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Football Rumours on Wednesday 31st August 2016

last updated Wednesday 31st August 2016, 9:31 AM


  • Paris St-Germain defender David Luiz could be in line for a shock return to Chelsea. The Premier League club have offered £30m plus add-ons for the Brazil international, who left for the French champions two years ago in a £50m deal.
    ( Sky Sports )


  • David Luiz's return to Stamford Bridge will cost Chelsea £32m.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • England midfielder Jack Wilshere, 24, is set to complete a season-long loan deal with Crystal Palace. The Gunners received 22 offers from clubs in England and in Europe for Wilshere.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Alternatively, Wilshere could join AC Milan with the Serie A club wanting to complete a season-long loan deal with a £30m option to buy the player.
    ( Sun )


  • Chelsea will complete a £23m move for Fiorentina's Spanish full-back Marcos Alonso, 25, and will look to the loan market for another central defender.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Tottenham have offered to take Real Madrid's Spain midfielder Isco, 24, on a season-long loan.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Spurs are also targeting Newcastle United's France midfielder Moussa Sissoko, 27.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • However, Tottenham have given up on signing Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, 23.
    ( Sky Sports )


  • Burnley are close to signing Derby County midfielder Jeff Hendrick, 24. The Republic of Ireland international will cost the Clarets a club record fee in excess of £10m.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is angry with German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, 32, for rejecting a free transfer to Sporting Lisbon.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Valencia have made an offer to sign Manchester United's Argentina defender Marcos Rojo, 26, on loan.
    ( Squawka )


  • Stoke City are targeting Manchester City's 27-year-old Ivory Coast striker Wilfried Bony.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • West Brom will bid £32m for Watford's Nigeria forward Odion Ighalo, 27. Manager Tony Pulis will use the sale of English striker Saido Berahino, 23 - set to move to Stoke - to part-fund the purchase.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Leicester City are still hopeful of signing two Sporting Lisbon players - Algeria striker Islam Slimani, 28, and Portugal midfielder Adrien Silva, 27, - before the transfer deadline.
    ( Leicester Mercury )


  • Sunderland could break their transfer record for £17m-rated Lorient and Gabon midfielder Didier Ndong, 22.
    ( Sunderland Echo )


  • Black Cats boss David Moyes will also offer £6.5m for St Etienne's Guinea defender Florentin Pogba, the brother of Manchester United midfielder Paul.
    ( Sun )


  • Everton's hopes of signing Ivory Coast defender Lamine Kone, 27, could rest on Sunderland's interest in Liverpool's out-of-favour France centre-back Mamadou Sakho, 26.
    ( Liverpool Echo )


  • Stoke City are closing in on signing Netherlands defender Bruno Martins Indi, 24, on loan from Porto.
    ( Stoke Sentinel )


  • Manchester City's France defender Eliaquim Mangala, 25, is on the verge of a two-season loan deal back to Porto.
    ( Manchester Evening News )


  • Crystal Palace are close to signing Venezuela midfielder Tomas Rincon, 28, from Genoa.
    ( Croydon Advertiser )


  • Tottenham have rejected Wolfsburg's £24m offer for South Korea winger Son Heung-min, 24.
    ( Sun )


  • Juventus will sign Zenit St Petersburg and Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel, 27, for more than £15m.
    ( Gazzetta )


  • Hull City and Lyon will compete to sign Bournemouth's Ivory Coast winger Max Gradel, 28.
    ( Daily Mail )




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  • Wayne Rooney wants to be England boss when he hangs up his international boots after the 2018 World Cup.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Eden Hazard has branded new Chelsea team-mate N'Golo Kante 'a rat' for his high work-rate.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Diego Costa admits he was hoping to leave Chelsea this summer to rejoin Atletico Madrid and only a few details stopped the move from happening.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Cadiz, in Spain's second tier, have signed Sergio Aguero's brother Gaston Castillo and the Argentine bears a striking resemblance to his famous older sibling.
    ( Cadiz official website )


  • Swansea City's new signing Alfie Mawson will be missed by one Barnsley fan. Mawson struck up a friendship with four-year-old Alfie Ledgeway, who suffers from a variety of illnesses, while at the Yorkshire club.
    (WalesOnline)






















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