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Liverpool begin Salah contract talks
Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Liverpool have opened talks with Mo Salah over a new long-term contract. The Reds, Goal understands, are hoping to tie their star man down to a two-year extension, which would keep him at Anfield until 2025 and make him the highest-paid player in the club’s history, earning around £250,000 a week.Salah’s current deal, signed in 2018, has less than two years left to run, but Liverpool sources are confident an agreement will be reached, and that the 29-year-old will become the latest player to commit his long-term future, following in the footsteps of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk.
Manchester City will let Aymeric Laporte go for £60m
Juventus and Madrid were linked to centre-back, Manchester City have named their price in order to part ways with unhappy defender Aymeric Laporte, claims the Daily Mail. The Premier League champions will listen to bids worth £60 million or higher for Laporte, who last season dropped behind Ruben Dias and John Stones in the defensive pecking order. Juventus and Real Madrid have both been recently linked to the centre-back’s services.
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Manchester United set to hijacked Madrid move for Kylian Mbappe
Paris St-Germain and France forward Kylian Mbappe, 22, is on Manchester United’s list of potential targets for next summer.
Tottenham will let Ndombele leave for lucrative offer
France midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, 24, has told Tottenham he is open to leaving the club. (The Athletic – subscription required)
Tottenham close in on Senegalese’s Pape Matar Sarr deal
Tottenham are close to a deal for Metz and Senegal midfielder Pape Matar Sarr, 18. (90min)
Granada’s Portuguese defender Domingos Duarte, 26, is also a target for Tottenham. (Express)
West Ham eye move for Sevilla striker Luuk De Jong
West Ham are eyeing a potential move for Sevilla and Netherlands striker Luuk de Jong, 30. (90min)
Goretzka set to sign new deal at Bayern Munich amid United Interest
Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka, 26, is set to put an end to speculation linking him with a move to Manchester United by signing a new contract at Bayern Munich.
Sheffield United face competition from Atalanta for Amad Diallo
Sheffield United face competition from Serie A side Atalanta for a loan deal for Manchester United and Ivory Coast winger Amad Diallo, 19. (TuttoAtalanta, in Italian)
Man Utd in talk with Monaco’s French Midfielder Tchouamimeni
Manchester United are in talks with the agent of Monaco’s 21-year-old French midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni over a move this summer. (Mirror)
Leeds agree personal terms with Noa Lang
Leeds have agreed personal terms with Club Brugge’s Dutch winger Noa Lang, 22. (Voetbal Belgie, in Dutch)
Brandon Williams set for Norwich Medicals ahead of Loan move
Manchester United’s 20-year-old English left-back Brandon Williams reportedly had a medical at Norwich on Friday. (Football Insider)
Inter confident of signing Evander amid Newcastle’s Interest
Inter Miami are confident of beating Newcastle to the signature of Midtjylland’s Brazilian playmaker Evander, 23. (Sun)
Arsenal sign Odegaard and Ramsdale
Arsenal have signed Real Madrid midfielder Martin Odegaard and Sheffield United goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale. Norway international Odegaard, 22, joined the Gunners on loan in January and has made the move permanent fr about £30m.
The deal for Ramsdale, 23, is worth £24m plus a further £6m in add-ons.
He is available for the visit of Chelsea on Sunday, but Odegaard misses out as he waits for his visa clearance. The former Bournemouth man, who made 38 Premier League appearances for the Blades last season before being included in England’s squad for Euro 2020, will join Bernd Leno and Runar Alex Runarsson as Arsenal’s goalkeepers. His signing was announced by the Gunners after Friday’s earlier confirmation of Odegaard joining the club. Gunners boss Mikel Arteta said: “Aaron is a talented young keeper with huge experience and has international experience for England. He will bring competition and that’s what we want to create – healthy competition, quality competition in every position. We identified Aaron as the ideal option.”
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Ramsdale and Odegaard, who has signed a four-year deal with the option of an extra year, join Ben White, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Nuno Tavares as Arsenal’s signings this summer.