Transfer news and rumors: Madrid ready £100m plus Gareth Bale for Hazard
Hello football loving Steemians,
Today i bring you the latest transfer news and rumors from some of the major leagues in Europe
• Real Madrid are seriously in need of fresh legs
The Zinedane Zidane led team have made Eden Hazard their priority target. Madrid wants to add depth to their squad as a result of the team's poor form to the start of the 2017/18 season. The Spanish side are now prepared to table a £100M offer plus Gareth Bale to persuade Chelsea into releasing their star man. This is according to reports by the Express
The 27 year old Belgium international is yet to renew his contract with the London club thus making it more likely for him to leave.
• Manchester City keeping tabs on Borussia Dortmund midfielder Julian Weigl
Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola wants to add more strength to his midfield and is ready to make an offer to Dortmund for their 22 year old midfield enforcer, reports the mirror.
Dortmund are only prepared to listen to offers of around £40M upwards.
• Christiano Ronaldo's contract clause means Neymar won't receive up to his wages
If the reports from Don Balon are true, Neymar could be on his way to Real Madrid due to PSG's potential champions league round of 16 exit and his continuing regret about joining the French club. Real Madrid have not denied their interest in Neymar as they look for a potential successor to the aging Christiano Ronaldo. But for the move to be successful, the Brazilian would have to take a hefty pay-cut, due to the clause included in the Portuguese's contract that he must be the highest earning player at the club. The Los Blancos are still interested in retaining him for one more season.
• Tottenham Hotspur to tempt Watford with offers for Richarlison and Abdoulaye Doucoure
Report from the Sun has it that Spurs are readying a £50M double swoop for Watfords Richarlison and Abdoulaye Doucoure.
Doucoure is yet to sign a new deal at Watford and will be a bargain for spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino who has also been impressed by the performance of Richarlison.
• Chelsea ready to Listen to Hazard's Manchester City interest only if Aguero is included in the deal
Manchester city are highly interested in signing Eden Hazard to the club and are set to splash £150m to secure his services.
However, Chelsea are only ready to listen to the offer if Sergio Aguero is included in the deal as reported by the mirror.
• Mauricio Pochettino and Jose Mourinho top of PSG's coaching priority list
The mirror has it that Mauricio Pochettino and Jose Mourinho are top of Paris Saint Germain targets to replace outgoing coach Unai Emery who hasn't lived up to the expectations of the club despite the clubs spending spree in the summer. Following the loss to Real Madrid in the Champions league last 16 first leg, should the club not recover in the second leg, it is highly likely that Emery would be sacked.
Former Barcelona Manager, Luis Enrique is the third option if the club is unable to persuade either of the spurs or united managers to move to France.
• Chelsea wants Pulisic to be included in Batshuayi's deal
The Daily Mail reports that Borussia Dortmund's interest in retaining Mitchy Batshuayi who has been very impressive since he joined the club has given Chelsea hopes of bringing Pulisic to Stamford Bridge.
The USA international has also been linked with Real Madrid and Liverpool and is regarded as one of the youngest prospects in world football.
• Liverpool Target Ceballos as potential replacement for outgone Coutinho
Dani Ceballos has been identified as Liverpool's potential replacement for Philippe Coutinho who left for Barcelona in January in a deal worth €160M.
Reports from Don Balon states that Jurgen Klopp has not yet used that money until now. But with Ceballos, he is finally ready to splash some part of that cash for the Real Madrid midfielder who is not satisfied with the lack of first team action in the Spanish capital.
Gareth Bale plus 100m for Hazard is a good deal for Chelsea. Chelsea will never sell Hazard to Man City when bigger teams like Real Madrid are in the hunt. To me I don't just like the Neymar to Madrid saga, Neymar will cause Madrid many issues as the guy is not loyal, very rude. Imagine what he did at the last UCL match, to me that's very disrespectful of him. Lastly Batshuayi is a good player but I still don't know why he couldn't strive at Chelsea, maybe it was a result of being benched for longer time. Chelsea must be careful in his deal, else the guy may become one difficult to get in the future. Nice article...
You made very great points @andrewade. Madrid are just too desperate to land anyone. If Chelsea gets Gareth Bale and £100m for Hazard it would be one of the best deals they've secured since the Roman Abramovich Era. As for Batshuayi, i think his major problem is the lack of faith from Antonio Conte. He is one of the best strikers on his day and hopefully his case doesn't turn out to be like that of Romelu Lukaku or Kevin Debruyne for Chelsea.