Transfer news: Joe Hart is Torino target as Tottenham eye Isco move and Arsenal fail with Antoine Griezmann swoop
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Your support makes all the difference.Joe Hart is reportedly struggling to find a new club after being informed by Pep Guardiola that he has no future at Manchester City, with Torino and Sunderland the only sides to have made their interest known.
The 29-year-old has tumbled down the pecking order at the Etihad this season following the signing of Claudio Bravo from Barcelona last week meaning he faces a race against time to secure his future.
According to the Sunday People, Hart has been informed that Italian side Torino are interested in providing him with an exit route while Sunderland are the only Premier League side to show their hand thus far. Reports elsewhere, in the Sunday Express, suggest AC Milan could be tempted to lodge a bid in the coming days.
Tottenham Hotspur, meanwhile, are considering an intriguing move to sign Real Madrid midfielder Isco after the European champions informed the player he can leave the Bernabeu if he wishes.
With Real manager Zinedine Zidane trying to trim his squad ahead of transfer deadline day, club president Florentino Perez is reported to have informed him that James Rodriguez, another contender to be offloaded, must stay in the Spanish capital.
Mauricio Pochettino has made no secret of the fact he wants more new signings ahead of their return to the Champions League and is likely to welcome an ambitious move for Isco, according to the Sunday Mirror.
Liverpool, on the other hand, are coming to terms with the fact that they are unlikely to get a deal for Borussia Dortmund winger Christian Pulisic over the line ahead of Wednesday’s deadline.
The 17-year-old is a target for Stoke City but the Liverpool Echo say Dortmund are unprepared to sell the United States star, forcing Reds manager Jurgen Klopp to look elsewhere. Unless last season’s Bundesliga runners-up change their stance, Pulisic is expected to stay put this season.
Finally, it has been suggested that Arsene Wenger made an audacious attempt to lure Antoine Griezmann to Arsenal this summer but was told by the Frenchman that he didn’t want to leave Spain.
Greizmann, who enjoyed another stellar season with Atletico Madrid last term, has regularly spoken of his happiness at the club. An Arsenal source told The Sun: “Arsene and Griezmann held talks during the Euros about his situation.
“The player told him outright that he was happy in Spain, and his family were enjoying life there.
“There is still interest. Why wouldn’t there be in one of the best players in the world? But nothing will happen this summer at least.”
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