Transfer news LIVE: Savic to Real Madrid shock; Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool

TRANSFER NEWS LIVE

Sunday, June 10

Milinkovic-Savic twist

Manchester United’s plans to sign Sergej Milinkovic-Savic could be ruined by Real Madrid.

United are understood to be keen on landing Lazio midfielder Milinkovic-Savic this summer.

But Italian newspaper It Messaggero claim Real Madrid also want the Serbia international.

They report that Real are willing to bid £132m for the star, with an extra £17.6m available in bonuses.

That fee may be too much for United, who are already set to sign Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk.

Fekir shirt number chosen

Nabil Fekir had already chosen his shirt number at Liverpool before his £53m Lyon transfer fell through.

The France international looked all set to complete his eagerly-anticipated switch to Merseyside over the weekend before the Ligue 1 outfit pulled the plug on Saturday evening.

Numerous reports have cited Liverpool's attempt of lowering Fekir's transfer fee as the main reason Lyon scrapped the move.

The Reds were reportedly unsatisfied by the results of the player's medical and wanted a discount on the playmaker before finalising the deal.

But according to French outlet L'Equipe, the 24-year-old had already chosen his shirt number on Merseyside, suggesting the deal was ready to be completed.

Man City movement

Manchester City are ready to battle Chelsea for Jean Michel Seri, having missed out on Fred.

Manchester United are set to sign Fred when the details of his agreement are ironed out.

City wanted the midfielder but refused to go higher than £40m.

They have also rejected Napoli’s demands of £60m-plus for Jorginho.

City therefore are chasing Seri, who is wanted at Chelsea as a replacement for Danny Drinkwater.

Rodgers Celtic exit?

Leicester are keen on appointing Brendan Rodgers as their new manager.

The Foxes are willing to axe Claude Puel to bring in the ex-Liverpool boss.

The Sun on Sunday claim Arsene Wenger and Rafa Benitez have also been considered by Leicester.

Rodgers flirted with a move to Arsenal when Wenger departed the Emirates club last week.

Dembele to Liverpool

The odds on Ousmane Dembele heading to Liverpool have plummeted after Nabil Fekir’s transfer collapsed.

Fekir was expected to join the Reds but a deal with Lyon failed to materialise.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is still seeking playmakers ahead of the new season.

And bookmakers Ladbrokes say Barcelona striker Dembele is now 3/1 to join Liverpool.

Reason for Pope move

Liverpool have emerged as suitors of Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope - and the reason is reportedly all to do with money.

Liverpool know a deal for either Gianluigi Donnarumma or Alisson would set them back around £70m.

And that means Pope - valued at £15m - is a far better option.

Burnley could be open to selling the 26-year-old, with Tom Heaton now recovered from injury.

Mourinho prioritises new Man Utd striker

Jose Mourinho is unlikely to sign a left-back this summer because he instead wants to prioritise a striker signing.

Mourinho is prepared to put off a signing in that area to stick with Luke Shaw and first-choice Ashley Young.

Now the United boss will target a frontman and they have been looking at West Ham United's Marko Arnautovic and Juventus' Mario Mandzukic, but the club are still exploring options.

Nabil Fekir had chosen Liverpool squad number

Fekir, who still wants to join the Reds, had even chosen what squad number he would wear at Liverpool - only for his dream move to fall through.

That's according to French newspaper l'Equipe and has come out in today's edition of the paper.

A £53million fee had been agreed with Lyon and Fekir had a £140,000-a-week, five-year contract settled on.

He was all set to become the second most expensive player in Liverpool history.

The France international had even given interviews to Liverpool's in-house TV channel LFC TV - but less than 36 hours later, the move was in tatters.

Everton in pole position for Gibson

Down in the Championship now and Middlesbrough are coming under pressure to cash in on Ben Gibson after missing out on promotion.

Everton, Crystal Palace and Southampton are all chasing the £20million-rated central defender.

The former England Under-21s star, 25, is ready to leave his hometown club and Everton look to be favourites to land him after the arrival of Marco Silva as boss.

Gibson could become the former Hull and Watford manager's first signing.

Everton want Man Utd's Lindelof

Across Merseyside and now some news from Everton, whose new boss Marco Silva wants Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof.

The Mirror say Silva has drawn up a short-list of transfer targets with new director of football Marcel Brands.

And Lindelof, 23, is one of them. The centre-back is currently with the Sweden squad heading to the World Cup.

He had a difficult first season adjusting to life in the Premier League but Silva knows him well from his performances in Portugal with Benfica.

A fee of £35million has been mooted.

Real Madrid in for HUGE Neymar move

Real Madrid appear to have the bit between their teeth after parting ways with Zinedine Zidane.

It's being claimed in the Observer that they are refusing to wait until Neymar's £263m PSG release clause becomes active in September.

Instead, it's suggestd they'll offer £307m this month instead. That's more than £100m more than what PSG played for the Brazilian last year...

Arsenal transfer latest

Over to Arsenal, whose boss Unai Emery this week completed a move for 34-year-old Stephan Lichtsteiner... nothing like showing there's a new man in town.

Anyhow, he plans to keep adding to Arsenal's squad by signing Borussia Dortmund defender Sokratis.

And in news Arsenal fans will love, he then wants to beat Spurs to the Marseille playmaker Morgan Sanson, according to the Observer.

Liverpool in for Nick Pope

Liverpool, fresh from their Nabil Fekir blow, now appear to be hunting a goalkeeper.

The Mirror are today reporting that Jurgen Klopp has turned his attentions to Burnley's Nick Pope.

The Kop boss wants competition for the No.1 shirt and will bid £15million for the Burnley keeper.

Pope, who is off to the World Cup with England, — has two years left on his Clarets contract and would be far cheaper than Brazil's Alisson, who's valued by Roma at £70m.