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West Ham have agreed a £35.5m deal to sign Sassuolo striker Gianluca Scamacca, with personal terms now under discussion.
The Hammers have agreed to pay an initial £30.5m with £5m in add-ons for the 23-year-old, who scored 16 goals in 36 Serie A appearances last season for the Italian side.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel admits he is a “little bit” annoyed with Barcelona over their pursuit of Cesar Azpilicueta.
The 32-year-old has 12 months remaining on his Chelsea contract and has reportedly asked to leave the club after a decade at Stamford Bridge to return to his native Spain with Barcelona.
When it was put to Bruno Fernandes that he may have to tweak his style of play because of the appointment of Erik ten Hag as Manchester United manager, the Portuguese appeared defensive.
“What do you mean ‘tweak’?” he asked. “He wants me to do assists anyway, so I have to try it. I don’t understand that type of question of keeping the ball or
Brentford have signed free agent Ben Mee after the former Burnley captain’s contract expired this summer.
The 32-year-old has signed a two-year deal with the west London club, following an 11-year stay at Burnley, who were relegated to the Championship last season.
Besiktas left-back Ridvan Yilmaz is close to agreeing a five-year deal at Rangers.
The Ibrox side have been in talks over a deal for the Turkish international and a fee of around £5 million has been agreed.
Gianluca Scamacca is in demand and it is easy to see why.He is a 6’5″ Italy international striker who scored 16 times in Serie A last season, a man capable of all sorts of goals. The only surprise is the route that he has taken to the top.
At 23, Scamacca is both early phenomenon and late bloomer.
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West Ham and Crystal Palace are both in talks with Burnley over winger Dwight McNeil.
The 22-year-old has made 134 Premier League appearances for Burnley and is seen as a prime target because of his experience of top-level football, while still being so young.
Mikel Arteta hailed Gabriel Jesus’ ability to create ‘chaos’ as the striker scored again in Arsenal’s 2-0 victory over Everton.
The Brazilian scored twice on debut in the Gunners’ 5-3 victory over Nurnberg and grabbed his third goal to set his new club on the way to another pre-season win.
A stunning late goal from Mason Mount gave Chelsea a 2-1 victory in their first pre-season match over Club America in Las Vegas.
Timo Werner put the Blues ahead in the 55th minute after seeing his initial attempt from a Reece James cross blocked, but the rebound fell back to the striker to convert.