Saturday, August 13,2022

Hello there everyone and welcome in to a weekend edition of our MARCA In English transfer market live blog this Saturday, August 13.

We’re almost at the halfway point of August, so there are just a few weeks remaining in the 2022 summer transfer window.

With football having returned across Europe, sporting directors are in even more of a rush than ever to get deals over the line.

Each day there are more and more confirmed transfers, while the rumour mill continues to throw up surprises.

We’ll bring you all these latest details on this transfer market live blog, where updates follow below and where the most recent ones are those nearest the top.

Transfer Market: Rumours and Breaking News on Saturday, August 13

Destiny Udogie will have medical at Tottenham

Destiny Udogie will fly to London tomorrow to meet with the Tottenham doctors. Afterwards, he is expected to sign a contract until 2027. The player will stay on loan at Udinese until June 2023.

The deal was concluded last week for 20 million euros plus a 5 million euro bonus

Lack of transfer activity this summer at Leicester City

Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers says he has lacked further reinforcements: “I would have loved the opportunity to strengthen our squad, but we haven’t been able to do it.”

Tonali quashes Arsenal transfer rumours

Sandro Tonali has been linked with a move to Arsenal to strengthen their midfield, but the player has dismissed the rumours and reaffirmed his commitment to AC Milan. In an interview with ‘Sette’ magazine, the Italian player stated that he arrived at Milan in the “best moment” and that he intends to stay. English media reported that the Gunners were willing to pay around 50 million euros for Tonalli

Sergio Gomez lands in Manchester

Manchester City are about to complete the signing of left-back Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht. He is about to have a medical and has been photographed in Manchester by The Sun

Memphis Depay is even closer to Juventus

It seems that Memphis Depay is about to join Juventus. According to Nicolo Schira, the Dutchman is just one step away from the Italian club and will sign for wages of 5m euros per year, plus 2m euros more in potential bonuses

Sandro Tonali rejects Arsenal

Even though there have been reports in the English media about Arsenal making a move for Sandro Tonali, he has come out and shut those rumours down, insisting he wants to stay at AC Milan

Ander Herrera could return to Athletic Club

There is excitement in Bilbao, as Ander Herrera has been linked with a return to Athletic Club. He is being offered a two-year deal and Ernesto Valverde would be happy to have him.

Willian could return to the Premier League

Former Chelsea and Arsenal player Willian has rescinded his contract with Corinthians and he could move back to England, this time to join Fulham

Barcelona’s agreement for Bernardo Silva

According to Nicolo Schira, Barcelona have worked out an agreement in principle to sign Bernardo Silva. The official bid should be made in the coming days and it would be around 60m euros

Nico Gonzalez is loaned to Valencia

Valencia have confirmed that Nico Gonzalez will play for Los Che this season, on loan from Barcelona. The midfielder wanted to leave the Camp Nou in search of more playing time

A new contract for Messi?

According to L’Equipe, PSG are preparing to offer Messi a new contract for when his current deal expires in the summer of 2023. However, the French publication add that the forward would rather wait for now, although not necessarily because of a move to Barcelona

Fabian Ruiz is about to join PSG

Directors from PSG and Napoli met on Friday to negotiate Fabian Ruiz‘s move to the French side and Sky Italia report that the process is progressing well. The transfer, therefore, is almost completed and the Spaniard will soon be a PSG player

Barcelona and Manchester United negotiate a move for Dest

Sergino Dest could be about to depart Barcelona, as the Catalan club are in talks with Manchester United, according to Sport. They would want around 20m euros for him

Two MLS teams are interested in Busquets

Sergio Busquets is only thinking about captaining Barcelona through the 2022/23 season right now, but he may leave European football sooner rather than later. According to Ekrem Konur, there are two MLS sides who’d be keen on signing the midfielder

This is our springnewsng In English transfer market live blog, the space where we’ve been bringing you transfer news updates all summer.

Each day, we’ll have all the latest information as Barcelona continue to work on a couple more deals and as Atletico and Real Madrid try to keep up.

We don’t just report on the Spanish teams, though. We’ll also bring you news for the Premier League giants like Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool, in addition to the teams of Serie A, Ligue 1, the Bundesliga and beyond.

If there is a big confirmed deal or contract renewal at any point this summer, then we’ll bring you the details here and explain who is going where or staying where.

If there is an interesting transfer market rumour, we will bring that to your attention as well and break down how likely or not it is to actually come to fruition.

The transfer market doesn’t stop for the weekends, so follow along with us this Saturday to stay up to date with the latest done deals and transfer rumours