Manchester City
Sky Sport's German language outfit Sky Deutschland is reporting "all parties agree" in the long-rumoured transfer to bring Kevin de Bruyne to Manchester City.
The Wolfsburg playmaker, formerly of Chelsea, won the Bundesliga's player of the year award last term after a prolific season that saw him score 10 goals and assist on another 20 in 34 league matches. He provided another five goals and five assists as Wolfsburg reached the Europa League quarter-finals.
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The reported figure for the transfer fee is €75 million (Dh312.7m), which would very nearly match Manchester United’s British record paid for Angel di Maria last season. The German report references “possible surcharges” that could make the deal another €5m richer. It would smash the Bundesliga’s record intake, the €41m Liverpool just paid Hoffenheim for Brazilian midfielder Roberto Firmino.
De Bruyne's agent later told Sky's English flagship that there "is no final agreement" yet but said "maybe there will be tomorrow".
Tottenham Hotspur
Club sporting director Rudy Voller has told Sky's German outlet that a deal between Bayer Leverkusen and Tottenham Hotspur for Korean international Son Heung-min is not finalised, but indicates Spurs are in position to sign the player.
“We will try to reach an agreement,” Voller said, “but only under our conditions”.
Son, 23, has played in the Bundesliga since 2010, first with Hamburg before his move to Leverkusen. The attacking winger came up through the FC Seoul youth ranks before the move to Germany. He has been a consistently productive force in midfield for Leverkusen, scoring 14 goals in the league and in Europe last season in 38 appearances and 10 in 31 league matches the previous year.
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Spurs, according to Sky, are currently negotiating with Leverkusen around an £18 million (Dh102.5m) figure, but with Voller stressing “nothing is done”.
“There is a request and there are talks. But nothing is done.
“At this moment he is our player. I saw many medicals in this business where there was no deal afterwards.”
Premier League club Tottenham are seeking reinforcements after an inauspicious first three matches of the new season, leaving them 15th in the table.
Sevilla
Juventus striker Fernando Llorente is set to join Europa League winners Sevilla with teammate Mauricio Isla also on his way to the Spanish club, it was announced on Wednesday.
Juventus signed Llorente – scorer of seven goals in 24 appearances for Spain and a member of the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 winning sides – on a free transfer from Athletic Bilbao two years ago but the towering striker is now surplus to requirements in Turin and Juve have decided to cash in with Sevilla confirming the deal on Wednesday.
"Fernando Llorente is coming to Seville tonight with permission from his club, Juventus, to have a medical in the next few hours with Sevilla FC", said the La Liga side.
*Agence France-Presse
AS Roma
Serie A side AS Roma continued to shore up their defence on Wednesday with Paris Saint-Germain French international left-back Lucas Digne completing his loan move to the capital club.
After completing a medical, Digne, 22, signed with Roma in a one-year deal that will see capital club pay PSG €2.5m and could end up with the 22-year-old making the move permanent.
Key to the transfer was Roma coach Rudi Garcia, who while in charge of PSG's Ligue 1 rivals Lille handed Digne his first-team debut for the club in 2011.
Digne, who was a member of the France Under 20 side crowned world champions in 2013, told Roma TV: “I chose Roma because it’s a legendary club with a great history. I know that in this city and at this club there’s everything you need to succeed.”
*Agence France-Presse
AS Monaco & Paris Saint-Germain
French club AS Monaco confirmed on Wednesday that a loan deal has been reached with Real Madrid for Portuguese international defender Fabio Coentrao with Layvin Kurzawa moving to Paris Saint-Germain.
Coentrao, who has been capped 50 times, has spent four seasons at Real Madrid, where he failed to make an impression, having previously played for Benfica in Portugal for four years.
The 27-year-old will undergo his medical in Monaco on Thursday.
PSG coach Laurent Blanc confirmed Wednesday they were signing Kurzawa from Monaco as PSG left-back Lucas Digne completed his loan move to AS Roma.
“It’s a delicate case, a difficult case, concerning a former Monaco player who are one of Paris’s French rivals in the title race,” Blanc told France Bleu radio.
“Negotiations were difficult but I think we’re signing a very good player, a young player with interesting potential for PSG,” Blanc added of 22-year-old Kurzawa who has two caps for France.
*Agence France-Presse
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