As the World Cup ploughs on, the summer transfer window begins to hot up. Roma have completed a midfield switch and Liverpool striker Danny Ings looks for a new club.
Confirmed deals
- Javier Pastore (PSG - Roma) - £21.8m
- Radja Nainggolan (Roma - Inter Milan) - Player swap plus cash
- Davide Santon and Nicolo Zaniolo (Inter Milan - Roma) - Player swap plus cash for Nainggolan
- Stuart Armstrong (Celtic - Southampton) - Fee rising to £8m
- Nathan Baxter (Chelsea - Yeovil) - Loan
- Moritz Leitner (Augsburg - Norwich) - Undisclosed
- Paddy McNair (Sunderland - Middlesbrough) - Reported £5m
- Sean Long (Lincoln - Cheltenham) - Free
- Matty Pearson (Barnsley - Luton) - Undisclosed
- Ashley Smith-Brown (Man City - Plymouth) - Undisclosed
- Jonathan Forte (Notts County - Exeter) - Free
- James Hanson (Sheff United - AFC Wimbledon) - Free
- Zeli Ismail (Bury - Walsall) - Free
According to The Telegraph, striker Ings has been told he can leave Liverpool this transfer window - click here to read the full story as old club Burnley are the early favourites to secure his signature.
According to Sky Sports News, Cardiff are close to signing Alex Smithies from QPR. The Premier League new boys are said to be in the market for a goalkeeper, and could opt to sign the 28-year old for a fee reported to be around £4m.
In a report by Corriere dello Sport, Lazio could be in for Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey. The Welshman was a favourite under Arsene Wenger, but the Italian giants are seemingly monitoring his situation at the Emirates after Unai Emery took over the hot seat.
Sky in Italy are reporting that Manchester United defender Matteo Darmian is in talks with Juventus’ sporting director Fabio Paratici regarding a potential move to Turin following a bit-part season under Jose Mourinho.
Inter Milan have confirmed the signing of Radja Nainggolan from Roma. The midfielder was surprisingly left out of Belgium's World Cup squad this summer, and is said to have been unsettled in Rome.
AS have indicated that Barcelona are in for Bosnia and Herzegovina international Miralem Pjanic. The Juventus midfielder is said to be viewed as an ideal replacement to fill the void left following the departure of Andres Iniesta.
Everton captain Wayne Rooney has reportedly taken a step closer to a move to DC United.
Sky sources have reported that Rooney could finalise a deal in the coming days, in time for a debut in their brand new stadium which officially opens on July 14.
Cardiff forward Junior Hoilett has committed himself to the Premier League new boys for another three years.
Hoilett, who has scored 13 goals in 83 appearances since leaving QPR in 2016, had been out of contract after helping Cardiff win promotion from the Sky Bet Championship last season.
"It feels amazing to finally sign the new deal," Hoilett told the official Cardiff website.
"It was always going to happen though. I want to continue my career here and never wanted to go anywhere else.
"I want to go on and achieve more things in the Premier League with a great group of lads."
The 28-year-old Canada international began his career at Blackburn before moving to QPR in the summer of 2012.
Hoilett topped the Cardiff scoring charts last season with 11 goals in 50 league and cup games and will now remain in south Wales until the summer of 2021.
Sunderland utility man Paddy McNair has completed his move to Sky Bet Championship Middlesbrough, the Teessiders have confirmed.
The 23-year-old Northern Ireland international has signed a four-year deal after the clubs agreed an undisclosed fee understood to be in the region of £5million.
A statement on Boro's official website, www.mfc.co.uk, said: "Boro have completed the signing of Paddy McNair from Sunderland. The highly-rated 23-year-old midfielder joins on a four-year contract.
"McNair, a full Northern Ireland international with 20 caps to his name, becomes Boro's first signing of the summer."
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