lukaku. He said,
"You know very well that I like this player, also in the past when I was Chelsea's coach and I tried to bring him.
"But I repeat today Lukaku is a player of United. I have great respect for United."
Now Inter Milan will face fierce competition to sign Lukaku as Juventus enter the fray with a player who could be a great signing for Manchester United.
Sean Longstaff is not for sale
Manchester United have lost Marouane Fellaini and Ander Herrera from their midfield and are yet to replace either of them. As such, they have been scouring the market for a top centre-midfielders and all kinds of players have been linked with them in the process.
One of the surprising names on the list has been that of Newcastle United's Sean Longstaff. The youngster, who impressed in the limited opportunities he got, is reportedly one of the players that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to bring as part of enforcing his new philosophy of signing young and hungry players.
However, now Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has revealed that the club will not sell Sean Longstaff. He reportedly said,
"The message we want to put out is that he is not for sale. If you've got one like Sean – keep him."
