TRANSFER RUMOURS! 30th June
StrumSolo > 30/06/2014, 17:53
What about that James Rodriguez then? To think little old Monaco managed to nab him from Porto as an unknown last summer for a mere £38m! Everyone's keen now, but it'll most likely be Real Madrid who come out on top with a double-swoop for him and Falcao. That's generally how these things work.
Paul Pogba's staying at Juve. Unless Chelsea are serious about paying £60m.
If Luis Suarez does end up at Barca then Liverpool will demand Alexis Sanchez, plus a reasonably large sack of cash in return. Meanwhile, Adam Lallana's £25m Anfield move should be done any minute now. Once it is, Ronald Koeman will nip back to Holland quickly and sign Graziano Pelle and Dusan Tadic.
Morgan Schneiderlin to Arsenal? It's either him or Sami Khedira. The latter could be available for £23m, which probably isn't much more than they'd end up paying for the Southampton man. Just saying.
Thomas Vermaelen's headed for the exit door, with the Gunners and Man Utd close to agreeing a fee. Similar success on the William Carvalho (£37.5m release clause) and Arturo Vidal (£48m) fronts, however, may well be more difficult to come by for the assorted Old Trafford suits.
Is Michu on his way to Napoli? Or have Swansea received not so much as a tentative enquiry? It's hard to say, but we do know Mauricio Pochettino could be about to make Swans' left-back Ben Davies his first signing as Spurs boss. He quite likes the look of Wilfried Bony as well.
Sunderland fancy taking Kurt Zouma and Joel Campbell on loan, Timothee Kolodziejczak has agreed to join West Ham from Nice in a £6m deal and Tom Ince, with no regrets whatsoever after turning down Inter Milan, is off to Hull.