Monreal joins Real Sociedad, Barcelona one step away from signing Neymar, Bruno Fernandes to join Real Madrid for €70 million and more: Transfer Roundup, 31 August 2019

Fiorentina Sporting Director claims Bruno Fernandes is going to Real Madrid for €70 million

Shortly after Zinedine Zidane hinted that Real Madrid are not done with their transfer business, Fiorentina Sporting Director Daniele Prada has dropped quite a bomb by claiming that the Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes will join Real Madrid for €70 million.

Ahead of Real Madrid's game against Villareal, Zizou said,

"Anything can happen until Monday. One bomb, two bombs... But the important thing is tomorrow's game."

Fiorentina have been trying to sign Sporting forward Raphinha. However, Prada said that Sporting are now unlikely to sell Raphinha as they will be left short-staffed in the attacking positions as Bruno Fernandes is all set to join Real Madrid. Speaking at Fiorentina's presentation of their latest acquisition Dalbert, Prada said,

"Raphinha must be off the market because Bruno Fernandes is off to [Real] Madrid for 70 million euros,

Now a claim like that doesn't come out of nothing, does it?

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