Welcome to 101‘s daily round-up of the top transfer news and rumours for Monday, July 18th.
Gossip
Nottingham Forest have agreed their sixth and seventh summer signings with a double swoop for Huddersfield Town pair Lewis O’Brien and Harry Toffolo [The Telegraph]
West Ham are close to reaching an agreement with Armando Broja over personal terms. Chelsea have still not indicated whether they are open to a sale or a loan this summer [Fabrizio Romano]
The Hammers are pushing for a permanent deal, but nothing has been decided yet [Fabrizio Romano]
Several MLS clubs are chasing a loan move for Arsenal youngster Marcelo Flores this summer [The Secret Scout]
Manchester United continue to stress that the only thing holding up their move for Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong is the 17m euros deferred payments that Barcelona owe the Dutchman. The clubs have agreed a fee worth up to 85m euros [Manchester Evening News]
Calvin Bassey will sign his new Ajax deal until 2026, joining them in a 22m euro deal from Rangers [Fabrizio Romano]
Barcelona have announced the signing of Robert Lewandowski [FC Barcelona]
Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn has described Tottenham striker Harry Kane as ‘a dream of the future’ as he looks to strengthen his front line following Lewandowski’s departure [Daily Star]
Sevilla defender Jules Kounde prefers a move to Barcelona over Chelsea, and plans to wait for the Spanish side even as they look to sort out their financial fair play issues [El Mundo Deportivo]
Paulo Dybala is set to join Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma side, with a three year contract on the table for the Argentine [Fabrizio Romano]
Cristiano Ronaldo has convinced Atletico Madrid to sign him this summer [Diario AS via the Sun]
The star will not be joining former side Sporting Lisbon this summer, branding such rumours as ‘fake’ [Cristiano Ronaldo on Instagram]
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