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The summer time switch window is now open in Europe, and there is loads of gossip swirling round. Switch Speak brings you all the newest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, in fact, executed offers!

TOP STORY: Silva seen as Barça precedence as soon as Dembele leaves

Barcelona have made Manchester Metropolis midfielder Bernardo Silva their prime precedence for when Ousmane Dembele‘s transfer to Paris Saint-Germain is confirmed.

That is in accordance with Mundo Deportivo, who consider that Blaugrana boss Xavi Hernandez is determined to land Metropolis’s wantaway 28-year-old midfielder, and needs the membership to make him their prime precedence. Silva can be eager on transferring to Barcelona, and he’s hoping that Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola sticks to the promise he manufactured from permitting Silva to go away, ought to the membership obtain the precise provide.

It is now as much as the Catalan membership to assemble a proposal ok to steer Metropolis to half with the Portuguese star.

Metropolis have up to now been reluctant for Silva to go away following the departures of Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez, however Barca would possibly now have the ability to match Metropolis’s proposed asking worth of €87 million because of the upcoming switch of Dembele.

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PAPER GOSSIP

– Nottingham Forest wish to strengthen their squad forward of the brand new Premier League season with the addition of Brazilian defender Roger Ibañez from AS Roma. Fabrizio Romano studies that Forest have submitted an official bid believed to be price round £25m, and that negotiations between the 2 golf equipment are underway. Twenty-four-year-old Ibanez has this summer time been linked to strikes to Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Chelsea and Crystal Palace.

– AC Milan have now entered the race to signal Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet, in accordance with Gazzetta Dello Sport. The report states the Rossoneri need the 28-year-old defender to interchange the outgoing Matteo Gabbia in an effort to strengthen Stefano Pioli’s backline in what can be the membership’s eighth signing of the summer time. Lenglet would not function in Barca’s plans, and the Blaugrana wish to recoup €15m for him. Lenglet has up to now been unwilling to contemplate a proposal by Al-Nassr, and had seemingly most well-liked a everlasting transfer to Tottenham Hotspur. The London membership has but to submit a tangible bid, leaving the door open for Milan to swoop.

– Gianluca Scamacca is trying to finish his disappointing spell at West Ham United by signing a five-year cope with Internazionale. Gianluca di Marzio says that the 24-year-old ahead is seen by Inter as a powerful contender to fill the void left by striker duo Romelu Lukaku and Edin Dzeko, and the Nerazzurri are ready to supply round €27m to €28m. Scamacca nonetheless has a powerful fame in Italy regardless of his disappointing spell at West Ham, and Inter are eager to see him associate with new signing Marcus Thuram. Scamacca is eager on the transfer to San Siro and is believed to have agreed phrases.

– Arsenal have submitted a gap bid of £20m plus add-ons for Brentford goalkeeper David Raya, in accordance with Fabrizio Romano. Raya has rejected two affords to stick with the Bees and has as an alternative agreed private phrases with the Gunners, and is now pushing for the transfer. The bid is half the quantity that Brentford have been hoping to recoup for his or her star stopper, however together with his contract as a result of end on the finish of the season, they might be compelled to decrease their expectations. Raya stored 12 clear sheets final season, and has additionally been a goal for Bayern Munich.

– Galatasaray contemplating Tottenham Hotspur’s Tanguy Ndombele as a midfield possibility, in accordance with Fabrizio Romano. The Turkish membership look to have failed of their efforts to signal Fred from Manchester United and so at the moment are wanting into different choices, with Spurs prepared to let the 26-year-old go away for £11m. Ndombele has spent a lot of the previous two seasons on mortgage (at OGC Good and Napoli), and he is now one in all 10 gamers new Spurs boss Postecoglou needs to chop from his squad.