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Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's Daily Transfer Roundup. We're only weeks away from the opening of the summer transfer window and we have a lot of exciting transfer news to bring to you.
Without further ado, let's take a look at the top transfer news, rumours and updates that made headlines on 9 May 2019.
Manchester United want to sign 4 players in the summer
If there's one top team in England that needs saving, it is Manchester United. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has already held several meetings with Manchester United Executive Vice-Chairman Ed Woodward and has identified the areas where they need to strengthen over the course of the summer.
Manchester United will look to sign a right-back, right-winger and two central midfielders. So for the second consecutive season, it doesn't look like getting a centre-back is part of Manchester United's agenda in the summer transfer window.
Solskjaer said that despite United not qualifying for the Champions League, there are several players who would love to come to Old Trafford. Speaking to the press, Ole said,
"You'd be surprised how many players' agents have been touting their players."
"Telling us that their players would love to be a part of Man United in the future.
"That's the lure of Man United because they know the potential and size of the club, that we will in the end get back to the good days.
He went on to acknowledge that United are going through a tough time but remains hopeful of turning it around.
"Yes, we're having a tough time at the moment. We've had a few seasons that we've not got up to the standards we expect but it's up to me and the club to change it as quick as possible.
"If it's a season without the Champions League, who knows but players still want to come to Man United and you probably wouldn't be surprised but you would be surprised by the names that you get asked."
Alexis Sanchez offered to Inter Milan
Manchester United's recent transfer activity is nothing to write home about and the former Arsenal man Alexis Sanchez is the best example of that. After joining the Old Trafford outfit in the winter of 2018, Sanchez has struggled to find his footing and has looked like a fish out of water.
Despite being paid big money, United have found the Chilean's end product to be lacking and are willing to offload him in the summer. Latest reports suggest that Sanchez has been offered to Inter Milan. However, the transfer is now being tagged a 'remote possibility' after the Serie A outfit met with the player's agent.
Sanchez's exorbitant wage rate was always expected to become a stumbling block in any negotiation and the Chilean will need to take a major pay cut if he is to find asylum in any top club in Europe.
Real Madrid want Lucas Moura
Lucas Moura has been on fire of late. He has scored two hattricks over the course of the past few weeks and was Pochettino's main man on the pitch as he schlepped Tottenham Hotspur past the finishing line in yet another exciting Champions League semi-final.
As is the norm these days, the former PSG man has already been identified as a target by none other than Real Madrid. That's right, Florentino Perez wants to sign Lucas Moura in the summer to bolster their attack in the wake of several impending departures with even Gareth Bale being extensively linked with an exit.
Tottenham Hotspur value the Brazilian forward at €85 million and if Zinedine Zidane will be granted the war-chest he has been reportedly promised, Tottenham Hotspur will do well to fend off the Blancos. Though Lucas largely plays as a false nine for Spurs, Real Madrid will want him to fill in on the right flank.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek says he is going nowhere
Having been handed a transfer ban, saying that Chelsea have been backed into a corner would be a bit of an understatement. With Eden Hazard likely to depart in the summer, Maurizio Sarri's side is expected to weaken before the next season starts.
However, they have now received a boost courtesy of academy product Ruben Loftus-Cheek who has now come out and revealed that he is not going anywhere. Chelsea are also keen on extending the Englishman's contract.
Loftus-Cheek told Sky Sports,
"I'm not sure (over new contract). I let my agent deal with it. I'm not thinking about that right now.
"It's important for me to focus on the here and now, and I'm playing right now. It's looking good so there's no reason why I should think about leaving Chelsea."
"There's no reason for me to leave. If I get a pay rise, that'll be great."
Lionel Messi wants Barcelona to sell Ivan Rakitic and sign De Ligt, Kimmich and Ferland Mendy
The UEFA Champions League second-leg tie turned out to be a right smack in the face of Barcelona who walked into Anfield confident and with their heads held high but had to walk away from there with their tails firmly between their legs. The defeat has opened a can of worms and a summer squad overhaul is once again being widely discussed.
Following the defeat, all the heavyweights in the Barcelona team have taken a break to gather their bearings. However, Ivan Rakitic is reportedly in Seville taking pictures and having a laugh. That is not acceptable at a club of Barcelona's standards.
Rakitic has one foot out the door with his future hanging in the air. As such, Lionel Messi wants Barcelona to sell the Croatian as he does not wish to see anyone at the club whose heart is not there at the Camp Nou. This could also be the last transfer window where Barcelona can hope to sell Rakitic for a fair amount of money and hence the World Cup runner up's life in Catalonia might soon find its end.
Messi wants Barcelona to sign Matthijs De Ligt from Ajax, Joshua Kimmich from Bayern Munich and Ferland Mendy from Olympique Lyon. The report further claims that Umtiti and Malcom could be axed in the summer too.
