Day: February 4, 2018

Liverpool are ready to sign Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere on a free transfer next summer if the Gunners fail to agree on a new contract with the England man.

Wilshere is currently in talks with the Gunners, but he is been offered terms that would see him take a pay cut to his current £90,000 per week due to his injury history.

While it remains unclear if he would accept such terms, Liverpool are ready to match his current deal with the Gunners should he decide to look elsewhere.

The Reds are currently set to lose Emre Can for free after this season as the German has refused to sign an extension to his current deal which has only 5 months left.

Can claims he could still sign a new deal but there is not enough optimism about him remaining and the Reds have decided to move on.

Naby Keita is set to arrive after this season, but Liverpool want more bodies in their midfield should Can leave, as they have already lost Philippe Coutinho.

The Reds poached Alex-Oxlaide Chamberlain from the Gunners last summer, and they would be hoping he can help them convince Wilshere to join them.

It has become almost an annual occurrence for Real Madrid to try and sign Manchester United goalie David de Gea and the Red Devils are always preparing for the worst.

The former Premier League champions know that de Gea would eventually have his head turned by the lure of playing for Real Madrid one day, but they don’t quite know when that time would be.

In anticipation of the move possibly happening this summer, they have identified Everton’s  Jordan Pickford as a replacement for the Spain international.

Pickford has impressed Manchester United since he made his 30 million pounds move from Sunderland last summer and they believe he would be the perfect long-term replacement for de Gea when the Spaniard finally leaves for Spain.

Pickford would cost United in the region of 50 million pounds, that would not be too much for the Red Devils as they expect to make as much as 60 million pounds from the sale de Gea.

Pickford remains one of England’s best goalkeepers at the moment and looks set to beat Joe Hart to the number two spot in their English national team just behind Jack Butland.

Chelsea have begun to plan for life without Thibaut Courtois as the Belgian’s future continues to look likely to be at Real Madrid.

Courtois has just 18 months left on his current deal, but has been very unwilling to sign a new contract, sparking rumours that he is looking to move back to Spain with Real Madrid.

Los Merengues are looking for a new long-term number one and they have had their eyes on Courtois and Manchester United’s David de Gea over the past couple of seasons.

Chelsea have offered Courtois a new deal that would make him the highest paid goalkeeper in the world, but the Belgian has asked for talks of a new contract to be shifted until after the season at least. It is believed he is expecting Real Madrid to pounce when his deal would remain just 12 months.

However, Chelsea have begun planning for life without him and the Blues believe Manchester City’s Joe Hart is a capable replacement.

Hart is out of favour at the Etihad and has found himself in a similar position at West Ham since the appointment of David Moyes. The England number one would have just a year left after his loan switch to the Hammers, and Chelsea want to bring him to Stamford Bridge knowing he would be cheap at that time.