Football transfer rumours: Man Utd confident on Olise; Liverpool & Chelsea eye Leipzig goal machine
Manchester United are ‘very confident’ of beating Chelsea to the signing of Crystal Palace star Michael Olise this summer. The Eagles are aware the 22-year-old wants to leave the club and he would prefer to join the Red Devils’ project. (TeamTALK)
Chelsea are also keen on Sporting CP centre-back Ousmane Diomande, but are only willing to pay €60m plus add-ons rather than trigger his €80m release clause. (Record – Portugal)
Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle United are all interested in signing 20-year-old Diomande as well. (O Jogo – Portugal)
Real Madrid remain adamant they will not pay more than €40m to sign Alphonso Davies from Bayern Munich this summer. Los Blancos have reached a verbal agreement with the Canadian over personal terms but are happy to wait to sign him in 2025 on a free transfer when his contract expires instead. (AS – Spain)
Tottenham will consider battling Arsenal and Chelsea for Ivan Toney this summer, but only if Brentford reduce their asking price to £60m. (GiveMeSport)
Chelsea and Liverpool are both keeping an eye on the development of RB Leipzig striker Lois Openda, who only joined the Bundesliga side from Lens last summer. The Belgium international has scored 21 goals in 35 games since making the switch to the Red Bull Arena. (Fichajes – Spain)
Davies is expected to leave Bayern / Jonathan Moscrop/GettyImages
Barcelona are being kept informed of Mason Greenwood‘s situation ahead of the expiry of his loan at Getafe. Barca view the Manchester United forward as a potential cost-effective solution to bolster their attacking line. (SPORT – Spain)
Manchester United are advancing talks over a new contract for Kobbie Mainoo following his first-team breakthrough. (HITC)
However, Barcelona have been dealt a blow in their attempts to keep Joao Cancelo once his loan is up, with Manchester City set to receive a number of permanent offers for the full-back. (SPORT – Spain)
Luka Modric has turned down the chance to join Turkish giants Galatasaray from Real Madrid. (Florian Plettenberg – Sky Germany)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia‘s agent has admitted the Georgian winger will leave Napoli if the club receives an offer they can’t refuse. (Gazzetta dello Sport – Italy)
Marco Reus could leave Borussia Dortmund when his contract expires this summer in favour of a move to MLS or the Saudi Pro League. (Ekrem Konur – Turkey)
Source: 90mins
