Transfers and rumors on August 18: Arsenal floundering and Manchester United continuing to spend

On July 1st, the summer transfer window officially began. Throughout its duration until the fall, the most popular football news portal in the country, "EuroFootball.com", will daily review the rumors circulating in the media and report on completed transfers.

"Besiktas" is nearing an agreement for the loan of Christian Benteke. The Turks are offering £3 million to the "Liverpool" club, while the "Reds" recently rejected "Crystal Palace's" attempt to acquire the forward ("Lig TV").

"Galatasaray" does not give up in the fight for the loan of "Man Utd" defender Marouane Fellaini. Earlier, the Istanbul team failed to reach an agreement with Lucas Leiva. However, the Belgian himself is unsure whether he is worth moving to another club ("Mynet").

The new "Inter" strategist Frank de Boer has started working. The Dutchman proposes to the "Tottenham" team to exchange Marcelo Brozovic for Jan Vertonghen, as well as to add the corresponding amount if the deal interests the English ("Football Italia").

"West Brom" refused to sell defender Jonny Evans to "Arsenal" for £16 million ("Daily Express").

"Man Utd" still has a lot of money - the English will check their possibilities to acquire "Monaco" defender Fabinho, for which they would pay £30 million. Meanwhile, they plan to say goodbye to Italian Matteo Darmian ("Marca").

The "Milan" team showed interest in the "Liverpool" winger Lazar Markovic, who returned after a year spent at "Fenerbahce" team. The 22-year-old Serbian is also tempted by "Sporting" and "Schalke" teams ("Daily Express").

"Leicester City" will soon clash with the 20-year-old striker Liandro Martis, who previously didn't leave a good impression on the "Man Utd" team ("Daily Mail").

"Arsenal" coach Arsene Wenger wants to secure his defense and has identified other defenders if they fail to buy Shkodran Mustafi. They are "Hoffenheim" representative Fabian Schar and "Monaco" player Marcelo Tisserandas ("France Football").

Joe Hart's days at "Man City" club were numbered in February. It was then that the news of Josep Guardiola's arrival was announced, and the coach began to make plans to get rid of the English goalkeeper ("The Guardian").

Berlin's "Hertha" will ask "Arsenal" club to loan promising Serge Gnabry for the season ("Bild").