Paper talk: Barcelona in €80m Verratti bid, AC Milan closing in on Bundesliga star
Calciomercato.com exclusively reported a two weeks ago that Verratti has already agreed personal terms with Barcelona and that the player is pushing to leave the Parc des Princes in the summer.
Negotiations between the two clubs will be ongoing over the next few weeks and according to Il Corriere dello Sport, Verratti’s Barcelona move could be as big as Pogba’s Manchester United switch last summer.
Meantime in Italy AC Milan are the busiest club of the summer. They have already registered five new signings and a sixth one is on his way.
La Gazzetta dello Sport confirms our exclusive updates claiming that the rossoneri have made an improved bid for the Hakan Calhanoglu who is close to moving to the San Siro for a fee exceeding € 20 million.
AC Milan have just made an improved bid to sign the Turkey International (€ 21 million plus add ons), edging closer to Bayer’s asking price which is set to € 25 million.
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Inter have set their sights on Arturo Vidal, Naby Keita, Radja Nainggolan and Fabinho as they look to strengthen their midfield (Gazzetta)
Juventus’ summer transfer priorities have been revealed: they are Blaise Matuidi, Federico Bernardechi, Danilo and Mattia De Sciglio (Tuttosport)
Giovanni Simeone wants to join Torino (Tuttosport)
Juventus are keen to sign Renato Sanches but Bayern are not open to sell (Tuttosport)
AC Milan will announce the signing of Andrea Conti tomorrow (Gazzetta)
Chelsea have completed the signing of Roma’s Antonio Rudiger for € 38 million (various)