Transfer Gossip – July 9th

As football fans across the world look forward to a summer of transfer rumours and news, The Sports Lowdown brings you the latest transfer gossip.

Premier League/Championship

• Chelsea look set to beat Arsenal to the signing of Chilean international midfielder Charles Aranguiz from Internacional after an impressive Copa America (Football Fancast)
• Newcastle United target Georginio Wijnaldum is keen to force the hand of his club side PSV by pulling out of a summer camp to force through a move to St James Park (WhatCulture)
• Yohan Cabaye looks like he will complete his move to Crystal Palace from PSG imminently to link back up with former manager Alan Pardew at Selhurst Park (Zap Sportz)
• Liverpool target Alexandre Lacazette is likely to hand a transfer request in at Lyon as he looks set to make a move to the Premier League this summer (The Sport Review)
• Leicester City target Steven N’Zonzi is in talks with La Liga club Sevilla about a move to Spain, with his time at the Britannia Stadium seemingly up (ESPN)
• Lille look set to end QPR’s Armand Traore’s spell in English football with a bid for the former Arsenal left-back who made 16 appearances for the hoops last season (Talksport)
• Newcastle United are trying to fend off Roma and FC Porto in the race to sign Anderlecht forward Aleksandar Mitrovic with €18 million offer (Inside Futbol)
•  Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal are battling to sign Barcelona forward Pedro who is reportedly available for around £20 million (Squawka
• Tottenham could turn to PSG goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu should Hugo Lloris move to Manchester United as a replacement for David De Gea (Talksport)
• Real Madrid could move for William Carvalho if they lose their £16 million rated star Asier Illarramendi to Liverpool who are interested (DailyStar)
• Manchester United have had a bid of £57.4 million rejected by Bayern Munich for their forward Thomas Muller as Louis Van Gaal plots United’s return to the big time (Metro)

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