Wayne Rooney is confident Derby will make some signings in the next 48 hours.
Derby have been operating under a transfer embargo this summer and only have seven outfield players registered ahead of next Saturday’s opening Championship game of the season against Huddersfield.
All the latest Liverpool transfer news, rumours and gossip in the 2021 summer window.
Who have Liverpool been linked with?
Florian Neuhaus – Liverpool are trying to offload some of their fringe players or face having to wait until next summer to land the Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder
All the latest Manchester City transfer news, rumours and gossip in the 2021 summer window.
Who have Man City been linked with?
Jack Grealish – Aston Villa are expected to accept Manchester City’s £100m bid for Grealish (Sky Sports News, July 31); City have tabled a £100m bid for Aston Villa
Jamie Carragher believes expectations have to be managed when it comes to Virgil van Dijk’s return to Jurgen Klopp’s side.
The Netherlands captain made his comeback from nine months out after anterior cruciate ligament surgery on his right knee with a 20-minute appearance in the 4-3 friendly defeat to Hertha Berlin on Thursday.
Manchester City have opened talks with Aston Villa over the potential signing of Jack Grealish.
Sky Sports News has been told City made their initial approach several days ago, and lines of communication remain open.
Jurgen Klopp says Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez both made an “important first step” in their return from long-term injuries after featuring in Thursday’s 4-3 friendly defeat to Hertha Berlin.
The centre-backs came on in the 69th minute after being out of action for over nine months.
In a summer of big sporting headlines, Blackburn Rovers forward Ben Brereton facing Lionel Messi in the Copa America for Chile has to be one of the strangest.
And that’s not even mentioning the Pepsi commercial the 22-year-old Stoke-born player appeared in to introduce himself to his new-found supporters.
Wrapping up the Arsenal transfer news, rumours and gossip in the 2021 summer window.
Arsenal agree £50m deal to sign White
Arsenal have agreed a deal to sign Brighton
Olivier Giroud has completed a permanent transfer to AC Milan from Chelsea for an undisclosed fee.
The France international, 34, underwent a medical on Friday, before thanking Chelsea for the “special memories” during his three-and-a-half-year stay at Stamford Bridge.
The fee for Giroud is understood to be around €1m (£855,000),
Germany’s men’s Olympics football team left the pitch five minutes before the end of a warm-up match against Honduras after one of their players was allegedly racially abused.
The team faced Honduras in preparation for the 2020 Olympics, which begin next week, taking part in shorter matches to test their fitness in Japan.
