What's the old saying? If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging? Well, rather than step away quietly from those
Asmir Begovic to United rumours last week, the papers have gone nuclear with claims that Real Madrid are keen too. So it's a bidding war now, probably.
David Moyes can make all the £35m bids he wants,
Paul Pogba's not going back to Old Trafford. Looks like they'll be missing out on
Matthias Ginter too, he'll choose Arsenal, but Arsenal target
Julian Draxler could choose United. Swings and roundabouts innit.
Gus Poyet's 18-year-old son
Diego plays for Charlton. But not for much longer if Tottenham, Arsenal, West Ham, Fulham, Barcelona or, of course, Inter Milan have got anything to do with it.
Atletico Madrid striker
Diego Costa could be off Chelsea for £27m in the summer, with
Fernando Torres headed the other way. Swap deal?
Liverpool are getting busy, all over Porto winger
Juan Iturbe, Barcelona left back
Adriano, Ajax pair
Joel Veltman and
Davy Klaassen, and PSG striker
Jeremy Menez, who's out of contract at the end of the season.
Luuk de Jong wants to make his Newcastle loan deal permanent, but
Mathieu Debuchy wants out. Roma, Bayern, anyone really.
And
Frank Lampard is a target for LA Galaxy.
Joe Cole's been linked with a move to the MLS too, not much chance of that when Brighton are sniffing about though, thanks all the same...
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