Today’s tell-all has seen this movie before
Mikel Arteta isn’t anticipating major transfer activity involving
Arsenal this month, but
Barcelona have other ideas. The Spanish champions are keen to kickstart the Quique Setién era with a headline signing up front and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could be just the man. With the injured Luis Suárez possibly on the move in the summer, the Express reckons Aubameyang’s desire for
Champions League football might be decisive in prising him to the Camp Nou from the Europa League perennials.
Currently frustrated in their attempts to get a deal for the Sporting midfielder Bruno Fernandes over the line,
Manchester United have scanned the rumourmongers and gossip rags for another oft-mentioned name and decided Lyon’s Moussa Dembélé could be the man to provide much-needed firepower up top. FootMercato suggests United are lining up a £43m bid for the former Celtic forward in an attempt to silence Gary Neville’s carping about the state of their squad-building. They also have a plan B lined up for a midfielder as hopes fade of securing Fernandes, in the form of Internazionale’s Matias Vecino. The 28-year-old Uruguay international has played 17 times for Inter this season but is not considered a first-choice by Antonio Conte, and could be ripe for plucking by Ole Gunnar Solskjær, reports the Mirror, though much may depend on Inter getting that pesky Christian Eriksen deal done.