Transfer News LIVE: Harry Kane misses training AGAIN; Chelsea’s Lukaku bid rejected; Hart to Celtic

Transfer News LIVE: Harry Kane saga fails to show for training AGAIN, Joe Hart nears Celtic move, Chelsea’s HUGE offer for Romelu Lukaku rejected… and Lionel Messi closes in on Barcelona stay

The summer transfer window is alive and kicking as clubs throughout Europe look to cement their squads ahead of next season.

The futures of England duo Harry Kane and Jack Grealish are set to be major talking points throughout the window, with both heavily linked with moves to Manchester City.  

Meanwhile, Manchester United have already made a significant statement with the £73million signing of Jadon Sancho this summer, with Raphael Varane also set to complete a big-money move.   

Sportsmail will keep you up-to-date with the latest negotiations, rumours and done deals below. 

Paul Pogba joins Manchester United teammates at their training camp in Scotland despite rejecting £50m contract offer from the club amid Paris Saint-Germain interest  

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Paul Pogba has joined his Manchester United teammates at their St Andrew’s training camp in Scotland. The France international arrived by taxi on Tuesday afternoon as supporters waited for a glimpse of the United squad ahead of their evening session.
Pogba remains a target for Paris Saint-Germain while United continue to push him to sign a new contract.

Southampton and West Ham eye former Real Madrid and Bayern Munich starlet Flavius Daniliuc with Nice ready to let Austria U21 captain leave this summer

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Southampton and West Ham have got Austria under-21 captain Flavius Daniliuc on their radars.  The Premier League duo have been alerted to the defender, 20, who caught the eye during his debut season in top-flight football last term for French club Nice.  Centre-back Daniliuc began his career in Austria before earning a place at Real Madrid’s academy and then moving to Bayern Munich. 

West Brom ready to move for Derby captain Tom Lawrence if they sell midfielder Matheus Pereira or goalkeeper Sam Johnstone

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West Brom are considering a move for Derby County captain Tom Lawrence. Albion need to recoup around £15million in player sales to balance their books and are looking to sell the likes of midfielder Matheus Pereira or goalkeeper Sam Johnstone. Pereira has spoken openly about his desire to leave after seeing a lucrative move to the Middle East stall while West Ham have also been credited with interest.

Tottenham on the brink of £47m Cristian Romero deal as Atalanta agree terms on restructured bid following defender’s insistence on leaving this summer

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Tottenham are closing on a £46.9million deal for centre back Cristian Romero after he told his club Atalanta that he wishes to leave. The Serie A side have accepted Tottenham’s restructured offer and the Argentine is expected to head to London for his medical and will then sign a five year contract. Atalanta are in talks to sign Merih Demiral from Juventus as replacement for the 23-year old Romero.

REVEALED: How a visionary professor and a former Premier League stalwart are using A.I. to show clubs – with spooky accuracy – who they should sign, when to sell… and their verdict on buying Harry Kane

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CRAIG HOPE: Former Premier League midfielder Matt Oakley (inset right) and Professor Ian McHale are behind the recruitment tool that, they believe, will revolutionise the way in which clubs obtain and retain players. In short, their technology tells you what will happen, not what has happened. Sportsmail needed convincing. Now, with the benefit of hindsight, almost every forecast made came to fruition, including on the lack of value in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s (top left) bumper new contract, Newcastle’s reliance on Allan Saint-Maximin (inset left). Now they have told us just how much Harry Kane (main) would imrpove one of the Big Six.

Angry Tottenham fans accuse Harry Kane of DELIBERATELY going to an Amber-listed country so he would have to quarantine and miss training in a plot to force through a big-money move to Manchester City

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Kane (left) has now missed two consecutive days of pre-season training at the club’s Enfield training base as he looks to force through a move to Manchester City. The 28-year-old was due to report for duty on Monday, but Sportsmail understands the England captain must complete a 10-day quarantine period upon his return from the Caribbean – where he went on holiday after the Euros – because he has entered an Amber list destination. This has meant Kane’s return for pre-season training has been delayed, with the striker continuously linked with an exit before the window slams shut on August 31. However, his trip to the Bahamas has been labelled as ‘convenient’ by angry Spurs fans on social media (insets) while others have accused him of deliberately choosing the holiday destination in order to quarantine at the beginning of pre-season and force the issue of his exit with club chairman Daniel Levy (right).

Chelsea ‘offer Kenedy to Sevilla as new makeweight in attempt to sign £68m-rated centre back Jules Kounde’… after Kurt Zouma threatened to REFUSE involvement in swap deal with Frenchman set on West Ham move

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The Blues have made the 22-year-old French defender Kounde (left) their number one defensive target yet are currently not keen on paying his £68million release clause. As such, Thomas Tuchel is keen to include a player as a makeweight but after Kurt Zouma threatened to refuse to be involved in any swap deal, 25-year-old Kenedy is now the player who has been offered. However, reports state that Sevilla are not interested in Kenedy as part of any potential deal for their star asset Kounde.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic ‘contacted Paris Saint-Germain about a sensational return to his former club this summer’ before he signed a new deal with AC Milan after the French giants turned him down

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The 39-year-old striker (right) penned a one-year extension at San Siro (inset) in April which will see the Sweden striker play on at the Serie A giants beyond his 40th birthday. But according to Le Parisien , the Sweden international sounded out the chance of returning to the French capital with the help of his agent Mino Raiola, whose links with PSG sporting director Leonardo had brought about discussions. The Swede scored 156 goals in 180 appearances for PSG and won Ligue 1 four times (left) during a four-year stay at the Parc des Princes between 2012 and 2016.

Arsenal ‘table player plus cash offer’ for Leicester star James Maddison as they attempt to drive down £60m asking price after Mikel Arteta identified the midfielder as the Gunners’ next transfer target 

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Arsenal ‘have proposed a player plus cash deal’ for Leicester City midfielder James Maddison (left) as they pursue another big money summer signing. Sportsmail first revealed Mikel Arteta’s (right) interest in signing Maddison last month as he seeks to add creativity to his midfield following Martin Odegaard’s return to Real Madrid. Now, reports suggest the Gunners will explore the possibility of signing Maddison by offering a player in order to bring down Leicester’s price tag of £60million.

EXCLUSIVE: Harry Kane’s return to pre-season expected to be delayed further as stayaway Tottenham star faces mandatory isolation period following Caribbean holiday

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EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: Tottenham striker Harry Kane’s return to pre-season training is expected to be delayed further as it emerged he faces a mandatory self-isolation period following his return from the Caribbean. The wantaway striker has now missed two consecutive days of pre-season training at the club’s Enfield training base as he looks to force through a move to Manchester City after his latest no-show on Tuesday. But it is understood that Kane now intends to make his return to the club in the coming days – potentially as early as the weekend – following his shock move to skip the start of his pre-season training schedule.

‘Do you want to join a club formed 10 years ago?’ Aston Villa fans tell Jack Grealish a £100m Man City move will ‘RUIN him’ as they urge their star man to stay while he poses for selfies at pre-season training camp

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Aston Villa fans are pulling out all the stops to try and persuade their hero Jack Grealish not to sign for Manchester City. The 25-year-old England star is back in pre-season training with Villa after playing at the European Championship. But he might not be around for much longer with defending Premier League champions City ramping up efforts to sign him in a deal that could be worth £100million. A group of Villa fans weren’t deterred, however, and do their best to convince Grealish not to leave in a video clip that has gone viral.

Harry Redknapp insists Harry Kane is going nowhere because Daniel Levy ‘won’t budge unless he gets the money he wants’ – and wouldn’t even accept £140m from Manchester City despite the striker refusing to train for the SECOND day in a row

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Former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes that Harry Kane will not be sold unless chairman Daniel Levy gets exactly what he wants for him, despite the striker missing training for the second day in a row. Kane believes that he has a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ with Levy to leave the club this summer, but Levy is doing everything in his power to keep Kane at the club, and won’t let him leave unless he gets the exact fee that he wants. The 28-year-old’s absence is likely to cost him a fine, but he’s planning to reiterate his desire to leave the club in a meeting this week.

Declan Rice ‘has not demanded to leave West Ham after returning to pre-season training despite turning down two contract offers’ amid interest from Chelsea for the £100m rated star

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Declan Rice has returned to training with West Ham United for their pre-season ahead of a new campaign and has made no demands to leave the club this summer. Rice’s future is uncertain at the Hammers having reportedly turned down two contract offers amid interest from Chelsea. But fresh from a break after featuring in England’s run to the Euro 2020 final, Rice is still prepared to give his all to the east London outfit and is not looking to force through a transfer according to the Telegraph. 

Harry Kane is expected to return to Tottenham training by the end of the week after failing to show up AGAIN as he remains resolute in his bid to leave for Man City… with Daniel Levy holding firm over his £150m-rated star

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Harry Kane has once again refused to turn up for Tottenham training on Tuesday as the England star tries to push through his move to Manchester City but he is expected to return before the end of the week. Kane was due back at Spurs after a short holiday for initial checks on Monday, including Covid-19 tests, ahead of training for the new campaign. But the wantaway striker was a no-show, failing to turn up at Spurs’ Enfield base and underlining his desire to quit the club. Now he has failed to report for training again on Tuesday as the star strike remains resolute in his bid to seal a move away from Tottenham this summer.

Man United outcast Phil Jones is proving to be ‘UNSELLABLE’ with no clubs willing to put in an offer for the out-of-favour defender… as Solskjaer struggles to offload his deadwood to fund transfers

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Manchester United forgotten man Phil Jones (top) is unsellable despite the imminent arrival of Real Madrid centre-back Raphael Varane (inset right). The 29-year-old defender has not played for the Red Devils in 18 months after falling out of favour before picking up a long-term knee injury, with four other centre-backs enjoying game time in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s (inset left) side in that time.  Jones, who still has two years left on his United contract, will fall down the pecking order even further when French international Varane arrives at Old Trafford in a £42million deal from Spanish giants Real. 

West Ham ‘believe they have just a 10 PER CENT chance of re-signing Jesse Lingard this summer’… with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer set to hand him another chance at Manchester United following impressive loan spell

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Lingard (left) moved to the London Stadium on loan in January and scored nine goals as well as laying on five assists to help David Moyes (inset) and his side finish sixth in the Premier League in 2020-21. Everton have also been linked with a move for the England international but United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (right) is set to hand him another chance to reignite his Old Trafford career during the upcoming season. That decision from the Norwegian has therefore left the Hammers hardly believing in their chances of securing Lingard’s services once again this summer, according to Sky Sports.

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