LIVE Transfer News: The latest updates from Liverpool, Man United, Arsenal and Lionel Messi

Arsenal I’m about to sign the defender Gabriel Magalhaes from A little.

The Brazilian has already undergone medical examinations with the Premier League club after turning down an offer from the Italian side of Napoli, as well as further English interest from Manchester United and Everton, and is expected to be unveiled as the latest signing of the ‘ Arsenal shortly after the acquisition. of Willian and the arrival of last summer’s signature in William Saliba.

News coming from the north of the border, where Rangers they are preparing to sell their most valuable asset in striker Alfredo Morelos.

The Colombian hothead had forged a prolific scoring reputation in Scotland and attracted intense interest from the French side A little, who seem close to signing it this summer.

However, this was not the reason Steven Gerrard left Morelos out over the weekend, as the striker was fit and available for selection. Instead, Gerrard revealed that he only wants players who are committed to his plans for Rangers to be successful again, which he believes Morelos is no more.

As a football writer Stefan Bienkowski writes, the sale of Morelos has more importance than the simple discharge of a player who no longer wants to be at the club. It could prove to be the catalyst to close the gap over Celtic once and for all, which means it all for the blue half of Glasgow.

Luis Suarez it was said in a brutally short phone call from new manager Ronald Koeman that he has no future Barcelona.

The Uruguayan is the club’s third-highest scorer of all time, behind teammate Lionel Messi and club great Cesar of the 1940s and 1950s, but does not figure in what Koeman has planned for their project. of reconstruction.

Suarez has been linked to returning to the former Ajax club in the Netherlands, but it is an unusual feeling for the striker to be exiled from a club as he has never experienced it before.

As Tony Evans writes, Suarez has always moved on to bigger and better things. But can the same be said in concluding his six-year stay at Camp Nou? It seems unlikely.

Jose Mourinho revealed that the only advice Sir Alex Ferguson gave him when he was the coach Manchester United was to sign Dele Alli.

Mourinho, who now directs a Tottenham, confessed to its president Daniel Levy in a meeting shown in the Amazon Prime Video documentary All or Nothing, with the first three episodes airing next Monday.

The Portuguese had just taken over from Mauricio Pochettino in north London and was discussing his first impressions of Alli.

He said: “I have already told Dele very directly that he does not train well, he is not a good coach.

“I’m not saying disaster but I’m not saying Harry Kane, Harry Kane is a great coach.”

If Chilwell’s departure for Chelsea is bad news, there is at least some good news to come Leicester this morning.

Jamie Vardy signed a new one-year contract extension with the club, according to Sky Sport, with a move that commits him to the Foxes until 2023. With Leicester facing Birmingham City later today in their first preseason friendly, an announcement is expected to be made in due course, with Brendan Rodgers likely to be asked to confirm the news after the game.

Chelsea they are also set to complete their transfer by Leicester City left back Ben Chilwell.

Second The telegraph, the move for the England international is as good as made, with Chelsea happy with his medical results even though he is currently struggling with a foot injury that could keep him out of the season.

Leicester will receive £ 50m for selling Chilwell (more on where the money will go shortly), which will take Chelsea’s summer spending well above £ 100m.

Let’s now take a look at the non-Messi news.

Chelsea they should at least complete the defensive recruitment this week in the form of the Brazilian veteran Thiago Silva, but their proposed move for the free agent nearly fell through at the last minute.

Sky Sports reports that Silva is expected to undergo medical examinations with the Premier League club later today before agreeing on a one-year contract for the 36-year-old, who has left Paris Saint Germain after the defeat in the Champions League final.

However, the same report says PSG made a final attempt to keep Thiago Silva in Paris following manager Thomas Tuchel’s passionate plea to offer him a new deal, but it seems his heart is set to move to Chelsea.

Who would be hunting to sign Lionel Messi?

In an ideal world, everyone, but when the six-time Ballon d’Or winner commands a declared figure of £ 100 million a year, there aren’t many left who can afford his salary on top of the asking price of 222 million. of Euro. Barcelona want.

According to the Spanish newspaper Sport, Manchester United is Paris Saint Germain they are leading the race to sign Messi if he actually leaves the Camp Nou while Catalunya Radio reports with whom Messi made contact Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola – his longtime boss at Barcelona – for the transfer to the Premier League.

Inter would also be interested, while the winners of the Champions League Bayern Monaco they would have the funds to launch a move even if it goes against their recent approach.

Why it does Messi do you want to leave?

A number of factors influenced the Argentine’s decision to push for a move, with divisions between him and the club emerging over the past 12 months.

Messi was deeply dissatisfied with the club’s failure to re-sign Neymar da PSG last summer and blamed club president Josep Bartomeu, with whom he already has a fractured relationship.

From Barcelona Humiliating 8-2 Champions League defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich earlier this month did not improve his mood and the appointment of Ronald Koeman as Barcelona manager following Quique Setien’s sacking did not go as planned .

Koeman first informed the attacker Luis Suarez – a key ally of Messi – who is no longer needed at the Camp Nou and free to pursue a transfer, before holding talks with Messi himself in which it was made clear that the “ special privileges ” he was granted in the last few years will no longer apply.

Where else to start this morning?

Lionel Messi shaken Barcelona yesterday informing the club of his intention to leave this summer, with his intentions communicated by FAX MACHINE.

The development had been discussed in the previous weeks, but the reverberations are nonetheless seismic as Europe’s elite clubs suddenly fight for his signature.

Manchester United, Man City, Paris Saint-German is Inter Milan they are all among those who are strongly linked to a move for the Argentine, but it remains to be seen whether Barcelona will actively seek to sell him.

The situation is far from simple, and our main football writer Miguel Delaney analyzed the situation and tried to answer “What Next?” for Messi, Barcelona and for the biggest clubs in Europe.