Transfer round-up: Man United’s Morata update, Arsenal to sign 21-year-old next week
Read today's top transfer news and rumours on The Grapevine - The Sport Review's football transfer gossip column
The Sport Review's football transfer gossip column will published throughout the summer Photo: The Sport Review
The latest football transfer gossip column from The Sport Review, featuring all of the latest Premier League transfer news and rumours.
Here, we look at some of the top football transfer stories from the British and world media in The Sport Review’s Grapevine, published twice a day during the summer transfer window.
Catch up with the very latest football transfer news from the Premier League’s top clubs in our round-up below.
Manchester United have made a £70m bid to sign midfielder James Rodriguez from Real Madrid, according to reports in Italy.
Chelsea bid to sign Romelu Lukaku from Everton is being delayed because the Blues do not want to announce any new signings before their new kit deal with Nike begins on Saturday 1 July.
Arsenal are set to wrap up the signing of French midfielder Thomas Lemar, 21, from Monaco by the start of next week.
Manchester United’s bid to sign Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata has stalled because the Spanish club have increased their valuation of the player to nearly £80m.
Tottenham are ready to offer Toby Alderweireld a new contract to tie down the defender, who is wanted by Inter Milan.
Arsenal are set to offer Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain new contacts which include big pay bonuses if the Gunners qualify for the Champions League next season.
Croatia winger Ivan Perisic is ready to reject Inter Milan’s contract offer in order to force through a transfer to Manchester United.
