Are Arsenal going to continue their spending? Will Barcelona get another defender? Who wants Tom Cleverley? It's all here in Transfer Talk...
Short but sweet... O Jogo have an interesting line in their paper that suggests Arsenal are going back in for midfield enforcer William Carvalho from Sporting Lisbon. He's a fearsome prospect, capable of tackling two people on his own, and he's become a gossip column regular. It's curious, though, that O Jogo's website report on Arsenal's interest just about makes a full 140-character tweet. But what it lacks in detail, it makes up for in juiciness -- they say a 30 million-euro bid will be made before the end of the week. Arsenal could look to bring in defensive midfielder William Carvalho from Sporting by the end of the week. Praise be! It's finally happening! Eliaquim Mangala has been linked to Manchester City for well over a year and earlier this summer, pictures of the Porto defender in England emerged. Then came more leaks, this time of Mangala being interviewed by City's in-house web team. And yet still no transfer was announced. Time has ticked and tocked but finally, it appears official confirmation is on it's way (for seemingly the 233,343rd time). The Daily Mail say his 32 million-pound move to City will be completed this week. Hooray! Cuadrado's whopping price tag Barcelona have had a curious transfer window so far; Luis Suarez's headline-grabbing arrival aside, their tactics in the market have been questioned andJeremy Mathieu says he will silence the doubters over his arrival. Luis Enrique is eager to improve his side further but my oh my, it'll cost him.Marca reckon top target Juan Cuadrado's mooted move to the Nou Camp is in serious jeopardy because of Fiorentina's quite astronomical price tag of 50 million euros. Will Barca walk away from that deal now? No Boateng move Seems Barca didn't take too kindly being linked to Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng -- SPORT have the scoop on the Nou Camp giants denying any interest. Alves exit? To use transfer window parlance, Dani Alves is heading for "crunch talks" with Barcelona over his future. After gallivanting in Ibiza with Neymar and Paris Hilton, the Brazilian is back for preseason training on Tuesday and heading for a showdown with Enrique over his future. SPORT in Spain reckon the two Milan clubs are interested but they believe Alves fancies a switch to the Premier League. Now, which club could do with a marauding full-back that suits a high pressing system? Spurs to play the waiting game Southampton may be adamant Morgan Schneiderlin and Jay Rodriguezwon't leave the club this summer but it's hard to take their word for it when so many have left already. Tottenham are the latest vulture eager to pick at the carcass, with the star duo in former manager Mauricio Pochettino's sights. The Evening Standard say Spurs are biding their time in the double pursuit. The report claims Spurs will carry on in the hunt for Schneiderlin but will shelve their bid for Rodriguez until January, which is nice of them. Everton's Clever move... Poor old Tom Cleverley. Once the player of the year for Watford and seemingly heading to the top during his bright formative days, he enjoyed a fine start to his Manchester United career in the 2011-12 season (incredibly, alongside Anderson who also impressed) before he started to regress. A desperately poor 2013-14 season -- not to forget a fan petition asking for his removal from the England squad -- made it a time to forget for Cleverley but all is not lost yet. He does have at least one admirer, Roberto Martinez, and the Everton manager could be about to give him a new lease of life. Martinez coached Cleverley during his days at Wigan and is said to be keen on an 8 million-pound move for him, according to The Daily Mail. Jack the lad's a Black Cat Jack Rodwell looked set for the top when he starred for Everton but a string of injuries and an ill-advised move to Manchester City later, his career is at a crossroads. There's still time, though. It seems his move to Sunderland is pretty much nailed on, with The Times saying he'll cost Gus Poyet around 8 million pounds. A move to suit everyone, we say. City get a fair amount of cash and Rodwell gets the chance to get back on track. The person conducting the medical is going to be working overtime, you'd expect.
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