TRANSFER RUMOURS! 16th July
StrumSolo > 16/07/2014, 15:59
Luis Suarez is officially a Barcelona player and Diego Costa is officially a Chelsea player. Yep, that only happened today.
Antonio Conte has quit as Juventus manager, possibly in protest at Man Utd's £35m move for Arturo Vidal. But yesterday it looked like Luis van Gaal had gone cold on the deal. Is it back on? Or has he made a terrible mistake?
Benfica youngsters Joao Filipe (new Ronaldo!) and goalkeeper Joao Virginia are on trial with United, and Bebe, still on the books you know, could be headed the other way as some sort of 'sweetener'. Nani might be off too (Milan are keen) and decisions regarding the futures of Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley, Ashley Young, Javier Hernandez, Darren Fletcher and Shinji Kagawa will be made sooner rather than later. Clear-out!
Newcastle have signed a Frenchman, £6m Monaco striker Emmanuel Riviere. Good news for anyone worried things were getting a touch un-French at St James'. Sure, Remy Caballero's French, but with Mathieu Debuchy leaving, and the arrivals of non-Frenchmen Jack Colback, Siem de Jong and Daryl Jamaat, the French percentages were in very real danger. If Clement Grenier signs too then we can definitely relax.
Rather than having a £16m bid for Alberto Moreno rejected, Liverpool have kept things sensible and been told to do one by Swansea for just half the price. £8m might not be enough for Ben Davies but his team-mate Wilfried Bony has got one of them release clauses and could be available for £20m. It's not all doom and gloom in South Wales though, Ecuador winger Jefferson Montero's on his way.
And Enner Valencia's already arrived, at West Ham, for £15m.
Barcelona could be about to loan Bojan Krkic (remember him?) to Stoke, Harry Redknapp wants Leroy Fer at QPR and Everton are closing in on deals for Carlos Bacca and Muhamed Besic.