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Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said there is «no extortion» regarding trying to get Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong to reduce his salary. Barcelona have now added Leeds winger Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski from Bayern, and Sevilla's Jules Kounde in a busy summer, in addition to the signings of Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen on free transfers from Milan and Chelsea respectively.
Cristiano Ronaldo sent social media into a frenzy on Friday for many reasons, but predominantly due to him revealing he will feature for Manchester United in Sunday's pre-season friendly with Rayo Vallecano at Old Trafford.
The story of Arsenal’s summer transfer business focused heavily on incomings in the early stages of the window. However, as time has moved on and five players have been brought in, the focus is now very much on trying to shift the surplus talent.
Sir Alex Ferguson, David Gill and Bryan Robson will form a new brains trust at Manchester United at the behest of new chief executive Richard Arnold. Arnold stepped in to replace Ed Woodward, who was executive vice-chairman of the club as he oversaw the decline of the Red Devils following the departure of Ferguson as manager.
Barcelona have completed the signing of French international defender Jules Kounde from Sevilla on a five-year contract, both LaLiga clubs said on Friday.
These are your evening Manchester United headlines for Friday, July 29.
Chelsea «pulled out» of a deal for Sevilla defender Jules Kounde due to «doubts» over how he would fit into Thomas Tuchel's squad, according to the Spanish club's director of football, Monchi. Barcelona announced that they had agreed a deal in principle for the Frenchman on Thursday in another apparent transfer blow for Chelsea, who had been strongly connected with the player. Ad/> Monchi has now revealed, though, that a deal was in place to take Kounde to the London club before Chelsea hesitated on concluding the transfer, allowing Barcelona an opportunity to table a bid of their own.
"FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Jules Olivier Kounde, awaiting the player passing a medical and the signing of contracts," the Catalan club said in a statement.