On July 1st, the summer transfer window for 2017 officially opened. The most visited football news portal in the country, "EuroFootball.com", traditionally will present the most important news related to player transfers and completed deals every day until the end of the transfer window. Madrid's "Real" is willing to sell midfielder Mateo Kovacic, and the Croatian is being eyed by London's "Tottenham". The 23-year-old footballer is not getting enough playing time in Spain, but his wage may appear too high for the "Spurs" ("Evening Standard"). *** It seems that London's "Crystal Palace" has beaten "Brighton", "Newcastle", and "Southampton" in securing the services of Chelsea's midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek ("Daily Telegraph"). *** The main summer target for "Marseille" is Celtic's talent Moussa Dembele, according to "Sky Sports". However, it will be very difficult to attract the Frenchman, as he is also being pursued by "Arsenal", "Everton", "Liverpool", and "Manchester United". *** "Barcelona" has offered 20 million euros for Paulinho from the Guangzhou Evergrande club, but the Chinese demand the full amount specified in his contract, which is 40 million euros. The Catalan club's last offer will be 25 million euros ("Sport"). *** "Inter" in Milan is ready to open their wallet for Roma's midfielder Radja Nainggolan and is willing to pay up to 60 million euros, according to "Gazzetta dello Sport". "Giallorossi" star Radja Nainggolan is still wanted by their coach Luciano Spalletti, but the capital club does not want to sell him, and the Belgian is also attracting interest from "Chelsea" and "Man United". *** The "Aristocrats" are also willing to offer up to 80 million euros for Madrid's "Real" striker Alvaro Morata, whom they need after failing to bring back Romelu Lukaku ("AS"). "Marca" claims that "Chelsea" is willing to pay 70 million euros for Borussia Dortmund's leader Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. *** Turin's "Juventus" are most interested in Liverpool and "Paris Saint-Germain" midfielders Emre Can and Blaise Matuidi during this summer's transfer window, but they also hope to acquire Douglas Costa and Federico Bernardeschi ("Gazzetta dello Sport"). *** Bayern Munich is getting closer to acquiring Real Madrid's midfielder James Rodriguez, and now the Colombian is closer to the German champions than PSG. In Bavaria, James Rodriguez is wanted by coach Carlo Ancelotti, under whom he made his debut at the "Royal" club ("AS"). *** "Swansea" is demanding 50 million pounds for Gylfi Sigurdsson, whom "Everton" is pursuing. Recently, a new player has emerged in the race - a 40 million pound offer from "Leicester City" was rejected (BBC). *** "Roma" has approached "Man United" regarding the possible loan of forward Anthony Martial ("Gazzetta dello Sport"). Meanwhile, "Daily Mirror" reports that the "Red Devils" would rather sell the Frenchman for 30 million pounds. *** Lisbon's "Sporting" midfielder William Carvalho is expected to join one of the "Premier" league clubs this summer. The 20 million euro offer from "West Bromwich" was rejected, but it is likely that the Portuguese will also be pursued by "Arsenal", "Man City", "Newcastle", or "Tottenham", who are willing to pay 30 million ("A Bola"). *** "Man United" believes that they will finalize the 50 million pound transfer of Ivan Perisic from Inter Milan this week ("The Independent"). *** "Liverpool" is interested in Atletico Madrid's forward Joaquin Correa. He is valued at only 25 million pounds, but he expects a very high wage ("Foot Mercato"). *** Meanwhile, Diego Costa, who wants to return to the "Blues", will not be allowed to play for the main "Chelsea" team next season ("Daily Telegraph").
