L'Equipe is reporting Sissoko is close to going to Dortmund. There was chatter a week or two about this, so maybe there is some truth to it
They've put a 35M price tag on him, so I'd imagine somewhere around 30 might get it done. He definitely saw his stock rise during Euro. Hamburg have held talks with his reps as well apparently, but that was before he blew up at the tournament.
Pretty sure he still has 3 years left on his deal. And Wijnaldum has 3 or 4. So whoever buys them will have to pay good money
I think Everton will probably fork out the cheddar for Wijnaldum. I keep hearing about this spending spree they are going on and they have yet to do anything of note. He reportedly wants to go to London but I'm not sure how serious of a player we really are for him.
Yea I'd seen Spurs links but don't think it makes much sense, tbh. Fully expect Koeman to bid the 25m it will take
Also seeing Middlesbrough close to agreeing with Neven Subotic. Subotic and Negredo not bad for Boro.
I expected a bit more activity early in the window from Klopp, tbh. Sadio was a big buy I guess but I was anticipating a major overhaul.
I'm kind of worried about Swansea, they have had a shit summer thus far and the other teams around them all seem to be strengthening.
Signing Matip and Grujic in January makes it seem like we have done less. Matip definitely will be in the 1st team and Grujic might as well. Karius hopefully will replace Mignolet so that's already 4 new members in the starting 11. The only other position I hope we get is a LB. We expect 2-3 more signings with a lot of departures.
Jonathan Calleri, Argentinian striker who plays for Sao Paulo and is on the Argentina Olympic team, looks to be on his way to Sevilla to join Ganso.
Took longer than expected to settle the ownership issue. Combine that with Euro2016 and you have a slow start to the offseason.
English Paper Talk Schalke are braced for a £35m bid from Manchester City for striker Leroy Sane. Christian Benteke is willing to stay at Liverpool and fight for his place despite interest from other clubs. Georginio Wijnaldum's preference is to join Tottenham if he leaves Newcastle but the Magpies want more than £25m. Middlesbrough have agreed an £8m fee with Borussia Dortmund for Neven Subotic. Eintracht Frankfurt want to take Manchester United youngster Guillermo Varela on loan Chelsea target Joao Mario has decided to move to Inter Milan instead. Borussia Dortmund are keen to save Moussa Sissoko from his Newcastle hell. Leonardo Bonucci's move to Manchester City could move closer with Mehdi Benatia joining Juventus.
Also saw on Twitter: Juventus targeting Higuain Draxler to stay at Wolfsburg according to their technical director Kante Chelsea deal to be completed this weekend Payet says he is 100% staying at West Ham
Stoke stuff: - Crouch may be sold to Newcastle - Berahino deal looks to be inching closer... somewhere in the 12-15 range - Ramadan Sobhi (Egyptian National, 19 year old) should be signing his deal today... fairly good chance he gets his work permit.
Enough people are reporting it that it seems likely Chelsea get Kante. That was really the player we needed. Could still use a CB and a RB but Kante was the type of player missing from the midfield last year. With players like hazard and cesc who have shit work rates a player like Kante is needed
Yeah but all their fans fucking hate him now. I mean I'm sure they will get over it 5-10 minutes into his first match but it will be interesting to see what kind of reception he gets when he walks out onto the pitch.
Odds would be in Roma's favor in that case. They receive 51% of all loans across Europe's top 5 leagues, pretty sure I read that somewhere.
Sane is Germany's 2018 answer to Reus' inevitable injury. Reus is Germany's cocktease to the pacy goal scoring forward they lack.
http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2016/07/kante-signs.html Chelsea just announced n'golo Kante