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Your support makes all the difference.The summer transfer window is officially open as clubs across the country continue to be linked to every man and his dog.
Alexis Sanchez, Kylian Mbappe, Alvaro Morata and Romelu Lukaku are just a handful of big-name players tipped for a move this summer, with the likes of Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger and Antonio Conte all eager to bolster their squads ahead of the new season.
Rather impressively, a number of clubs have already set about their business early. Manchester City are the summer’s early pace setters, having already signed both Bernardo Silva and Ederson, while Mohamed Salah recently joined Liverpool in a £34.3m move from Roma.
Everton are the other big spenders so far in the window, signing Michael Keane for a club-record £30m and Sandro Ramirez to add to Jordan Pickford from Sunderland for £30m and Ajax’s Davy Klaassen for £23.6m.
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Good morning and welcome to The Independent's transfer live blog for Tuesday 4th July.
Join us throughout the day to keep up-to-date with all the latest transfer news, updates, rumours and gossip from the Premier League and around the rest of Europe.
Here are the biggest stories making the back pages today:
West Ham are keen to bring former Manchester United striker JAVIER HERNANDEZ back to the Premier League, according to the Daily Telegraph. The 29-year-old has a year remaining on his contract with Bayer Leverkusen and has a £13million release clause in that deal. Hernandez scored 11 goals in the Bundesliga last season and Leverkusen have yet to make any moves in extending his contract, giving further encouragement to the Hammers.
The Daily Telegraph is also reporting that Chelsea are prepared to pay a club-record £60million fee to bring Juventus left-back ALEX SANDRO to Stamford Bridge. The Serie A champions want to renew the contract of the defender but the Blues are willing to improve on that and are happy to meet the valuation of the 26-year-old. Paris St Germain are also interested in Sandro and Chelsea are waiting to discover if the full-back has the desire to move to England.
Everton are confident of striking a deal to see WAYNE ROONEY return to Goodison Park reports talkSPORT. Manchester United's record goalscorer has dropped down the pecking order at Old Trafford under Jose Mourinho and Rooney could now follow Davy Klaassen, Jordan Pickford and Michael Keane in joining the Toffees. The 31-year-old still has a year remaining on his contract with the Red Devils but Ronaldo Koeman's side remain confident a deal can be made.
United boss Mourinho wants ALVARO MORATA and NEMANJA MATIC to join the club before the end of the week, according to the Daily Star. United head off on a pre-season tour of the United States on Sunday and Mourinho wants both players to be on the plane for the trip. Defender Victor Lindelof is the only new arrival at Old Trafford so far as Chelsea are waiting to finalise a deal for Monaco's Tiemoue Bakayoko before allowing Matic to leave and Morata's move is held up by Real Madrid's interest in United goalkeeper David De Gea.
And finally, the Guardian reports that Crystal Palace have been put off by a £30million asking price for Liverpool defender MAMADOU SAKHO. New Eagles boss Frank de Boer believes he can bring in up to five players for the combined cost of the Frenchman and the Merseyside giants are refusing to drop their valuation.
Lacazette imminent?
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas was on the warpath again, giving his daily update on Alexandre Lacazette's impending move to Arsenal. Will we get an announcement today?
Spurs drop HUGE Sigurdsson hint
Are Tottenham about to resign Gylfi Sigurdsson from Swansea? According to their latest tweet they are anyway....
Seems a bit odd to tweet out the best goals of a player who only spent two seasons at the club. Is something greater afoot here?
Naughton staying at Swansea
Swansea defender Kyle Naughton has signed a new three-year contract.
Announcing the deal on their website, the Swans said Naughton had 12 months left on his previous deal, but the new contract will now keep him at the Liberty Stadium until 2020.
Naughton, 28, started his career at Sheffield United and joined Swansea from Tottenham for £5million in January 2015.
The former England Under-21 right-back has made 71 appearances for Swansea.
His solitary goal came in the 2-0 win at Sunderland in May which secured the club's Premier League status.
City and Spurs still 'sparring'
Manchester City’s pursuit of Kyle Walker is set to drag on for another week.
City and Tottenham Hotspur have been talking since the end of last season about a summer transfer for the England international right-back. Pep Guardiola had hoped to get Walker signed early, as City did with goalkeeper Ederson and midfielder Bernardo Silva, as part of a revamp of City’s ageing defence.
But City and Tottenham have not been able to agree a fee for Walker, with Spurs demanding close to £50million for the player. One source close to the negotiations told The Independent last night that the two sides are still “sparring” over the fee and that no agreement is expected any time soon.
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More on Sigurdsson to Spurs
He was initially wanted by Everton to replace Ross Barkley but now this hint from Spurs seems to suggest they are also in the chase.
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