Tuesday’s transfer news: Juventus make Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino No 1 candidate to replace Max Allegri
All Tuesday's news, gossip, rumours and done deals as the summer transfer window opened
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and more are open for business with the summer transfer window now officially open.
A new centre-back is high on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's priority list at United with Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly and Leicester's Harry Maguire both options. It won't just be incomings at Old Trafford, however, with Paul Pogba a high-profile target for Real Madrid and Alexis Sanchez on his way out with Inter Milan and Juventus fighting it out for his signature - if he drops his wage demands. Liverpool could be active too as they look to go one better after failing to win the Premier League title by just a single point. Champions Manchester City are always big players in the market and could go big with the prospect of a potential transfer ban looming.
Take a look through the day's transfer news below:
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The Telegraph report that Chelsea will not stand in Maurizio Sarri's way if Juventus are happy to pay a £5m compensation package. Sarri is thought to be one of the Italian champion's main targets to replace Max Allegri.
Chief Football Writer Miguel Delaney says Mauricio Pochettino is Juventus' No 1 candidate to replace Max Allegri. There is little interest from the Italian club in Jose Mourinho.
Borussia Dortmund have signed German international Nico Schulz from Bundesliga rivals Hoffenheim on a five-year deal.
"Dortmund is a top club, whose style of football suits me really well. I think I can help the team," Shulz said. "Together we can achieve something big.
"I know exactly what I owe to TSG [Hoffenheim], the people at the club, the training staff, the fans and my teammates."
Sky Sports News are reporting that Tottenham are considering reopening contract talks with veteran frontman Fernando Llorente.
The Spaniard will be a free agent next month, however, the 34-year-old played a significant role towards the end of the season in the absence of Harry Kane, including his pivotal goal against Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-final.
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