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ARSENAL will have to meet Monaco’s £53million asking price if they are to sign Thomas Lemar, according to journalist Emanuele Giulianelli. Arsenal have been busy this summer, snapping up Sead Kolasinac on a free transfer and Alexandre Lacazette for a club-record fee of £52million. However, the Gunners could be about to surpass that figure already with a big-money move for ...

The 28-year-old has already agreed personal terms with the Old Trafford club but Inter have so far proved unmoving on their star player’s asking price. Manchester United are still a few million short of Internazionale’s asking price for Croatian winger Ivan Perisic, but those close to the deal expect it to be completed for a fee of around £45m to ...

Floyd Mayweather is asking the IRS to hold off from punishing him for past due tax payments. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Floyd Mayweather has filed a petition with the U.S. Tax Court seeking a postponement of action based on unpaid 2015 liabilities until an upcoming fight takes place. That vaguely referenced fight will be a boxing match against UFC ...

An American investment company, backed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is interested in buying Tottenham Hotspur. Iconiq Capital has held talks over the north London club that finished second in the Premier League, according to The Sunday Times. The £5.136 billion (about $6.61 billion) television deal that the Premier League agreed with Sky Sports and BT Sport in 2015 has ...

Diego Costa has not joined up with the rest of the Chelsea team for pre-season training after being granted leave to secure a move to Atletico Madrid. Atletico remain the only option for Costa, who was told he is no longer needed at Stamford Bridge by Antonio Conte in a text message last month. The arrangement has secured Costa an ...

The Independent understands that United are deep in discussions with Real Madrid over Colombian Rodriguez in a move that would likely cost upwards of €70million Luka Modric has warned James Rodriguez that a move to Manchester United would be a step down. The Independent understands that United are deep in discussions with Real Madrid over Colombian Rodriguez in a move ...

The deputy Sports Minister Pius Hadzide has been full of praise for the Local Black Stars after recording a 2-1 win over the Local Hawks of Togo. The Ghanaians displayed a five-star performance at the Stade de Kegue, Saturday in an international friendly. “It’s a very impressive performance from the team and I believe the team has great potential. I ...

MANCHESTER UNITED have agreed a £35million deal to hijack Chelsea’s move for Tiemoue Bakayoko. Bakayoko looked destined to become a Chelsea player this summer after Antonio Conte identified him as his top target to replace Nemanja Matic. Bakayoko appeared all set to join Chelsea – with Matic going to Old Trafford – but the move was suspiciously slow in finalising. ...

GARETH BALE’s agent has told the Real Madrid board he will NOT be forced into a move to PSG – and that if he does leave he will only join Manchester United. Jonathan Barnett met the Madrid chiefs and told them of Bale’s wishes, according to reports in Spain. Bale is keen to stay and fight for his place at ...

CHELSEA appear to be closing in on the signing of Roma defender Antonio Rudiger. Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is desperate to strengthen his defence after releasing John Terry and selling Nathan Ake to Bournemouth in a £20million deal. The Premier League champions have been linked with Juventus centre-half Leonardo Bonucci, Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk and Kostas Manolas of Roma. But ...