HERE ARE THE good, the bad and unlikely football moves being talked about today.
Manchester United are believed to be nearing a €105m deal to bring Paul Pogba back to the club.The squad numbers for the coming season have yet to be confirmed and it is thought that is related to their plans for Pogba.
Celtic are believed to be moving closer to signing Ireland international Shane Duffy from Blackburn Rovers as manager Brendan Rodgers looks to deal with a defensive injury crisis.
Stoke City have reportedly made a £20m (€24m) bid for West Brom striker Saido Berahino with Crystal Palace also supposedly interested in the 22-year-old.
France U21 international Georges-Kevin N’Koudou in reportedly undergoing a medical at Tottenham today after the north London club agreed a £10.8m (€12.9m) fee for the forward.
Everton are believed to be keen on signing Portugal international William Carvalho with Ronald Koeman prepared to spend £30m (€36m) on the Sporting midfielder.
Iceland winger Johann Berg Gudmundsson has become Burnley’s first close-season signing after joining from Charlton Athletic for an undisclosed fee.
Middlesbrough are on the verge on signing former Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo from Valencia in a season-long loan deal.
Leicester City have put a minimum price tag of £45m (€54m) on Riyad Mahrez and insist they are confident the Algerian will stay at the club.
Arsenal have reportedly had a £2m (€2.4m) bid accepted for Bolton and England U21 defender Rob Holding.
Arsene Wenger is also believed to be weighing up a £10m (€12m) move for Manchester City defender Jason Denayer and £12m (Borussia Dortmund centre-half Matthias Ginter (€14m).
Retro Deal of the Day
Twenty-three years ago today Roy Keane was unveiled as a Manchester United player following his record-breaking move from Nottingham Forest.
Alex Ferguson swooped in on the Corkonian just as he appeared to be on his way to Kenny Dalglish’s Blackburn Rovers. The move just had to be signed off on the Monday morning.
But Ferguson persuaded Keane to call around to his house for a game of snooker on the Saturday, just 24 hours after the midfielder had told Dalglish he’d be moving to Ewood Park. And after a powerful discussion about their respective appetites for success, oh to be a fly on the wall that afternoon, there was only one place the Ireland international was going.
While United and Rovers won the next two Premier League titles between them, Keane must have been delighted that he reneged on the handshake agreement with Dalglish as he got his hands on seven league titles, four FA Cups and a Champions League medal in his 12 and a half years at Old Trafford.
Rovers, of course, were relegated in 1999.
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I tipped them a while ago to go all the way. They’ve just got the right players in the key positions throughout the team. Comer is almost at 100% , Walsh @ 75 & Finnerty @60. Timing their run just right. Dub result not a surprise and will take some performance to stop them