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Samuel Chukwueze has joined AC Milan as part of a €20m deal plus €8m in add-ons from Villarreal.
Yunus Musah still wants to join AC Milan as soon as possible and hopes Valencia reach an agreement with the club. Valencia want €25m for the player, AC Milan offered €18m fixed fee.
Calvin Bassey will join Fulham from Ajax as part of a €21m deal.
Paris Saint-Germain have submitted a €50m bid for Rasmus Højlund, but Atalanta have always wanted at least €70m plus add-ons for the player. Man United still lead the race for the striker with a higher €60m package with new round of talks scheduled for this week.
Atalanta have reached an agreement with Almería for El Bilal Touré. €28m fee with €3m in add- ons, 15% sell-on clause also included in the contract. The player will undergo his medical on Friday.
Al Ettifaq have completed the signing of Jordan Henderson from Liverpool for £12m plus add-ons.
Marco Verratti has reached an agreement with Al Hilal on a three-year deal. The player wants to move but the transfer depends on PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi. He has no intention of accepting the €30m proposal but that will be improved soon by Al Hilal.
Al Nassr are set to offer around €37m to Bayern Munich for Sadio Mane and are confident of getting the deal done. Talks are in an advanced stage as Mane’s agent is negotiating the terms of the contract with Al Nassr.
Thomas Partey has a good chance of staying with Arsenal ahead of the new season. Saudi clubs approached the Gunners days ago, whilst Juventus called in June, but no club close to €40/45m package requested by Arsenal. A huge bid needs to arrive for Partey to leave as Mikel Arteta is happy to keep him.
Nico González is ready to join Porto from Barcelona with just documents left to be signed. Barca will receive €8m for the player with a 40% sell-on clause in the contract and a buy-back clause.
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