TRANSFER RUMOURS - 30th APRIL
StrumSolo > 30/04/2015, 17:39
Dortmund have confirmed that Ilkay Gundogan won't be renewing his contract at the club. That expires in 2016 but you'd imagine they'll look to cash in this summer. Man Utd have been linked, as will everyone else be in the coming days.
Not gone brilliantly for Angel Di Maria, has it? The £59m forward can barely get a game at Old Trafford and might soon have to settle with merely being labelled a £45m forward. That's how much PSG are willing to pay for him, and one suspects United will bite their hand off.
Erik Lamela's nothing if not another underwhelming Argentinian, and it looks like he'll be moved on at a loss too. Spurs spent £30m on him back in 2013 (different times) but they'd do well to get half that now. Still, it's all money towards the Morgan Schneiderlin fund. Pretty sure he wants Champions League football but you can't tell 'em, so £20m, possibly with Andros Townsend or Benjamin Stambouli sent to Southampton as makeweights. They are not sweeteners.
Although, Saints suit Les Reed did give it the ol' "we have no intention of selling our best players" yesterday. He said that last summer as well, mind. Anyway, a couple of hours later Jay Rodriguez posted a pic on Twitter that showed him back in training. And a couple of hours after that the 'MASSIVE CLUBS ON RED ALERT' articles started. So he's got a job on.
Some young strikers that have done quite well in the Championship this year. There's Bournemouth's Callum Wilson for starters, scorer of 23 goals and a target for as many as 10 Premier League dream wreckers apparently. Patrick Bamford, meanwhile, only gets linked with Newcastle. Poor him, poor Middlesbrough.
And lastly, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are all in for Luton midfielder Charlie Patino. He's 11.