Sports Transfers

Fitting Galactico signings into the Real Madrid team is a common problem for Los Blancos coaches and Zinedine Zidane is finding that, if he is to bring in Kylian Mbappe, another big name star may have to go. Discussions between the French tactician and club president Florentino Perez are ongoing and both rate the Monaco starlet as Europe’s most exciting young player, whose signing for another club would represent a big blow to their ambitions.

Antoine Griezmann To Join Manchester United

Antoine Griezmann has communicated to Atletico Madrid his desire to leave, with United ready to activate his £87m release clause. The club have been adamant that their star player is staying in Madrid, but with a release clause of about £87m decision appears to have been taken, with Griezmann confirming to Atletico what his team had been in talks with United for months, and he was ready to swap La Liga for the Premier League.

Riyad Mahrez

Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez who has been linked to Monaco and Arsenal has handed in a transfer request stating that “now is the time to move on to a new experience”. After Leicester surprisingly won the Premier League last season the 26-year-old has been linked with a move away from the Foxes and has now formalised his desire to leave the former English champions.

Sergio Aguero

Despite the arrival prolific performance of Gabriel Jesus who arrived at the Etihad in January and insinuations that Manchester City all-time top striker Sergio Aguero would leave this summer, the club chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak has given the strongest assurance that Aguero will stay at the club for next season.

Goal Keeper - Ederson

Manchester City are set to sign goalkeeper Ederson from Benfica after he visited the club's facilities for a medical on Monday. The 23 year-old will cost €40m, around £35m, to fall just short of a world-record fee for a goalkeeper. However, the final details of his transfer are understood to have been held up by the complexities of his current third-party ownership agreement, which under Premier League rules must be resolved prior to registration.