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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4726115, member: 405"] Two and a half weeks since my last Transfer Update. Now, on August 9th, here is the latest news with 3 weeks left in the window (closes Sept 1 in most European leagues): Matt Turner gets a move from Arsenal's bench to the starting lineup for relegation-challenged Nottingham Forest, the team who brought in 20 new players last year. Turner could make a name for himself with a good season. Man. United's break room refrigerator, Harry McGuire, is sold to West Ham United for 30M. David Moyes can probably use him well; he seems like a Moyes kind of player. West Ham also has bid 35M for Scott McTominay. As much as people beat on those 2 players at Manchester United, they would both be quality signings for a team like the Hammers, and help replace Declan Rice for only about 2/3 of the money they got for him from Arsenal. Franck Kessie, a former Ajax player, has left Barcelona for Saudi Arabia. Young, talented player. I'm a bit surprised, although Barca has been trying to dump players to free up money for new incomings. Mickey Van de Ven, a defensive midfielder / center back, has been signed by Tottenham from Wolfsburg. Tino Livramento, a young right back, was signed by Newcastle from Southampton. Josko Gvardial, a Croatian centerback who played so well in the World Cup, has been signed by Manchester City from Leipzig. A world-class signing which indicates that Aymeric LePorte is probably on his way out. Quality defender with good passing skills. I expect a move to a good side shortly. Manchester United get their new center forward - no, not Victor Ohsimen from Napoli - but Rasmus Hojland from Atalanta in Serie A for 75M. That's a lot to pay for an unproven guy who hasn't scored more than 9 goals in his 3 professional seasons to date. It's looking to me like United has spent poorly, with Hojland and Mason Mount being their 2 big attacking additions for a total of 135M. I do like them signing Onana as their new goal keeper, though. Chelsea picks up backup goal keeper Robert Sanchez from Brighton for 25M, after Brighton had rated him at 70M only 2 years ago before he fell out of favor under DeZerbi. Late breaking rumor says Bayern are talking to Chelsea about buying Kepa Arrizabelaga, so Sanchez might not just have been bought as a back up. Chelsea also sign a couple big muscular French defenders / defensive midfielders in Axel Disasi of Monaco and Lesley Oguchukwu from Rennes, and are still looking at Moises Caicedo from Brighton and Tyler Adams of Leeds to strengthen the midfield. Bayern are back with a 110M offer for Harry Kane, who is in the last year of his contract, and who also happens to be 30 years old. I don't see Bayern offering more, if they can get him for free next year. It will be interesting to see if Daniel Levy takes the money. Another talented young player, Ansu Fati, may be on the way out at Barca. He wants to stay, but they are pushing him to accept an offer from Saudi Arabia, too, just like Franck Kessie. Well, if you're going to be forced out, getting rich in the process isn't the worst thing, is it? And of course, among the superstar ranks, Neymar is also trying to force his way out of Paris St. Germain, and not finding anyone interested in taking him! LOL. Might be on his way to MLS. The big fish is Kylian Mbappe, who PSG has currently training with the B team. Real Madrid is expected to be his destination for free in a year. Meanwhile, PSG are trying to sell him or even loan him to try to get some money before he also leaves for nothing. Chelsea and Liverpool are reportedly talking to PSG (Pochettino managed him at PSG, and Mbappe likes Poch), but it's hard to see someone committing serious money for a one year rental. They do that in baseball, not so much in world soccer. [/QUOTE]

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