Thursday, 1 September 2016

Courtois price set; Swans miss out on defender

Thibaut Courtois: Could be sold by Chelsea
Chelsea are open to selling Thibaut Courtois, while Swansea City failed with an audacious £16.8million bid on transfer deadline day., according to Thursday’s rumours.

Arsenal

Daniel Sturridge: Brace in League Cup blitz
– Daniel Sturridge’s representatives approached Arsenal about a late loan deal for the striker, but Liverpool want to keep the 26-year-old (Goal)
New Arsenal star Shkodran Mustafi suffered an injury scare after he took a knock to the ankle during Germany’s friendly with Finland (The Sun)
– Arsenal right-back Mathieu Debuchy, 31, will stay with the Gunners despite a deadline day offer from Spanish club Espanyol (Squawka)
– Wilfried Bony has said it was an “easy” decision to join Stoke despite attracting interest from Arsenal, Everton and West Ham (Daily Express)
– Arsene Wenger blocked a move for Yaya Sanogo to join Leeds on loan (The Sun)

Bournemouth

– Former Arsenal youngster Benik Afobe held the key to Jack Wilshere’s Bournemouth loan switch (Daily Star)

Burnley

Dale Stephens: Three Burnley bids rejected
– Burnley’s attempt to sign Kamil Grosicki was torpedoed by his club Rennes who demanded more money at the last minute (Sky Sports)
– Furious Brighton midfielder Dale Stephens took to Twitter on Deadline Day to blast the club for blocking his dream move to the Premier League with Burnley (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea

– Ivan Rakitic ignored interest from Manchester United and Chelsea to pledge his future to Barcelona (The Sun)
– Chelsea pulled out of a loan deal for Aymen Abdennour after re-signing David Luiz from Paris Saint-Germain (The Sun)
David Luiz has sealed a sensational return to Chelsea after the Blues confirmed that they have re-signed the Brazilian defender from PSG
– Journalist Julien Laurens has criticised David Luiz, calling him a ‘liability’ and ‘a worse player than when he left’ Chelsea two years ago (Five Live)
– Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic, 23, turned down a move to Chelsea to stay with the Serie A side (Goal)
– Former England striker and Chelsea stiker Kenny Dixon has revealed his extreme gambling addiction saw him lose three homes and end up in jail (The Sun)

Crystal Palace

– Crystal Palace owner Steve Parish has revealed a move for Jack Wilshere arrived as fast as it went (Daily Express)
– Crystal Palace missed out on a £6million swoop for Charlton’s highly-rated star Ademola Lookman (Independent)

Everton

Wilfried Bony
– Wilfried Bony has said it was an “easy” decision to join Stoke despite attracting interest from Arsenal, Everton and West Ham (Daily Express)
– Everton’s hopes of a massive deadline-day coup were dashed after Porto turned down a €40 million (£34m) offer for winger Yacine Brahimi (Daily Mirror)
– Everton are furious after believing that they were about to capture Moussa Sissoko – including laying on a private jet, with a deal just waiting to be signed – before he turned them down and joined Tottenham (Sky Sports)

Leicester

– Leicester City failed in their efforts to sign Adrien Silva from Sporting, despite agreeing to pay the midfielder’s initial asking price of €24 million (Goal)
– Danny Simpson is set to join Leicester ’s top pay league after the Premier League champions turned down a £5million bid from West Ham (Daily Mirror)
– Danny Drinkwater has said holidays to Ibiza and Vegas helped him get over his England Euro 2016 snub (Daily Star)

Liverpool

– Daniel Sturridge’s representatives approached Arsenal about a late loan deal for the striker, but Liverpool want to keep the 26-year-old (Goal)
A deal for a Chinese company to buy a stake in Liverpool has been denied by the chief executive of the group after speculation of talks with the owners of the Reds, Fenway Sports Group (Daily Mirror)
Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho, 26, has annoyed manager Jurgen Klopp after he turned down approaches from Stoke, West Brom and Besiktas (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City

– Wilfried Bony has said it was an “easy” decision to join Stoke despite attracting interest from Arsenal, Everton and West Ham (Daily Express)
– Joe Hart is set to appear for England in their World Cup qualifier against Slovakia on Sunday after Southampton keeper Fraser Forster, 28, injured his arm in training (Daily Telegraph)
– Former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says he “can’t understand” why new manager Pep Guardiola let goalkeeper Joe Hart, 29, go on loan to Torino (Metro)

Manchester United

– Ivan Rakitic ignored interest from Manchester United and Chelsea to pledge his future to Barcelona (The Sun)
– Bastian Schweinsteiger rejected a move to Sporting Lisbon to stay at Manchester United, leaving Jose Mourinho fuming (The Sun)
– Manchester United turned down an approach from Inter Milan for 26-year-old Italian full back Matteo Darmian (Daily Mail)
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho blocked Tottenham’s bid to sign Morgan Schneiderlin after reassuring the midfielder is very much a part of his plans (Daily Mail)
Manchester United star Henrikh Mkhitaryan could miss the derby clash with City after he limped out of Armenia’s friendly against the Czech Republic with a knee problem (The Sun)
– Wayne Rooney says he intends to see out the remainder of his career as a Manchester United player (The Sun)
– Manchester United have reportedly snapped up Atletico Madrid chief scout Gerardo Guzman (Ideal)

Middlesbrough

– Rotherham managed to sign Middlesbrough defender Dael Fry on a season-long loan deal after he signed a new five-year deal at the Riverside Stadium.

Southampton

– Joe Hart is set to appear for England in their World Cup qualifier against Slovakia on Sunday after Southampton keeper Fraser Forster, 28, injured his arm in training (Daily Telegraph)

Stoke

Axel Witsel: Am offer was lodged
One-time Everton and Stoke target Axel Witsel waited all day inside Juventus’ headquarters to seal a last-gasp move from Zenit, but the deal fell through (Calciomercato)

Sunderland

– Sunderland’s move for Norwich striker Steven Naismith fell through after the pair failed to agree personal terms (Daily Star)
Rubin Kazan’s Yann M’Vila has been left ‘heartbroken’ after his deadline day transfer to Sunderland fell through at the last minute (Daily Mail)
– Sunderland were unable to complete the signing of Portuguese goalkeeper Mika Domingues (Goal)

Swansea

– Swansea had a €20m (£16.8m) bid for defender Terence Kongolo rejected by Feyenoord on deadline day (Het Laatste Nieuws)

Tottenham

Morgan Schneiderlin: Linked with a move to Tottenham
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho blocked Tottenham’s bid to sign Morgan Schneiderlin after reassuring the midfielder is very much a part of his plans (Daily Mail)
Moussa Sissoko has ‘vowed to win over’ sceptical Tottenham fans following his last-minute £30million move to the club on transfer deadline day
– Everton are furious after believing that they were about to capture Moussa Sissoko – including laying on a private jet, with a deal just waiting to be signed – before he turned them down and joined Tottenham (Sky Sports)
– Clinton Njie has claimed he ‘learned a lot’ from his injury-hit season at Tottenham Hotspur after making his loan move to Marseille (ESPN)

West Brom

– West Bromwich Albion midfielder James Morrison was keen on a move to Parkhead but the Baggies would not let the Scot leave for Celtic (Daily Record)

West Ham

– Wilfried Bony has said it was an “easy” decision to join Stoke despite attracting interest from Arsenal, Everton and West Ham (Daily Express)

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