Transfer Update: FUTBALLNEWS brings you the most up-to-date Transfer News, and Rumors, on top European clubs and players.
By putting French striker Antoine Griezmann, 31, on the transfer market, Atletico Madrid have intensified their efforts to sign Manchester United and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37. (Times)
Ronaldo can go on loan from United this summer as long as he exercises a one-year contract extension option that will allow him to return to Old Trafford for the following year. (Mirror)
By making a lower offer to Sevilla, Barcelona hopes to surpass Chelsea’s initial 65 million euro (£55.3 million) installment offer for France’s Jules Kounde, 23, who is a defender. (Sport – in Spanish).
In the event that Barcelona is successful in sabotaging Kounde’s move to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea will turn to Paris St. Germain and 26-year-old French defender Presnel Kimpembe. (Express)
Harry Kane, a 28-year-old English striker for Tottenham, has spoken with Bayern Munich’s management and hasn’t ruled out joining the German champions next summer. (Bild – in German)
Neymar, a 30-year-old Brazilian winger, has downplayed rumors that he will leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer. Chelsea and Manchester City have been connected with the Brazilian. (Mail)
Denzel Dumfries, a 26-year-old right-back from the Netherlands playing for Inter Milan, is the top target for Manchester United. (Calciomercato – in Italian)
Romelu Lukaku, a 29-year-old Belgian forward, will spend an additional year at Inter Milan when his initial season-long loan at the Serie A side expires thanks to an agreement between Chelsea and Inter Milan. (Mail),
Harvey Barnes of Leicester is a target for Newcastle, but the Foxes demand £50 million for the 24-year-old Englishman. (Sun)
Unless there are any injuries in his team or existing players are sold, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has ruled out making any additional acquisitions. (Sky Sports)
After failing to sign Yann Sommer from Borussia Monchengladbach, Nice contacted Leicester about signing the 35-year-old Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. (L’Equipe – in French)
After turning down Manchester City’s “laughable” £30 million offer for Spain’s left-back Marc Cucurella, Brighton is standing firm on their £50 million+ asking price. (Athletic)
If Cucurella departs this summer, the Seagulls will pursue 21-year-old left-back Brandon Williams from Manchester United in a £15 million move. (Mirror)
Because the 26-year-old attacker needs more game time to guarantee his spot in Germany’s World Cup team, Timo Werner is most likely to depart Chelsea this summer. (Sky Sports – in German)
Just six months after acquiring the English midfielder, Dele Alli, 26, from Tottenham, Everton is prepared to sell him. (Sun)
The 28-year-old defender from the Ivory Coast and Manchester United, Eric Bailly, has drawn more interest from Roma. (Mirror)
Liam Delap, a forward for the England Under-19 team, was the subject of a £16 million bid from Southampton that Manchester City rejected. A number of Championship clubs were interested in taking the 19-year-old forward on loan. (Athletic)
Nuno Tavares, a 22-year-old Portuguese defender, is eager to leave the Emirates and Arsenal is in talks to loan him to Atalanta. (Fabrizio Romano)
Newcastle has made inquiries about Kamaldeen Sulemana, a Ghanaian winger for Rennes who is valued at roughly £30 million and has drawn interest from Bayer Leverkusen and Ajax. (Mail)
West Ham are negotiating with Napoli over a deal for Poland midfielder Piotr Zielinski, 28. (Tuttomercato – in Italian).
Spanish left-back Alex Moreno, 29, is being wooed by Nottingham Forest to leave Real Betis. (Nico Schira).
In order to give Mark Travers some competition, Bournemouth is mulling a transfer for 32-year-old English goalkeeper Simon Moore of Coventry. (Mail)
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