TRANSFER RUMOURS - 7th May
StrumSolo > 07/05/2015, 18:00
Man Utd have actually gone and completed a deal for PSV winger Memphis Depay (subject to a medical). The 21-year-old Dutchman will cost a not unreasonable figure of about £24m. Ed Woodward's getting the hang of this negotiation lark, isn't he.
Yaya Toure's future looks very much decided also, with his agent claiming that a move to Inter is 90% done. There still seems to be some quibbling over the fee mind, with the Italian club hoping they won't have to pay one. He will want massive wages, to be fair. This all seems to have kicked the Paul Pogba chat in to gear too. City view the France international as a natural replacement to Toure and reckon they can get their man for £50m, though Chelsea, Barcelona and Real Madrid will naturally have something to say about that.
Back to United for some super-agent-super-conspiracy. David De Gea and Radamel Falcao are both represented by Jorge Mendes, and word is the former will only sign a new deal if the latter's loan move from Monaco is made permanent. Some dark forces at work right there, tin hats at the ready.
Not much else doing really. Chelsea are sniffing around Inter's £22m-rated forward Mauro Icardi, but could probably knock a few quid off that figure by throwing Petr Cech as a makeweight. The keeper's been linked with a move to the San Siro in a completely unrelated rumour, I'm just joining the dots, angling for a fee...
Bournemouth and Watford have got their eye on Micah Richards, Inter (them again) like the look of Martin Skrtel and West Ham have made enquiries to Bayern Leverkusen about their midfielder Stefan Reinhartz. Never heard of him.