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Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's Daily Transfer Roundup. We are well into the business end of the season and the excitement around European football has hit a fever pitch as the remaining 4 stalwarts return tonight in the UEFA Champions League to book a place in the final.
Immediately after the season winds up, the summer transfer window will open and clubs are working behind the scenes to ensure that they do good business. As such, the rumour mill has been buzzing.
Without further ado, let's take a look at the top transfer news, rumours and updates that made headlines on 30 April 2019.
Lyon president confirms Manchester City and Manchester United are looking to sign Tanguy Ndombele
Manchester United and Manchester City are looking to reinforce their midfield in the summer and have been linked with a move for Olympique Lyon midfielder Tanguy Ndombele who has been one of the star performers for Bruno Genesio's side.
Now Lyon president Jean Michael-Aulas has suggested that despite the interest from the English clubs, he would prefer selling Ndombele to Juventus and has asked them to make their interest formal.
Aulas said,
"It's true that Juventus are after Ndombele,"
"But there's also PSG, Manchester United and City. I'd honestly like to see Ndombele at Juventus with Pjanic, a player we launched at Lyon and who I'm still very attached to.
"We'll see what happens. I won't talk about money. Economic parameters are the priority when selling players, but I'd like to sell him to Andrea Agnelli if all the offers were the same."
Manchester United are expected to make a decision on Paul Pogba soon and with Ander Herrera being heavily linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain, the Red Devils are expected to go all out in order to secure
Ivan Rakitic says he wants to stay put at Barcelona
Ivan Rakitic is one of the Barcelona players who have been linked with an exit from the club. The 31-year-old has been tipped for an exit as Barcelona's midfield will have a surplus of top-quality midfielders when Frenkie De Jong joins in the summer from Ajax.
Manchester United and Inter Milan are the prominent names that have been linked with the Croatian. However, he has now put all rumours to rest by admitting that he would like to kick on at Barcelona.
Rakitic said,
"I don't want to be anywhere else,"
"I hope the club, the president, the coach and the fans see this the same way I do. I hope they tell me that I'll stay here for another three years.
"I'd like to be able to point to the three more years on my contract and to say I'll be here three more years. Anything can happen in football, but I am very calm about it all."
Jasper Cillessen desperate to leave Barcelona
Barcelona's second-choice goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen who has mostly featured for them in the Copa Del Rey wants to leave the club in the summer. Cillessen has grown increasingly frustrated playing second-fiddle to Marc Andre ter-Stegen
Cillessen told Ziggo Sports,
”First I will go on holiday and then I hope to have a new club where I can play, because I want to play.”
Despite wanting to leave the club, Cillessen has encouraged Matthijs De Ligt, one of Barcelona's top transfer targets this time around, to take a chance and join Barcelona.
“I know Frenkie de Jong is coming, but is the De Ligt thing true?
“In any case, if you have the chance to go to Barcelona, you have to take advantage of it.”
Cillessen has only made 28 appearances for Barcelona after joining in 2016 on a £11 million deal from Ajax.
Real Madrid accept €150 million bid for Gareth Bale
Real Madrid have accepted a stunningly high bid for Welshman Gareth Bale. Latest reports suggest that the Blancos received an offer in the ballpark of €150 million for the Welshman from a Chinese club and did not have any hesitation in accepting it.
Bale has been linked with a move away from the Bernabeu and as such speculation has been rife that Real Madrid want close to €100 million for him. Real Madrid have reportedly accepted the bid even though Gareth Bale is not too keen on it. However, It is still unclear as to which Chinese club made the offer.
Bale wants to stick on and see how much teams like PSG and Manchester United are willing to offer to secure their services. In China, they're trying to rope in another global superstar who can help promote football in the country.
