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WHAT THEY NEED:

They’d like cover at

left back.

WHO COULD GO:

Young defender

George Johnston to

Feyenoord, Taiwo

Awoniyi to Mainz

on loan. Ryan Kent

is a Leeds target

and Reading want Ovie Ejaria (above).

ALREADY IN: It has been a quiet

summer but goalkeeper Adrian has

come from West Ham as cover and

16-year-old Harvey Elliott has been

signed from Fulham for a fee which

will be set by a tribunal. Dutch

defender Sepp van den Berg, 17,

has also joined.

LIVERPOOL

WHAT THEY NEED:

A centre back.

Juventus defender

Merih Demiral

(right) is a long

shot as is Djene

Dakonam of Getafe.

Burnley and

Bournemouth want

too much for James

Tarkowski and Nathan Ake, but

Leicester have agreed a £20m deal for

Sampdoria midfielder Dennis Praet.

WHO COULD GO: Winger Rachid

Ghezzal has been offered to

Sampdoria.

ALREADY IN: Ayoze Perez signed from

Newcastle for £30m. Youri Tielemans’

loan is now permanent for £35m.

LEICESTER

WHAT THEY NEED:

Their two-window

transfer ban to end

— they will also be

unable to add in

January.

WHO COULD GO:

David Luiz to

Arsenal. Fikayo

Tomori is a loan

option for Everton, Izzy Brown is a

target for Stoke, Danny Drinkwater is

wanted on loan at Burnley and

Reece James by Crystal Palace,

among others.

ALREADY IN: Last summer’s loan deal

for Real Madrid’s Mateo Kovacic

(above) has been made permanent

for £22m.

CHELSEA

WHAT THEY NEED:

Midfielder is key

and a centre back.

Danny Drinkwater

(right) on loan

from Chelsea is

possible depending

on wages. A bid has

been rejected for

Middlesbrough’s

Dael Fry, who is valued at £15m. Josh

Brownhill at Bristol City is admired.

WHO COULD GO: James Tarkowski is

too expensive, say potential buyers.

Championship sides want Ben Gibson.

ALREADY IN: Centre forward Jay

Rodriguez returns from West

Bromwich for £10m and they have

added Erik Pieters from Stoke.

BURNLEY

WHAT THEY NEED:

Dean Smith wants

another striker and

defender. Free

agent Daniel

Sturridge (right) is

one option though

he is likely to wait

until after today’s

deadline, while

RB Leipzig striker Jean-Kevin Augustin

is also fancied.

WHO COULD GO: Stoke are close to

signing Scott Hogan on a season loan.

ALREADY IN: Signings include

goalkeeper Tom Heaton (£8m),

defender Tyrone Mings (£20m) and

two from Club Bruges — Marvelous

Nakamba (£11m) and Wesley (£22m).

ASTON VILLA

WHAT THEY NEED:

A centre back.

Chelsea’s David Luiz

is prime target

after talks faltered

for Dayot

Upamecano of Red

Bull Leipzig and

Daniele Rugani of

Juventus. But last

night they agreed a deal with Celtic

for left back Kieran Tierney (above).

WHO COULD GO: Everton’s £30m bid

for Alex Iwobi was rejected. Striker

Eddie Nketiah is joining Leeds on loan.

Defender Carl Jenkinson has left for

Nottingham Forest.

ALREADY IN: Lille forward Nicolas

Pepe is their £72m flagship signing.

ARSENAL

WHAT THEY WANT:

Scott Banks (right)

is a promising

midfielder from

Dundee United, and

Jean-Clair Todibo

on loan from

Barcelona is a

possible.

WHO COULD GO:

Mario Lemina, Charlie Austin, Guido

Carillo and Mohamed Elyounoussi are

all discussing late moves away.

ALREADY IN: They have high hopes for

23-year-old midfielder Che Adams,

signed for £15m from Birmingham

City, and have added 21-year-old

midfielder Moussa Djenepo from

Standard Liege (£15m).

SOUTHAMPTON

WHAT THEY WANT:

Chris Wilder wants

a midfielder, but

targeting Leeds

United’s Kalvin

Philips may prove

optimistic.

There is an interest

in Daniel Amartey

(right) of

Leicester City.

WHO COULD GO: Defender Ben

Heneghan is wanted by Hull City.

ALREADY IN: Oliver McBurnie (£17m)

from Swansea and Lys Mousset (£10m)

from Bournemouth have been

brought in to add goals, with Ravel

Morrison and Phil Jagielka arriving

on free transfers.

SHEFFIELD UTD

Transfer Deadline Day

THE WINDOW SHUTS AT

TRANSFER DIGEST

CONTRIBUTORS: Sami Mokbel, Adrian Kajumba, Jack Gaughan, Simon Jones

Lukaku’s off to

Inter for £72m

R

OMELU LUKAKU will

complete his acrimonious

exit from Old Trafford after

Manchester United agreed

terms with Inter Milan for

their AWOL striker.

Inter had a third bid of £72million, includ-

ing £12m in bonuses, accepted after a day

of negotiations with Lukaku’s agent Feder-

ico Pastorello in London. The Belgium

striker is expected to fly to Italy and have a

medical today.

It follows Lukaku’s attempts to force a

move this week by training for two days

with his old club Anderlecht in Belgium

without United’s permission.

The player ignored the Premier League

club’s demand to return and has been fined

two weeks’ wages — approximately £400,000

— for his transgression.

Lukaku (right) did not turn up at

Anderlecht’s Neerpede complex,

where he has been training with

the club’s Under 18 squad, for a

third day and the player’s black

Bentley could not be seen at

his house nearby.

Although United and Inter

had until the Italian transfer

window closes on September 2 to

reach agreement, there was a

general acceptance that

the deal needed to be

completed as soon as

possible after Lukaku’s

relationship with United broke down. The

26-year-old was unhappy about United’s

refusal to accept offers of £54m and £68m

from Inter, while a proposed swap deal with

Juventus for Paulo Dybala collapsed last

week.

United have been determined to at least

recoup the £75m they paid to Everton for

Lukaku two years ago.

Lukaku was ordered to train with the

Under 23s by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after he

upset his manager by posting confidential

sprint stats for the United squad on his

Twitter account last week.

The Belgian has missed most of pre-sea-

son and all six of United’s warm-up games

with a mystery ankle injury that has

coincided with his attempts to secure a

move to Italy. After initially indicating

that they would replace Lukaku, United

accept that is unlikely to happen before

today’s 5pm Premier League

deadline.

l

FOrMEr Manchester United

and Uruguay forward Diego For-

lan has announced his retirement

from playing. The 40-year-old moved

to United from Argentine side

Independiente for £6.9m in

January 2002 and scored 17

goals in 98 appearances.

Spurs planning

£80m double

TOTTENHAM will splash out

around £80million for two

players on deadline day.

Spurs struck a £55m

agreement for Real Betis

midfielder Giovani Lo

Celso last night and a

£25m deal for Fulham’s

Ryan Sessegnon is close to

being concluded. The club

are on standby to move

for Sporting Lisbon’s

Bruno Fernandes if they

encounter any problems.

Talks have been taking

place with Fulham all

summer over Sessegnon.

They hope to reach an

agreement today to sign

the 19-year-old in a deal

that will see Josh Onomah

go the other way.

Sessegnon (right) has

attracted interest from a

number of clubs since

bursting on to the scene

as a 16 year-old. But the

idea of working with

Mauricio Pochettino, who

has turned a string of

players into senior

England players, appeals

to him. Spurs have also

been working on deals for

Lo Celso and Fernandes.

Argentine Lo Celso, 23,

was Pochettino’s top

choice. An £88m price tag

for the attacking

midfielder — his buy-out

clause valuation — was a

major stumbling block,

but the clubs came to an

agreement last night.

Spurs have Fernandes on

the backburner and are

ready to move for the

Portugal midfielder if they

need to strengthen

further. Sporting would

want around £65m.

Spurs have held talks with

Juventus over a move for

Paulo Dybala but his

wages and image rights

seemed too big an issue

to overcome. Spurs also

hold an interest in Nice

right-back Youcef Atal, 23.

Christian Eriksen is still

likely to leave Spurs but

will not join Manchester

United. He has promised

chairman Daniel Levy he

will not sign for another

English club. Playing in

Spain is Eriksen’s priority.

Atletico Madrid are keen

but Real Madrid are his

preferred destination.

ARSENAL have agreed

a deal with Celtic

to sign left back Kieran

Tierney. The fee for the

Scottish international,

22, is believed to be

in excess of £25m

and Celtic are now

happy with the

payment structure

after rejecting

Arsenal’s two previous

bids. Tierney is set to

earn in the region of

£80,000 a week.

BENFICA right back

Pedro Pereira, 21, has

joined Bristol City on loan.

LEEDS UNITED defender

Tom Pearce is in talks with

Wigan Athletic. BRENTFORD

have bid £7million for

Amiens forward Saman

Ghoddos, 25. NOTTINGHAM

FOREST are signing

midfielder John Bostock,

27, from Toulouse.

SUNDERLAND want free

agent defender Martin

Olsson, 31.

LEROY SANE’S move

to Bayern Munich has

run into trouble. The

Bundesliga champions are

shocked by Manchester

City’s £135million

valuation of the

forward (left) and the

knee injury he

suffered in Sunday’s

Community Shield is

believed to be worse

than first thought. But

German clubs can make

signings until September 2.

By CHRIS WHEELER

United chief Woodward

is bulletproof — Page 77

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