Summer Transfer Window 2018

[Lineker]

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Liverpool are leading the race to sign Porto’s Diogo Leite this summer.

Porto are determined not to lose the 19-year-old centre-back, who is also a target for Arsenal and Manchester City, but Liverpool have been impressed with the youngster’s performances for the Portuguese side’s B team this season and have made their interest in him clear.

Reports in Portugal have suggested that Arsenal are prepared to meet Leite’s €15m release clause this summer, but Anfield is his likeliest destination at the moment. Liverpool are building a strong reputation for developing young talent under Jürgen Klopp and that could help them steal a march on Arsenal and City. If the deal is completed they plan to send the defender out on loan next season to ensure that he plays regular first-team football.

A host of Premier League scouts were present at the Emirates Stadium as Leite helped Porto win their Under-23 meeting with Arsenal on Tuesday night. His defensive partner, Diogo Queiros, is a £10m target for Bournemouth.

[Rich]

Liverpool to sign all the players for that Champions League push next season when playing in the Europa League?

[Lineker]

Wayne Rooney is set to leave Everton and join DC United in the MLS.

[Gazz]

I don't think putting him in the vicinity of even more cheeseburgers is going to do him any favours.

[FLiam]

44 minutes ago, Lineker said:

Wayne Rooney is set to leave Everton and join DC United in the MLS.

So apparently Man United have been subsidising his wages by £10m a year, and now Everton will have to part-subsidise for him to play in the MLS. 

That guy has one hell of an agent.

[Gazz]

And then next summer he moves to China, then Qatar and finally, Somalia.

[DavidMarrio]

Once a blue, always a blue...

[Adam]

You'll all be surprised to hear that I'm blaming Allardyce for this.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Kept hearing stuff about Mo Salah going to Real Madrid. What would people say are the odds he gets transferred?

[Lineker]

I'd ask Nerf; he's in the know.

[Gazz]

18 minutes ago, Ms. Canadian Destroyer said:

Kept hearing stuff about Mo Salah going to Real Madrid. What would people say are the odds he gets transferred?

Everybody's got a price. BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Lineker]

@Gorka Angel Rangel is off too.

[Gorka]

39 minutes ago, Lineker said:

@Gorka Angel Rangel is off too.

This week.

[Adam]

8 hours ago, Ms. Canadian Destroyer said:

Kept hearing stuff about Mo Salah going to Real Madrid. What would people say are the odds he gets transferred?

Someone must've relayed your question to him:

Mo Salah says "this is just the beginning" as he dismisses any notion of leaving Liverpool.

[Cymbols]

18 hours ago, Lineker said:

@Gorka Angel Rangel is off too.

Leon Britton too

[Lineker]

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José Mourinho is targeting Ajax’s Justin Kluivert this summer, with the 19-year-old favouring a move to Manchester United.

Kluivert, son of the former Barcelona and Netherlands centre-forward Patrick, has been in contract discussions with Ajax. However it is understood that these have broken down because of his demand that he should become the highest-paid player at the club.

Kluivert asked for a sizeable rise to €1.5m (£1.3m) a year and a proportion of any future transfer fee, to be split between him and his agent, Mino Raiola. Ajax’s policy is to pay no player more than €1m, so Kluivert demanded a significant signing-on fee to compensate.

Kluivert scored 10 goals in 30 league games this season – including a hat-trick in a 5-1 win over Roda in November – and believes he deserves fresh terms to reflect his growing status. He is on the wage of his initial professional contract, signed in 2016, which ends next summer. Kluivert made his international debut in March, as a replacement in the Netherlands’ 3-0 win over Portugal.

Kluivert’s likes to play as a wide forward and can operate on either wing, though his preference is the left. Mourinho was a coach at Barcelona in the late 1990s, when Patrick Kluivert played for the club.

Mourinho’s interest in Kluivert casts further doubt over the future of Anthony Martial. The 22-year-old also plays on the left but has been unable to hold down a starting place. Mourinho criticised him after last Friday’s 1-0 defeat at Brighton, and Martial was dropped to bench for Thursday’s goalless draw at West Ham United.

Mourinho has said that Romelu Lukaku may be fit enough only for a place on the bench for Saturdayweek’s FA Cup final against Chelsea.

The striker has missed United’s past two matches with an ankle injury and will be absent when they host Watford in their final Premier League match on Sunday.

“We hope he can play the final,” Mourinho said. “He is in Belgium having his treatment with communication between the Belgian doctors and our medical department. We are just waiting to see if it is possible for him to be involved in the final. If not starting, at least on the bench.”

Mourinho said that Marcus Rashford and Martial would return against Watford. There will also be starts for Sergio Romero, Eric Bailly, Daley Blind and Juan Mata, and Michael Carrick will be captain in his final appearance before joining United’s coaching staff. “He is not going to finish the match because I want him to leave the pitch alone and I want him to feel what the Manchester United supporters feel about him,” the manager added of Carrick.

[FLiam]

It sounds a little insane, but moving to Manchester United under Jose Mourinho would be a daft move. Considering the other clubs that would be in for him.

[Gazz]

Have you ever considered that maybe Justin wants to play at left back?

[DavidMarrio]

3 hours ago, The Gazz said:

Have you ever considered that maybe Justin wants to play at left back?

Is there an option to get bullied as well or??

[Matt]

I find it odd that Ajax don't pay anyone more than £17k a week