Transfers and rumors of August 17th: "Barcelona" success and "Man City" defense strengthening

On July 1st, the summer transfer window for 2017 officially opened.

The most visited football news portal in the country, "EuroFootball.com", will traditionally present the most important news related to player transfers and deals every day until the end of the transfer window.

Ousmane Dembele continues to escape to France in hopes of forcing Borussia to sell him to Barcelona, who are offering around 90 million pounds (Bild).

Burnley is planning to offer as much as 20 million pounds for Hull defender Sam Clucas (The Sun).

Marseille has set their sights on Arsenal player Mathieu Debuchy, as reported by L'Equipe.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers revealed to fans that the club will soon sign a new contract with defender Stuart Armstrong (Sky Sports).

Barcelona's sports director Pep Segura says the Catalans are approaching their goal of acquiring Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele (Spanish TV3).

Man Utd has abandoned plans to buy Tottenham defender Danny Rose (Daily Star).

Man City is strengthening their defense and should soon be adding West Brom representative Jonny Evans. The Englishman will cost as much as 25 million pounds (Daily Star).

Everton defender Ross Barkley will undergo a hamstring operation, disrupting his plans to move to Tottenham. Rehabilitation will last at least three months (Daily Mail).

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has stated that he is willing to make a "financial sacrifice" to keep Alex Sanchez for another season (Daily Mirror).

Leicester City warned Chelsea that they will only laugh at offers below 40 million pounds for Danny Drinkwater (Daily Star).

Southampton manager Ralph Krueger revealed that the new team owners from China will not sell defender Virgil van Dijk (Daily Mail).