Hello and welcome along to this Tuesday’s transfer market blog.
It is being said that Florentino Perez has been in touch with Universal Sport Group, which represents Isak as well as Luka Modric.
Jese Rodriguez returned to Las Palmas last January as they took a chance on him following the conclusion of his contract at Paris Saint-Germain, yet his future remains unclear.
“I’m under contract at Villarreal, I’ve just won the club’s first trophy, we’ve qualified for the Champions League and it’s something I’m really excited about,” Pau told Goal.
If Robert Lewandowski leaves Bayern Munich this summer, the Bundesliga champions will look to once again raid Borussia Dortmund by trying bring Erling Haaland to the Allianz Arena, say Bild.
Inter want to capitalise on Barcelona’s financial difficulties by trying to lure Jordi Alba to Milan, with Joan Laporta having made clear that only Lionel Messi, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Pedri and the club’s new signings are untouchable.
There had been talk that James Rodriguez could follow Carlo Ancelotti from Everton to Real Madrid, but the prospects of that are slim.
Another midfielder that Arsenal have on their shortlist is Juventus’ Aaron Ramsey, who could reduce his seven million euro a year salary in order to make a deal happen, say Tuttosport.
Both Paul Pogba and Raphael Varane have just one year remaining on their contracts at Manchester United and Real Madrid respectively, with reports in the English press that a swap deal could take place between the two clubs.