World Soccer Transfers & Rumors | 6/26 - 6/30

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Noteworthy Transfers

Monday, June 26

  • 6/26: Valere Germain, AS Monaco to Marseille - The 27-year-old French forward signs a four-year deal with Marseille after scoring 10 goals in Ligue 1 last season with Monaco.
  • 6/26: Diego Llorente, Real Madrid to Real Sociedad - The 23-year-old Spain international joins Real Sociedad after spending the past two seasons away on loan.

Wednesday, June 28

  • 6/28: Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Bayer Leverkusen to Hamburg SV - After struggling with issues at Bayer Leverkusen and failing to break into the starting line-up on-loan at Leipzig last season, the mercurial Greek defender joined Hamburg on a three-year deal.
  • 6/28: Emyr Huws, Cardfiff City to Ipswich Town - With one of the hardest names to pronounce in world football, Welsh international Hughes signed with Ipswich Town this week agreeing a three-year deal.

Thursday, June 29

  • 6/29: Enzo Zidane, Real Madrid to Alaves - In a surprising move, Real Madrid have agreed to sell Enzo, son of Manager Zinedine Zidane, to Alaves. The 22-year-old needing more playing time agreed a three-year deal with the Basque outfit.
  • 6/29: Jermaine Defoe, Sunderland to Bournemouth - The 34-year-old Striker exercised the relegation release clause in his Sunderland contract and finalized a move to Bournemouth

Friday, June 30

  • 6/30: Lorenzo Pellegrini, Sassuolo to AS Roma - The 21-year-old Italy international rejoins AS Roma for 10 million Euros after spending the past two seasons at Sassuolo.
  • 6/30: Cristian Tello, Barcelona to Real Betis - After failing to breakthrough at Barcelona, the 25-year-old joins Betis for 4 million euros.
  • 6/30: Nathan Ake, Chelsea to Bournemouth - Bournemouth sign Netherlands international Ake for club record £20m.
  • 6/30: Fabio Borini, Sunderland to AC Milan (loan) - The 26-year-old secures his ideal move back to Italy after making 93 appearances for the Black Cats.


Transfer Rumors and News Roundup 

  • John Terry close to agreeing one year deal with Aston Villa - ESPN
  • Liverpool willing to pay club record £70m fee to sign Naby Keita from RB Leipzig - BBC
  • Chelsea agree £29m fee for Antonio Rüdiger - Guardian
  • Chelsea hope to complete £125m triple-signing of Rüdiger, Tiemoue Bakayoko, and Alex Sandro - Daily Telegraph
  • Manchester City keen to finalize three signings at full back: Dani Alves, Kyle Walker and Benjamin Mendy - Daily Telegraph
  • Arsenal close in on club record signing of Alexandre Lacazette - Guardian
  • Everton close in on £31m signing of Burnley and England center back Michael Keane - Daily Telegraph
  • Barcelona to exercise buy-back close and sign re-sign Gerard Deulofeu from Everton for €12 million - ESPN
  • West Ham close to £12m signing of Jay Rodriguez - ESPN
  • Manchester City face possible transfer ban over signing of 16-year-old Argentine - Daily Telegraph


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