TRANSFER RUMOURS! 4th July
StrumSolo > 04/07/2014, 16:36
Luis Suarez to Barcelona could be done by the end of the weekend then, providing they get a little bit closer to Liverpool's £80m valuation than the £70m currently on the table. Anyone else amazed at how little fuss there's been with this one? Could quite easily have been summer-long saga.
Brendan Rodgers is already planning how he'll spend it all and an £18m bid for Southampton's Dejan Lovren has been submitted, and rejected. The Croat really wants to go as well. Only one thing for it, strike!
Similar figures being quoted for Morgan Schneiderlin too after Napoli joined Arsenal in the race for the France midfielder. Mostly the same old names getting linked with the Gunners today, among them Real Madrid trio Iker Casillias, Sami Khedira and Angel Di Maria, who's available for £40m. Man Utd are all over the latter as well.
So Real are going to need some players then. Well, they've offered £48m for James Rodriguez, not too far off Monaco's £55m valuation, Toni Kroos looks like joining and Kaylor Navas is causing stirrings too. Who knows, they might even turn a profit.
Ashley Williams has signed a new deal at Swansea, Juventus want Patrice Evra (wasn't long ago he signed a new deal either) and Atletico Madrid are big favourites to sign Romelu Lukaku. On loan probably.