Manchester United
In the wake of Real Madrid's declining to make a transfer permanent and it becoming clear Manchester United had no intention of keeping him, Javier Hernandez's future is beginning to take shape.
According to Spanish newspaper AS, Liverpool are among a trio of big clubs after the Mexican striker.
In a report posted late Saturday the daily said, along with Liverpool, Inter Milan – if they sell Mauro Icardi – and Juventus, following Carlos Tevez's return to Argentina, were the teams in play for the 27-year-old. The report however sipulated if Juve were to be involved, their offer "will not be a high one".
“Chicharito” struggled for playing time most of last season while on loan at the Bernabeu, but came on with a string of quality performances toward the end. He finished with 31 appearances across all competitions for Real, scoring eight goals. He supplied four of those in a span of four matches when Karim Benzema was injured in April.
Liverpool made a similar low-risk play on a an out-of-favour star last summer, when the club brought Mario Balotelli back to the Premier League.
Hernandez and Giovani Dos Santos scored within in a 10-minute span on Saturday as Mexico snatched a 2-2 draw in a friendly with Costa Rica ahead of the Concacaf Gold Cup.
*The National Staff
Juventus
Carlos Tevez has completed his move from Juventus to Boca Juniors, the Argentinian club have announced.
Boca announced the deal during Argentina’s Copa America quarter-final penalty shootout victory against Colombia, in which Tevez scored the winning spot kick.
Tevez began his career at Boca as a teenager before moving to Brazilian side Corinthians in 2005 and the Buenos Aires club had repeatedly been linked with a move for the 31-year-old striker in recent months.
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Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool and Atletico Madrid had also been rumoured to be interested in acquiring Tevez’s services but Boca have won the race for his signature.
“It is a day of joy and great satisfaction,” Boca president Daniel Angelici told the club’s official Facebook page.
“The return of Carlos Tevez in an extraordinary moment of his career is fantastic news for all partners and supporters of Boca and Argentine football.
“The presence of Carlos will give another leap in quality to the great squad we have.”
Tevez scored 20 league goals to help Juve clinch their fourth straight Serie A title during the recently completed campaign, and notched seven more in 13 games as the Turin giants reached the Champions League final.
He joined Juve in a £10 million (Dh57.8m) deal in 2013 after a seven-year spell in England with West Ham, Manchester United and Manchester City which yielded three Premier League titles.
*Press Association
Lyon
Lyon have agreed a deal to sign forward Claudio Beauvue from Guingamp on a four-year contract, the Ligue 1 club announced on Saturday.
A Lyon statement said that the winger, who can also play as striker, will join on a deal through to June 2019 provided he passes a medical at the start of next week.
The 27-year-old Beauvue, who had been closely watched by clubs in the Premier League, was also wanted by Marseille and had been offered a lucrative contract by Qatari side El Jaish.
But the Guadeloupe native was persuaded to move to Lyon, who will be back in the Champions League next season after finishing second in Ligue 1, because of the prospect of playing alongside Alexandre Lacazette in attack.
Beauvue scored 27 goals in all competitions last season, including 17 in Ligue 1, a figure that equalled the record for a Guingamp player set by Didier Drogba in 2003.
He is Lyon’s second summer signing after that of defender Jeremy Morel from Marseille.
*Agence France-Presse
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