***Football transfer news&Rumours***

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Simon Stone
BBC Sport


As I understand it, there has been no change in the position re Riyad Mahrez and Manchester City.
Leicester still have no intention to sell and it would take an enormous offer to even consider it.
Mahrez did not travel with the Leicester squad to Merseyside but a decision is yet to be made by manager Claude Puel about whether to select the Algerian for tonight's game at Everton.

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Leicester want to sign Crystal Palace and England midfielder Andros Townsend, 26, if forward Riyad Mahrez leaves for Manchester City. (Mail)

Paris St-Germain's Brazilian winger Lucas Moura, 25, has completed his medical ahead of a move to Tottenham with the deal expected to be completed. (Telegraph)

• Dortmund agree Batshuayi loan

Everton are close to signing 26-year-old France defender Mangala on loan.(Sky Sports)

Chelsea will refuse any bid from Manchester City for 27-year-old Belgium midfielder Eden Hazard - even if Pep Guardiola's side offer to break the world record transfer fee of ?200m. (Telegraph)

Juventus are confident they will be able to sign 24-year-old Liverpool and Germany midfielder Emre Can, who is out of contract in the summer, on a free transfer. (Mail)

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@bbcsport_david 3m3 minutes agoMore

Hearing whispers (nothing concrete) Arsenal have been exploring possibility of signing David Luiz from Chelsea as part of Giroud deal - as per @DavidWoodsStar yesterday - or Roma’s Kostas Manolas. Would be one or other, no idea if it will happen. Defence a clear concern #AFC #CFC

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@SkyKaveh 49m49 minutes agoMore
Deal off. Manchester City give up on trying to sign Riyad Mahrez from Leicester City. Made four bids


Give or take a few million, Claude Puel wasn't joking when he said Riyad Mahrez was ?100m player... in talks with Man City Leicester wanted ?95m

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Riyad Mahrez is facing a ?200,000 fine after refusing to attend training at Leicester on Thursday.

Mahrez infuriated club officials by failing to report for training, as the fallout from his collapsed move to Manchester City threatened to become even messier.

Leicester are considering fining the winger two weeks? wages after he missed a third* successive day of training, with manager Claude Puel set to leave him out of the squad for Saturday?s game against Swansea.

Puel faces a huge task to reintegrate the 26-year-old into his team, though it raises the tantalising prospect of Mahrez making his return a week on Saturday at the Etihad Stadium if his attitude markedly improves.

Manchester City aborted their bid for the Algeria international on deadline day afterrefusing*to pay more than ?60 million. It has emerged that winger Patrick Roberts ? halfway through*another season?s loan at Celtic ? was the player who Leicester suggested as a potential makeweight in the deal, when talks were advanced.


But Pep Guardiola had no interest in selling Roberts, with a decision on his future likely this summer, dealing another blow to Manchester City?s attempt to sign Mahrez.

Leicester have insisted they were prepared to accept a straight cash deal of ?80 million for the 2016 PFA player of the year, insisting that* figure represents his market value. The club?s owners believe that fee is a sensible one, following a January window in which Philippe Coutinho left Liverpool for Barcelona in a ?142 million transfer.

Guardiola?s board were reluctant to pay more than ?60 million ? with Roberts valued at ?15 million ?*and pulled out of negotiations on Wednesday afternoon, about six hours before the window closed.


Mahrez is now effectively on strike and failed to show for a scheduled training session on Thursday, less than 24 hours after his team-mates suffered a 2-1 defeat at Everton. Puel will address the issue on Friday at his pre-match press*conference but it is thought highly unlikely that Mahrez will be involved this weekend.

Guardiola refused to rule out a renewed move in the summer, after City?s 3-0 win over West Brom on Wednesday. He said: ?He?s a Leicester player. Everybody knows we were* trying but we cannot afford, in this moment, this amount of what they are asking. I understand perfectly.

?We tried to do it in the summertime, we tried to do it now, but like summer, they locked the door. We are going to see what happens in the summer.?



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...-training/amp/

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Mourinho on David de Gea: ?Do you think a club that is trying to attract the best players is the club that is open to sell the best players? It makes no sense. If you want to go to that level you have to attract the best players, like we did with Alexis, Matic and Pogba.?

#MUFC

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Justin Kluivert : ?If you get a nice offer, you never know. England appeals to me: Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea or Manchester United are nice clubs where I can see myself playing in a few years.? #mufc [helden]

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Tottenham willing to sell alderweireld



https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/t...nham-dqd9sj2xq

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Barcelona have reportedly agreed a deal to sign Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid this summer, according to journalists from Catalan publication Sport

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https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...mpression=true

A return to PL for Robben?? He is out of contract in summer!! Will manutd make a move for him given that they dont have a left footed inverted winger to play on the right atleast until Chong makes a name for himself!