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TOP STORY: Real Madrid enter race for Fekir
Having come within a whisker of joining Liverpool last week, it's being reported that Nabil Fekir is now showing up on Real Madrid's radar.
The Lyon midfielder was said to have agreed terms with the Reds over a £53 million transfer, and leaked images of the 24-year-old conducting an introductory interview with the club's in-house television channel made it onto social media.
However, the move fell through due to an issue with Fekir's medical, and now Lyon club president Jean-Michel Aulas has claimed that Madrid are considering an offer.
"The fact that things didn't conclude with Liverpool and it didn't happen in that time frame has piqued the interest of a lot of other clubs -- Real Madrid, but not just Real Madrid," Aulas told RT France, according to the Mirror. "My objective is to get him to stay; the players are like sons to me and I hope to persuade him to stay. But if he absolutely wishes to leave, then we will try to find the biggest club to match his talent."
LIVE BLOG
22:00 BST: That's all for Transfer Talk tonight, we'll be right back with a look at what's in the Sunday papers.
21:30 BST: A quick DONE DEAL before we depart tonight. Nottingham Forest have moved to sign Gil Bastiao Dias on loan from Monaco, after the winger spent last season with Fiorentina, scoring twice in 28 appearances.
Forest can make the deal permanent at the end of the season, but they'll likely have to fork out around £17.5m.
19:45 BST: Chelsea are pushing on with their pursuit of American sensation Christian Pulisic, with the Daily Mail saying the Blues are considering offering Alvaro Morata to Borrusia Dortmund as part of a deal for the teenage attacker.
19:15 BST: Man United target Sergej Milinkovic-Savic wan't revealing his future plans after Friday's win with Serbia, but when asked about a move to Juventus, he said: "I can smile, but I have to think solely about the World Cup. Then we'll see what to do."
18:45 BST: West Ham United are approaching a deal for Lazio midfielder Felipe Anderson and have also asked the Italian club about the availability of Jordan Lukaku, acccording to Gazzetta dello Sport.
17:13 BST: With Paris Saint-Germain facing a June 29 deadline to raise the €40-60 million required by UEFA to be compliant with its financial fair play obligations, L'Equipe reported that the club's transfer activity could heat up this week.
That will likely mean the sales of Javier Pastore, whose sale to Roma was supposed to be finalised by Friday, and Yuri Berchiche, who has been linked to Athletic Bilbao.
16:36 BST: Rangers full-back James Tavernier, who had been weighing a move to Swansea City, said his thoughts have changed after a phone call from new manager Steven Gerrard.
"We spoke about where he wanted to take the club and his vision and I'm on board," Tavernier told Rangers TV.
15:57 BST: Inter Milan got their man in Radja Nainggolan, but they are preparing for their Champions League return next season with a number of other moves, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Bordeaux forward Malcom has reportedly made a verbal agreement to join the club, Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho is nearing a move and coach Luciano Spalletti is also eyeing Tottenham Hotspur's Mousa Dembele.
15:18 BST: The Montreal Impact have released midfielder Marco Donadel, who only played in two games this season.
Donadel, 35, joined Montreal from Napoli in 2015. Technical director Adam Braz said the move was made "to give us some roster flexibility as we move into the summer transfer window."
14:42 BST: Despite the persistent links, Aston Villa have not yet received bids for Jack Grealish, according to the Birmingham News.
Grealish, 22, has been rumoured to move to either Tottenham Hotspur or Liverpool -- a move that Aston Villa would reluctantly consider given their cash-flow needs.
13:49 BST: Goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, who signed for Real Madrid on Friday, said he always wanted to play for the club and turned down many others to make the move from Zorya Luhansk.
"The whole world knows that I had 3,000 offers, but Madrid was my dream," Lunin told Marca. "I did not come here for money."
12:58 BST: Cardiff City have been eyeing Rangers' Josh Windass as they make the move to the Premier League, according to the Scottish Sun.
Cardiff have reportedly offered £1.5 million for Windass, who arrived from Accrington on a free transfer two years ago, but Rangers are holding out for at least £3 million.
12:17 BST: Although Napoli defender Elseid Hysaj has been linked to big-money moves to Chelsea and Manchester United, coach Carlo Ancelotti said that he is "indispensable" and will not leave the club this summer, Il Mattino reported.
Hysaj, 24, has a €50 million release clause but is expected to be offered a new contract that will remove those terms.
11:49 BST: Juventus are preparing for the departures of Daniele Rugani and Mehdi Benatia by readying moves for Atletico Madrid's Diego Godin and Ajax's Matthijs De Ligt, according to Tuttosport.
Chelsea have been linked to a €40 million move for Rugani, and Benatia has been linked to both Arsenal and Marseille, with Juve asking for €25 million.
11:20 BST: Mundo Deportivo properly uses the term "stratospheric" when referring to an offer that Liverpool have reportedly made for Real Madrid's Marco Asensio: €180 million.
Asensio, according to the report, is highly regarded by Jurgen Klopp, and Madrid, who don't want the 22-year-old to leave before his contract expires in June 2023, have been forced to consider the offer given its size.
10:57 BST: Croatia international Mateo Kovacic told Marca that he believes it might be time for him to leave Real Madrid because of a lack of first-team football.
Kovacic, 24, joined Madrid in 2015 but has not made the consistent impact he would have liked.
"I understand the situation, but because of that I believe the best thing for me would be to go to another club where I'd have the opportunity to play regularly as a starter," Kovacic said.
10:20 BST: Following on from our top story, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas told beIN SPORTS France that Real Madrid's interest in captain Nabil Fekir is "real" and that he has is asking for at least €70 million from the club for the France international.
Point transfert à @OL par @JM_Aulas exclu #beINBLEUS
— Clément Grèzes (@ClementGrezes) June 23, 2018
- prolong. d'Aouar ✅
- départ Mateta à @FSV_Mainz_05_FR : dans la journée
- intérêt du @realmadridfra pour @NabilFekir : bien réel. Tarif : autour des 70 M€
- arrivée d'A. Diallo : décision du joueur ce WE @beinsports_FR pic.twitter.com/I3FO7i0cLC
09:48 BST: Liverpool signing Naby Keita was photographed arriving in Merseyside on Friday evening as he eyes joining up with his teammates ahead of preseason training.
Keita's RB Leipzig release clause was triggered last summer for a Liverpool club record and they were keen to accelerate the move to January before talks fell through.
09:14 BST: Jurgen Klopp's continued quest for a goalkeeper have led him to Sweden international Robin Olsen, according to the Daily Mirror.
Olsen, who plays for Copenhagen, kept a clean sheet in the World Cup opener against South Korea and is the latest name to be linked to the club, with Roma's Alisson, Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak, Borussia Monchengladbach's Yann Sommer and Werder Bremen's Jiri Pavlenka among those who could be competing with Loris Karius.
09:01 BST: Sky Sports reports that West Ham have put in a £20m bid for Fulham skipper Tom Cairney. In fact, it's their second bid ... the first was £15m ... so expect the next to come in at £25m.
PAPER TALK (by Chris Wright)
Mexico stars in high demand
After an impressive win over Germany in their opening World Cup match, it's perhaps little surprise that Mexico's biggest stars are attracting admiring glances from the biggest clubs on the planet.
Hirving Lozano was crowned man of the match for El Tri after scoring the lone goal in the win over the Germans. His father told ESPN that "there have been approaches" from the likes of Barcelona and other clubs, "but right now there's nothing concrete."
Elsewhere, A Bola reports that new Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui has asked the club to explore the possibility of signing midfielder Hector Herrera. Lopetegui has earmarked Herrera as an all-action "key player" in the new system he intends to implement at the Bernabeu next season.
Jorginho-to-Man City done
It's been rolling on for what feels like weeks, but it finally looks like Jorginho's £43m move from Napoli to Manchester City is drawing towards completion.
With the aforementioned fee agreed earlier this week, reports in Italy now suggest the Brazilian could sign a five-year contract and be unveiled for City as early as the weekend.
The only lingering matter to be resolved, those reports say, is the amount of money City will have to pay their Italian counterparts should Jorginho help them qualify for the Champions League next season.
Tap-ins
- Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has cleared the way for Marek Hamsik to move to the Chinese Super League, but only if one of the midfielder's suitors can produce €30m by Monday, according to Sky Sports Italia. "If they do not bring the money to me by Monday, [the fee] will become 40," De Laurentiis said.
- Chelsea are pushing for a discount on the £9m payoff they might have to make to Antonio Conte because they believe the manager hurt the club with his treatment of Diego Costa, damaging their negotiating position and costing them millions of pounds on the player's transfer, reports the Mirror.
- Spurs want Nice striker Alassane Plea as back-up -- and competition? -- for Harry Kane, according to the Sun. The 21-year-old Frenchman scored 21 goals in all competitions for Nice last season.