Daily Transfer Gossip – June 17th

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 daily.

Premier League/European

• Spurs look set to win the race for Burnley’s Kieran Trippier after manager Sean Dyche confirmed the club was in active talks with an unnamed Premier League side (Talksport)
• Chelsea are interested in the services of Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and are hoping to persuade the Gunners to include him in the Petr Cech deal (Caught Offside)
• Manchester United are plotting a swoop for Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng after being given a £200 million war chest to return the club to past glories (Caught Offside)
• Chelsea are the latest club to be in for QPR striker Charlie Austin and they have jumped to the front of the queue for the £15 million rated striker who wants to stay in London (Standard)
• West Ham and Spurs are reported to be battling it out for Croatian wonderkid Andrija Balic who has impressed hometown club Hadjuk Split in his first season (Daily Mirror)
• Swansea are interested in the purchase of Sampdoria’s Stefano Okaka who is set on a return to England after a brief spell with Fulham in 2010. (Talksport)
• Stoke City’s Steven N’Zonzi has rejected a new deal at the Britannia Stadium because he wants a move to enable him to break into the French squad with Napoli reported to be a destination (Daily Mirror)
• Manchester United are set to offer AS Monaco £14 million for Brazilian right-back Fabinho as Louis Van Gaal continues to plot their return to the top (UTD Report)
• Newcastle United look set to turn their attention to Watford striker Troy Deeney if they lose out on the signing of Charlie Austin with the forward a regular goalscorer in the Championship (ESPN FC)

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