* Everton striker Romelu Lukaku's transfer to Chelsea has been delayed - because the Premier League champions are waiting for their new kit deal to begin.

* Tiemoue Bakayoko has arrived in London to complete negotiations over his £35.1m transfer to Chelsea.

* Jose Mourinho will still try to sign Monaco midfielder Fabinho even after recruiting Nemanja Matic from Chelsea.

* Crystal Palace confused new manager Frank de Boer with his twin brother Ronald in a Twitter post.

* Chelsea's search for a centre half has suffered another blow after Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri insisted Leonardo Bonucci won't be leaving the club. The Blues will now concentrate their efforts on buying Van Dijk, who has been valued at £70m by Southampton.

* Alexis Sanchez has not been distracted by the uncertainty surrounding his Arsenal future, according to Chile coach Juan Antonio Pizzi.

* Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane regards forward Gareth Bale as untouchable and will not let the 27-year-old Wales international leave the club.

* Leicester midfielder Nampalys Mendy, 25, wants to join Bordeaux after struggling to establish himself in England.

* Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will seek assurances over his first-team role at Arsenal before deciding whether to stay at the club.

* -Personal terms between Manchester United and James Rodriguez have been agreed, according to The Sun.

* John Terry is ready to sign for Aston Villa when his Chelsea contract expires at the weekend.

* Spurs are also interested in Southampton's Portuguese full-back Cedric Soares, 25, but face competition from Barcelona and Juventus.

* -Radio MARCA understand Sevilla want Athletic Club forward Iker Muniain as a replacement for Vitolo.

* Chelsea defender Nathan Ake would be welcomed back to Bournemouth "with open arms", according to Cherries defender Charlie Daniels.

* Ivan Perisic is prepared to reject Inter Milan's offer of a pay rise to land a move to Manchester United.

* "I'm calm because I trust in Fernandez as well as [Ernesto] Valverde and all of the staff who will play their part for the club next season," Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has told beIN Sports, refusing to comment directly on the Marco Verratti rumours

* Chelsea, Tottenham, Everton, Leicester, Southampton and Stoke are keen on Ben Gibson, 24, but will have to pay £25m for the Middlesbrough defender.

* Manchester United could continue to reinforce their squad after they complete their four priority signings.

* Barcelona's hopes of selling Arda Turan have suffered a blow. Miliyet report on Besiktas' 30m euro bid for the midfielder being shunned as he prefers to stay at the Camp Nou and wouldn't consider a move to a rival of his beloved Galatasaray.

* Pep Guardiola is set to make a fresh move to bring Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand to Manchester City.

* Manchester United are keen on Middlesbrough's Netherlands midfielder Marten de Roon, 26, and believe he could be available for about £8.8m.

* "I have dreamed of moving to Real Madrid since I was a boy," were the words of Theo Hernandez as the left-back spoke in Los Angeles ahead of his switch to Los Blancos.

* Alvaro Morata's wife has fuelled the possibility her husband could complete his protracted transfer to Manchester United by following the club on Instagram.

* Bournemouth are confident of sealing a £20m deal for Chelsea defender Nathan Ake.

* Chelsea and Manchester United had spiked their ears up at the apparent disharmony between Bayern Munich and Robert Lewandowski, but the Pole's agent has accepted that his client won't leave the German giants this summer.

* Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma, 22, could join French club Nice on loan as he seeks first-team football.

* Teenage footballer Ethan Galbraith has admitted he has agreed a contract with Manchester United.

* Lionel Messi is soon set to tie the knot with his long-term girlfriend Antonella Roccuzzo at a ceremony in Rosario, Argentina.
The wedding will take place at the City Center Rosario complex and the Pullman Hotel, which is located inside and is where all of the guests will stay.
As well as a hotel inside the complex, there is also a casino, restaurants, theatre and sporting areas and it will be closed off to the public for the duration of the wedding.

* Tottenham have joined the list of clubs interested in Southampton right-back Cedric Soares.

* Zouma or team-mate Michy Batshuayi, 23, could be sold to Sevilla as part of a deal to bring Spain winger Vitolo, 27, to Stamford Bridge.

* If there are two things that define Pep Guardiola, they are his confessed love for Barcelona and his professionalism, but they are two characteristics that sometimes collide, the latest example being the signing of Eric Garcia for Manchester City.
Another pearl from La Masia has escaped the Catalans, like Jordi Mboula who was recently contracted to Monaco.
Since Guardiola returned to the bench, his and Barcelona's paths have crossed several times.
In a good part of them, it has been the coach who has demonstrated to have a talent in seduction, prising away major players from his former club.
The first case came when Guardiola was still in his sabbatical period and, as has come to be known, Pep tried to convince Neymar's father to let his son sign for Bayern Munich, a team that he was going to take over.
On that occasion, the Catalan did not get his way, but then came the case of Thiago Alcantara, who Pep signed for Bayern Munich in his first summer as coach of the Bavarians.
He did it by taking advantage of one of those treacherous clauses that the Barcelona sometimes puts in its contracts.
It allowed the talented midfielder to sign for much less than his market value - 25 million - if the sale took place before a certain date.
Needless to say, the Blaugrana misses a player like Thiago today and certain sections of the club have not forgiven Pep for 'fishing' in his old house.
Already in his stage as coach of Manchester City, Guardiola's team has had the same interests as Barcelona on more than one occasion.
The most outstanding were the unsuccessful attempts to dress Messi in the sky blue.
Both clubs wanted to sign Nolito, City eventually winning that race, and Pep also went after Marc-Andre ter Stegen, eventually settling for Claudio Bravo.
The last chapter of these clashes comes with the departure of Eric Garcia to the City academy.
They will pay 1.5 million euros for the youngster in a transfer operation that makes it clear that Barcelona quickly need to look for a solution.

* Liverpool midfielder Emre Can is relishing the prospect of playing alongside new signing Mohamed Salah next season.

* Arsenal are offering Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil huge Champions League pay hikes to sign new contracts.

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