Transfer Rumours: 31st August

Chelsea have loaned Lucas Piazon to Reading for the 2015/16 season. This is his 4th loan spell. pic.twitter.com/WrTpKeX9Bx
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) August 31, 2015

BREAKING: VfL Wolfsburg have announced the signing of Julian Draxler from Schalke 04 pic.twitter.com/sidM29ahbZ
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) August 31, 2015

Adnan Januzaj has confirmed his season-long loan move to Borussia Dortmund from Manchester United. He will wear No. 9 pic.twitter.com/73gvq3PT8p
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) August 31, 2015

One Belgian out. One Belgian in. Wolfsburg are doing good business. Ismail Azzaoui has left Tottenham and has agreed a permanent move to Wolfsburg.

Sky now report that Victor Wanyama hasn't travelled with the Kenyan squad. Earlier today, Ronald Koeman ruled out the possibility of losing the midfielder after the sale of Schneiderlin to United.

The Daily Mail are now claiming that Everton are preparing to go back in for Aaron Lennon after missing out on Adnan Januzaj on loan.

So Tottenham bid €10m for Martial at the start of the summer and Monaco asked for €20m. Spurs declined. Man Utd have bid €50m. Madness.
— Andrew Haigh (@AndrewHaigh) August 31, 2015

Anthony Martial will fit in nicely with Wayne Rooney. He hasn't had a shot on target this season.
— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) August 31, 2015

Sky are also reporting that West Ham are close to signing Alex Song from Barcelona on a season-long loan deal again.

Sky reporting that Chelsea wide-man Victor Moses is close to joining West Ham on a season-long loan deal.

Bayer Leverkusen set to pay £8.75m for Javier Hernández. #mufc
— Marcus Christenson (@m_christenson) August 31, 2015

I don't understand how you can quibble over a couple of million for Pedro and then splash out £36m on Anthony Martial.
— Jonathan Wilson (@jonawils) August 31, 2015

Football Insider UK are claiming that Arsenal have booked a medical for their 'mystery striker'.

Manchester United will pay up to €75m including bonuses for Anthony Martial, according to reports http://t.co/Z17llHhI82
— Get French Football (@GFN_France) August 31, 2015

Reports in Spain: Arsenal close to signing £14million-rated Andriy Yarmolenko.

According to Mercato, Monaco are preparing a €10m bid for Marseille's Nicolas N'Koulou

Chelsea's Nathaniel Chalobah is close to joining Napoli on a season-long loan deal, reports Di Marzio.

Hernandez being stalked by Bild ahead of Bayer Leverkusen medical. pic.twitter.com/wRAhDr6dFc
— Sport Witness (@Sport_Witness) August 31, 2015

France Football: FC Nantes have confirmed the deal that takes Papy Djilobodji to Chelsea on a permanent transfer for an undisclosed fee.

Keylor Navas apparently absolutely no interest in going to England, if any swap is mooted re De Gea.
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) August 31, 2015

The Argentinian currently plies his trade for Napoli in the Serie A.

Metro are now claiming that Arsenal have agreed to match Gonzalo Higuain's release clause of £69.1m

Arsenal fans, meanwhile, are beating the Martial rumour with this:

Twitter rumours about a big announcement at Colney today regarding #Arsenal. Been it's told giant birthday cake for Ospina.
— Simon Collings (@sr_collings) August 31, 2015

Martial is close to signing for Manchester United. A good player with a bright future! Well done, Louis van Gaal.

Equipes de France - Permission exceptionnelle pour Martial - FFF

BREAKING NEWS: The French Football Federation announces the release of Anthony Martial from the France squad to finalise Manchester United transfer talks.

Louis van Gaal "does not know" if David De Gea will still be a Man United player on Tuesday.

Nantes defender Papy Djilobodji is having medical at Chelsea as we speak. http://t.co/vzDFMKlZ6l
— Liam (@OffsideLiam) August 31, 2015

Goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard is set to sign for West Brom on a free transfer from Man United, report the Telegraph.

Here's a list of countries whose transfer window closes today:

Di Marzio now says Serie A side Fiorentina are close to signing Jakub Błaszczykowski from Borussia Dortmund.

Meanwhile, Arsenal fans be like:

Come on Wenger now is the time to show us all you still have ambition.
— Gimli (@GoonerGimli) August 31, 2015

Bournemouth, deal in the pipeline for De Guzman http://t.co/jdAJZ33vrP
— Steve Mitchell (@barafundler) August 31, 2015

Tottenham (again - they're big fans of deadline day, apparently) have submitted a £25million bid for Zenit midfielder, Axel Witsel, after missing out on Wanyama.

AC Milan Wonderkid Hachim Mastour is close to agreeing a two-year loan deal with La Liga side, Malaga.

OFFICIAL: Perisic joins Inter Milan for £14.5m from German side, Wolfsburg.

Sky say that Borussia Dortmund are in 'advanced negotiations' with Manchester United over a loan move for Belgian youngster, Adnan Januzaj.

Daily Mirror are now reporting that Manchester City and ex-Arsenal playmaker, Samir Nasri, is in talks with a move to Italian champions, Juventus.

OFFICIAL: French midfielder William Vainqueur has joined Italian side AS Roma from Dinamo Moscow for an undisclosed fee.

Bild are reporting that Wolfsburg have signed Schalke's - and long-term Arsenal target - Julian Draxler for a fee of €35m + add-ons.

Di Marzio is claiming that Tottenham forward Erik Lamela is close to a move to Ligue 1 side, Marseille.

Martial would cost €70m-€80m? *Brings out the popcorn bag*

Monaco will not sell Anthony Martial for €50m. #MUFC would need to up bid to €70m-€80m or include Javier Hernandez in the deal (L'Equipe)
— Matt Spiro (@mattspiro) August 31, 2015

Javier Hernandez rejects West Ham for £9m Leverkusen move - at least that's what Sky are saying. Jelavic it is, for the Hammers!

Pato is supposedly valued at €11m - a fraction of what Englishman Saido Berahino would cost.

Brasilian newspaper, Globo, are reporting that Tottenham Hotspur have contacted Sao Paulo over the possible availability of their striker Alexander Pato.

In case your translate isn't working or your Italian is a little off, that Tweet reads: 'Lemina is in Turin and is having his medical examination.'

.@LeminaM_13 è a Torino dove sta svolgendo le visite mediche: http://t.co/FZWLxao6fl pic.twitter.com/siBmvQc9hD
— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) August 31, 2015