ANGLIA
Manchester City: I would trade Ilkay Gündogan for Juventus’ Brazilian midfielder Arthur. Gündogan has only one year left on his contract and was previously linked to Arsenal. (Calciomercato)
Chelsea: The Londoners are also interested in Brighton left-back Marc Cucurella. Brighton have set a £50m price tag for the defender, which has stalled talks with City. However, now Chelsea has also entered the bid. (Daily Mail)
Chelsea are working to sign Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana, Sky Sports reported. The player is valued at 85 million pounds by the Foxes, who are in no hurry to sell, as they signed a contract with him until 2027.
Thomas Tuchel wants to get Josko Guardiol from Leipzig and the German manager called the player to speed up the transfer. (Sports1)
Manchester United: Alex Telles could leave the club in the coming weeks. Sevilla are also interested in the left-back. (Fabrizio Romano)
Fulham: Fulham have agreed terms with Arsenal to sign Bernd Leno. The German goalkeeper changed clubs for around £8 million. The teams are still discussing the details, but Leno has already given his nod to the club’s offer. The 30-year-old goalkeeper is expected to undergo medical tests next week. (The Athletic)
SPAIN
Real Madrid: 25-year-old Borja Mayoral transferred to Getafe from Real. The player already spent the previous season on loan at the smaller Madrid club.
📢 OFFICIAL | Borja Mayoral new signing of Getafe.
Welcome back to the azulona family @Mayoral_Borja! 🥳#VamosGeta #MayoralAzulón
— Getafe C.F. (@GetafeCF) August 1, 2022
Espanyol striker Raul de Tomas is determined to return to Real Madrid this summer. The 27-year-old left the club for Benfica in 2019 and is now keen to return to his boyhood club after two strong seasons at Espanyol. (DIG)
Barcelona: The club could terminate Martin Braithwaite’s contract after the Danish forward is not in Xavi’s plans. (Nicolo Schira)
Riqui Puig has three days to decide whether to leave Barcelona. The midfielder has been linked with MLS side LA Galaxy. (Sports)
The usual “ball juggling” took place with the new signing, Jules Koundé.
Kounde is Culer 🥰 pic.twitter.com/jrB5N4WciV
– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_cat) August 1, 2022
ITALY
Juventus: According to CalcioMercatoWeb, Juventus are considering the signing of Lucas Paqueta, who previously scored only one goal in two seasons at Milan, and who has already done better in the last two years at Lyon – 9+5 goals in the 2020/21 season, 9+6 goals last year and scored an assist.
Due to Paul Pogba’s serious injury, the acquisition of Lazio’s midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, who might be released from Rome this summer, came to the fore again. (Corriere dello Sport)
Milan: Charles de Ketelaere has arrived in Milan to undergo medical tests before signing for AC Milan. The Serie A champions will pay 36 million euros for the player, who will sign for five years.
Lazio: They have officially announced that they have signed a three-year contract with Matías Vecino, who left Inter.
As: The 35-year-old world and European champion Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas transferred to the Italian second division team Como.
The wait is (almost) over 🔵⚪️ @cesc4official pic.twitter.com/KOX646eLsZ
— Como1907 (@Como_1907) August 1, 2022
GERMANY
Leipzig: Légiósok: “Szoboszlai can take another step forward” – Marco Rossi reacted to the transfer news
Stuttgart: Manchester United have identified Stuttgart forward Sasa Kalajdzic as a transfer target, the Daily Mail reports. The Austrian national team striker can currently be confirmed for an amount of around 17 million pounds. United are now considering a move for Kalajdzic, who contributed 21 goals in 33 Bundesliga games in the 2020/21 season and eight in 15 games last season.
WORLD FOOTBALL
VB 2026: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the region’s new qualification system for the 2026 World Cup jointly organized by the USA-Canada-Mexico. For the first time in the history of the World Cup, not 32, but 48 national teams can participate in the tournament, and the Asian continent can also obtain more quotas than for the end-of-the-year tournament in Qatar. In addition to the organizers, a maximum of five national teams could qualify for the latter: four direct spots were sold in the third round of the Asian qualifier, and one more in the intercontinental alternate qualifier. According to the system announced on Monday, there will be four stages of qualification in the next period, which will be followed by the additional qualifiers. In the first round, the continent’s best 25 teams do not participate as seeds, the 26-47. the top 22 nations are divided into pairs and the 11 winners advance. In the second round, the 36 national teams are divided into nine groups, and after the round-robin round-robin matches, the best two teams can advance. A quota can already be obtained in the third round, the 18 teams remaining in the competition are divided into three groups, and those involved will once again have round-robin matches. From there, six teams, the first two places in the groups, advance to the World Cup. The third and fourth places will go to the playoffs, and the six teams will be divided into two groups. The two group leaders will also be able to travel to the World Cup, and the two runners-up will play alternate qualifiers for participation in the intercontinental alternate qualifier. In the latter, another quota can be obtained. At the World Cup starting on November 21, in addition to the organizer Qatar, Iran, the Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia will represent the Asian zone. (noun)
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