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We've just got a handful of days left before the European transfer window shuts and as such, it is safe to say that we are in the endgame now. There's simply no telling what's going to unfold over the next few days.
Let's not waste another second and take a look at the top transfer news of the day.
Alexis Sanchez set to join Inter Milan on loan
Inter Milan have reached an agreement with Manchester United to take Alexis Sanchez on loan for the 2019-20 season. The decision is backed by the Nerazzurri manager who wants to sign the Chilean international before the transfer window is shut.
Antonio Conte has been trying to reinforce his attacking ranks and had earlier signed Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United itself. However, the departure of Ivan Perisic meant that they were short-staffed on the wings and needed to sign a replacement before the transfer window closes on 2nd September.
Sanchez is thus all set to reunite with his teammate at United, Lukaku. The deal will not, however, have an option to buy at the end of the agreement as Inter are not keen on making the deal permanent.
Alexis earns close to £400,000 at United and that's a sum that's way out of Inter's wage structure. The Red Devils will reportedly pay a part of that wages and had earlier rejected Inter's offer to furnish £150,000 towards Sanchez's wages as they wanted the Serie A club to pay more.
Alexis Sanchez joined Manchester United in the winter transfer window of the 2017-18 season. However, despite joining amid huge fanfare, the former Barcelona star's form dipped disastrously and scored a meagre 5 goals from 45 appearances and was just a shadow of the player that used to dominate the Premier League stat boards with Arsenal.
Sanchez' first full season at Manchester United saw him score just twice with only one goal coming in the Premier League. As such, he was not expected to play a major role in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's plans for the season and would have largely featured in the Carabao Cup and the Europa League.
Zlatan jokes about returning to Manchester United
Seeing as how his former club Manchester United are struggling to find their feet in the new season amid an average start and a few high-profile departures, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has joked about returning to the club.
He said,
"I could play easy in the Premier League, so if United need me, I'm here. But Galaxy has me, so I'm sorry. Nah, I did my job in Europe. I enjoyed it, I have 33 trophies that I brought with me here and hopefully I can get something here. And then we will see where that adventure finishes."
"I look, I look, I look. I saw the last game and I think they were unlucky. If they score the penalty, it's a different game but a game in England is not finished until its finished.
"Anything can happen, especially in the last minutes where everything is in the heat of the moment."
James Rodriguez wants to stay at Real Madrid
James Rodriguez is currently injured. However, he is all set to return next week and is focussed on staying at Real Madrid and proving his worth to Zinedine Zidane according to reports.
The reporter claims,
"James Rodriguez does not have a break, he does not have a micro-break. He has an edema, which means that he will not be one month off; he will be 8 or 10 days. Nextweek James will return to training,"
"These days there has been a conversation between James and the Colombian coach, in which he speaks and tells him that he wants to recover in Madrid, that he wants to be one hundred percent in Madrid and that he will not travel. James's goal is to show him to Zidane and the club the commitment he has. He wants to stay, be on top, is convinced that it will be his season, so he does not travel with Colombia,"
Daniel Levy and Christian Eriksen's agent fall out as player wants Real Madrid or Barcelona move
Tottenham Hotspur find themselves in the dark about Christian Eriksen's future. The Spurs' chairman Daniel Levy has reportedly had a fall out with Eriksen's agent with the Danish international coveting a move to Real Madrid or even Barcelona.
Levy and Eriksen's agent Martin Schoots haven't sat down to discuss the future in a long time. This has led to a lot of uncertainty and vulnerability for Pochettino's team as Eriksen continues to be one of their best players. In fact, Pochettino has mentioned this on more occasions than one.
Eriksen is now into the final year of his contract with Tottenham Hotspur. He is not keen on extending his contract and Spurs believe that the midfielder has his heart set on a move to Real Madrid or Barcelona. However, it remains to be seen whether either clubs will make a move for him before the transfer window shuts.
The clubs are more likely to wait until next summer to make a move as Eriksen will be available for a free then. Barcelona are not expected to make a move before the window shuts as they already have a surplus of midfielders in their squad and are, in fact, looking to offload a few.
Barcelona on the verge of signing Neymar
Barcelona are close to signing Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain. That's according to none other than club director Javier Bordas. The clubs had earlier sat down and failed to come to an agreement. However, that is now close to changing as Barcelona seek to convince Dembele to go the other way so that Neymar can return to the Nou Camp.
Barcelona representatives Javier Bordas, Eric Abidal, Oscar Grau and Andre Cury had landed in Paris on Tuesday to discuss a potential deal. Bordas told reports,
"There's still no agreement. We're negotiating, we're getting closer,"
The clubs are expected to continue talks today and are expected to sit down once again to wrap up the deal. The report suggests that Barcelona will pay €170 million to Paris Saint-Germain over the course of 2 years in addition to sending Ousmane Dembele to Paris.
Neymar has already granted Barcelona their wish and told PSG that the Blaugrana is the only club he wants to join.
