Football Transfer News Live Updates: Barcelona forward Luis Suarez is due to sit a language test on Monday in a bid to obtain Italian citizenship that would enable him to move to Serie A champions Juventus. Italian and Uruguayan media said Sunday. The media reports said that Suarez is eligible for Italian naturalisation as his wife is a citizen of the country, although it was not clear how the process, which usually takes several years, would be completed in one month.
Follow the News18 Sports live blog for all the transfer news and gossip from both Indian football and European market.The Indian football transfer window is open till October 20, 2020 while the European transfer window is open for 10 weeks - from July 27 to October 5. This year has been an exception for the football transfer window as well due to coronavirus pandemic with the dates extended and altered according to season end. This year, the Indian football transfer market has seen a lot of buzz as well with clubs trying to make smart buys in limited budgets.
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Sep 7, 2020 12:22 pm (IST)
Barcelona forward Luis Suarez is due to sit a language test on Monday in a bid to obtain Italian citizenship that would enable him to move to Serie A champions Juventus, Italian and Uruguayan media said Sunday. There have been widespread reports that Juventus are chasing the 33-year-old Uruguayan who, if the moves go through, would line up alongside defender Giorgio Chiellini, the Italy defender he famously bit in a World Cup match in 2014. However, Juventus have already used up their limit of two non-EU signings following the arrival of Brazilian midfielder Arthur Melo and U.S. international Weston McKinney and would only be able to add Suarez if he can obtain an EU passport.
Sep 7, 2020 11:27 am (IST)
Philippe Coutinho is set to stay at FC Barcelona under Ronald Koeman's new project as the coach has told the club that he wants the Brazilian in Camp Nou and not out on loan again, reports Marca.
On the other hand, Luis Suarez, according to Eurosport, is to sit for a language test on Monday so as to obtain an Italian citizenship in order to facilitate his move to Juventus.
Sep 7, 2020 10:01 am (IST)
Manchester United have been chasing Jadon Sancho since the last couple of transfer windows and this time, they are trying to amp up their efforts to sign him. Despite news reports that the club has evaluated that Borussia Dortmund's evaluation of the English winger is too high, Express reports that manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has spoke to the 20-year-old about joining the Red Devils.
Sep 7, 2020 9:16 am (IST)
SEPTEMBER 6 TRANSFER DEALS
Indian Football:
1. Jamshedpur FC signed former Motherwell FC captain Peter Hartley to bolster their defence for the upcoming 2020-21 Indian Super League season.
2. I-League second division club Mohammedan Sporting from Kolkata signed former Neroca FC forward Singam Subhash Singh.
European Football:
1. Wolves sign Brazilian left-back Marcal from Lyon on a two-year contract for a fee of 2m euros. Marcal helped the Ligue 1 side to the Champions League semi-final last season.
2. Chelsea sent Jamie-Lee Napier (full-back or midfielder) on a loan to Birmingham City, who also got winger Destiney Toussaint.
Sep 7, 2020 9:09 am (IST)
For all the transfer deals that have happened from April to September 5 in both European (men's and women's) and Indian football, visit here.
Sep 7, 2020 9:06 am (IST)
Hi and welcome to the daily Football Transfer Window live blog of News18 Sports. Here, we will be giving you all the latest transfer news and rumours but first, let's rewind and see all the deals that have happened from April to September so far.
Peter Hartley (L) and Marcal. (Photo Credit: Jamshedpur FC and Wolves Twitter)
In the Indian football transfer window, ATK Mohun Bagan, FC Goa and Odisha FC have been the most active ones while Jamshedpur FC, Chennaiyin FC and Hyderabad FC have had coach changes lately as well. While FC Goa appointed Juan Ferrando as their coach early on and hit the market, Chennaiyin and Hyderabad FC have only just found their coaches. Hyderabad, who had Albert Roca as their coach, had to be changed after the Spaniard got an offer from FC Barcelona and moved on. In the European football market, Chelsea have been on a spending spree buying extremely talented youngsters to make up a formidable squad.
In Europe, the biggest of the latest transfer deals have been the signing of Kai Havertz by Chelsea from Bayer Leverkusen for 71m pounds and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United getting the signature of Donny van de Beek from Ajax Amsterdam. Among the women, Pernille Harder became the most expensive female footballer in the world when she signed with Chelsea.
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