Transfers and rumors on August 1: Failure of "Barcelona" and the search for "Chelsea"

On July 1, the summer transfer window for players officially opened in 2017. 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. *** Many "Barcelona" players are particularly tired of Neymar's move to PSG story and the rumors surrounding it. They do not intend to try to convince the Brazilian to stay in Catalonia ("Sport") *** "Chelsea" is interested in "Leicester City" midfielder Danny Drinkwater, who would become the successor to Nemanja Matic, who left for "Man Utd" ("Sky Sports") *** Milan's "Inter" is planning to submit a £35 million offer for "Liverpool" forward Sadio Mane ("Daily Express") *** "Liverpool" is not giving up and will fight for "Southampton" defender Virgil van Dijk until the last hours of the transfer window ("Daily Mail") *** "Liverpool" has rejected another offer from "Barcelona" for Philippe Coutinho. Immediately, the Brazilian was not sold for €100 million ("RMC Sport"). *** "Everton" plans to strengthen their squad with new signings. "Mirror" reports that Ronald Koeman's team is close to reaching an agreement with Gylfi Sigurdsson, for which "Swansea" will receive a £50 million compensation. They are also eyeing forwards - Olivier Giroud and Christian Benteke. *** "Bayern Munich" has rejected "Milan's" offer for midfielder Renato Sanches. The Italians wanted to arrange a loan for €10 million for one season, with the option to buy the contract for €40 million next year ("Le10Sport.com") *** "Liverpool" plans to snatch Thomas Lemar away from "Arsenal." "The Reds" will do so if Philippe Coutinho is eventually sold to Barcelona ("Le10Sport.com") *** "Man Utd" has reached an agreement with PSG player Serge Aurier. However, the Frenchman is still waiting for permission to play in England, as he has assaulted a police officer in the past ("The Mirror")