Welcome to Sports Mole's live transfer blog on Friday, August 28.
As the summer transfer window edges closer to its conclusion, the futures of John Stones, Saido Berahino, David de Gea and Kevin de Bruyne remain up in the air.
We will provide the latest transfer updates throughout the day, with clubs having just four days left to complete any business.
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Good morning everyone and welcome to Sports Mole's live transfer coverage for Friday, August 28. Clubs have just four days left to complete business, and the likes of David de Gea, John Stones, Kevin de Bruyne and Saido Berahino all remain in the spotlight as potential moves emerge for each. Stick with us for all the latest!
Starting with David de Gea, and reports claim that the Manchester United goalkeeper is still confident of a move to Real Madrid despite Louis van Gaal's insistence that the Spain international will be remaining at Old Trafford this season. Read more here.
From Old Trafford to Anfield, and reports overnight suggest that Liverpool's Lazar Markovic will leave Merseyside to join Turkish giants Fenerbahce on a season-long loan deal. Find out more here.
Sunderland, meanwhile, are said to be in talks to sign Sweden international attacker Ola Toivonen, with reports claiming that Rennes want the 29-year-old removed from their wage bill. Catch the full story here.
Dropping down to the Championship, and Fulham have reportedly launched a move to sign former Chelsea and Hamburg defender Michael Mancienne from Nottingham Forest, with a bid between £1.5m and £2m supposedly tabled by the London club. Read the full story here.
Staying with the London sides, and AC Milan striker Alessandro Matri has reportedly agreed to join West Ham United on loan, as Slaven Bilic looks to boost his attack while Enner Valencia and Andy Carroll recover from injury. Read more here.
Over in La Liga, reports suggest that Real Betis are hoping to complete the loan signing for former Atletico Madrid forward Adrian Lopez from Porto. Find the full story here.
Back to the Premier League and it seems Chelsea may not be finished in this transfer window, with reports in China claiming that the Premier League champions have made an offer for Guangzhou Evergrande right-back Zhang Linpeng. Catch the full story here.
Arsene Wenger claims that criticism aimed at Francis Coquelin is unwarranted, and says that he is not looking to replace the French holding midfielder. Read more here.
To Aston Villa now, and reports suggest that United Arab Emirates club Baniyas are in talks with the West Midlands club to sign former France international winger Charles N'Zogbia, who is out of favour under Tim Sherwood. More on that here.
Stoke City are really grabbing headlines with their superstar signings this summer. Former Barcelona striker Ivica Olic is reportedly a transfer target if the club end up losing hard-working attacker Jon Walters.
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Roberto Martinez has just finished his weekly press conference. He says that want-away defender John Stones's transfer request was "disrespectful" and he is hoping to tie up a deal for Argentine defender Ramiro Funes Mori later today.
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DONE DEAL! Spurs have finally completed the signing of South Korean forward Heung-Min Son from Bayer Leverkusen. Son signs a five-year contract after joining the club in a deal thought to be worth £22m. #HereComesTheSon
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DONE DEAL! Another Premier League signing! This time it is Sunderland with the confirmation that they have signed Swedish attacking midfielder Ola Toivonen. Toivonen signs on a season-long loan from French side Rennes.
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DONE DEALS! Some news outside of the Premier League now with St Mirren picking up free agent and one-time Scotland international Andy Webster, while Ipswich Town winger Cameron Stewart has joined Doncaster Rovers on a half-season loan.
More twists and turns in the David de Gea saga, with former United keeper Peter Schmeichel wading in to urge the youngster to stay at the club, while Vincente del Bosque has called de Gea up to his Spain squad to face Macedonia and Slovakia in the Euro 2016 Qualifiers.
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DONE DEAL! Manchester City have parted company with one of their youngsters - Portuguese midfielder Marcos Lopes has joined Monaco on a five-year deal. Lopes only played five games for City since joining in 2011 and spent last season on loan at Lille, scoring three goals in 27 games.
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DONE DEAL! Ipswich Town have completed the signing of Polish right-back Piotr Malarczyk on a two-year contract from Korona Kielce. Read more here.
CONFIRMED: #itfc sign defender Piotr Malarczyk for an undisclosed fee subject to paperwork
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— Ipswich Town FC (@Official_ITFC) August 28, 2015
Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat has leaped to the defence of the club's owner Ellis Short, insisting that he understands why the businessman has been reluctant to hand over transfer funds in recent seasons. However, the Dutchman did manage to add to his squad today by bringing in Sweden international Ola Toivonen on loan.
It's been a busy day for Ipswich Town, who have now announced that they are on the verge of signing Australian international Tommy Oar on a free transfer from FC Utrecht. It doesn't look like they'll be sticking the Oar in when they face Brighton & Hove Albion this Saturday, though, as the winger is not expected to finalise his move until the weekend.
DONE DEAL! Manchester City youngster Devante Cole has signed for Bradford City on a two-year deal. The forward, who is the son of former Manchester United star Andy Cole, could make his Bantams debut when they face Port Vale this weekend.
DONE DEAL! Danish international Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has joined Schalke 04 on a season-long loan from Bayern Munich. The midfielder, who has struggled to break into the Bayern first team, spent the second half of last term at Augsburg.
Reports suggest that another Manchester City youngster is heading out on loan, with defender Jason Denayer said to have agreed to join Galatasaray. He spent last term at Celtic, where he was named as Scotland's Young Player of the Year for 2014-15.
DONE DEAL! Leicester City's Lithuanian youngster Simonas Stankevicius has joined Oldham Athletic on a three-month loan. "I have seen quite a lot of League One games. It is very good quality and I cannot wait to play here," he said upon completing the move.
Over to the Championship now and there's a bit of Husband swap going on. Fernando Amorebieta has left Fulham for Middlesbrough in a move that sees James Husband move in the opposite direction. Read more here.
DONE DEAL! Leyton Orient have completed the loan signing of Liverpool youngster Joe Maguire. Read more here.
Happy to announce that i have joined @leytonorientfc on loan, looking forward to the game tomorrow. #LOFC
— Joe Maguire (@MaguireJoe) August 28, 2015
BID REJECTED! Reports suggest that Stoke City have rejected a second bid from Norwich City for striker Jonathan Walters. The improved offer was believed to have been in the region of £2m. Full story here.
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Meanwhile, West Bromwich Albion could be about to bolster their defence with the signing of Jonny Evans from Manchester United. Reports suggest that the Irishman is about to undergo a medical at The Hawthorns after the two clubs settled on a fee.
DONE DEAL! Queens Park Rangers have completed the capture of former Watford man Daniel Tozser on a free transfer. The deal was not finalised in time for the Hungarian to be registered for tomorrow's match at Huddersfield, so expect to see him in QPR colours a fortnight from now, after the international break.
Back to the Premier League where West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis has refused to admit defeat in his efforts to sign Cardiff City goalkeeper David Marshall. "Never say never until the window closes," he says. You can read his comments in full here.
DONE DEAL! Everton have completed the signing of young Uruguay striker Leandro Rodriguez on four-year deal. This is a developing story that you can follow here.
How about a summary of all of this evening's transfer gossip? You can find that with our latest Transfer Talk Update right here.
Celtic are reportedly keen to sign Inverness Caledonian Thistle striker Ryan Christie before Tuesday's deadline. It's being claimed that the Scottish champions have made a £500,000 bid for the 20-year-old, but it's believed to be short of his current club's valuation.
Birmingham City youngster Demarai Gray has attracted a lot of interest after some eye-catching performances for the Championship side last season. However, manager Gary Rowett insists that the 19-year-old is part of his plans for this season.
Roma midfielder Adem Ljajic has been linked with a couple of Premier League sides this summer. However, the Serbian international has reportedly turned down the chance to move to West Ham United.
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Thiago Motta has been heavily linked with a move back to Atletico Madrid after failing to agree a contract extension with the Ligue 1 side. However, the French champions have now announced that he has agreed a one-year extension.
It looks like the Kevin de Bruyne transfer saga is drawing to its inevitable conclusion as Wolfsburg director Klaus Allofs has revealed that the contract with Manchester City will be signed in the next 24 hours.
Joleon Lescott has reportedly asked to leave West Bromwich Albion, and it looks like he could be heading to one of their neighbours as Aston Villa are believed to be close to agreeing a two-year contract with the 33-year-old
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Tyler Blackett could be set for the third loan spell of his career, with Scottish champions Celtic hoping to sign the 21-year-old until the end of the season.
Brentford are in need of a striker after selling Andre Gray to Burnley, and their prayers might have been answered. Red Bull Salzburg striker Marco Djuricin could be heading to Griffin Park on a loan deal until the end of the season.
Some big news coming out of Goodison Park tonight. Reports are claiming that Seamus Coleman has been the subject of £20m player-plus-cash offer from Paris Saint-Germain which Everton have rejected.
They missed out on Pedro, but have Manchester United now turned their attentions towards Arjen Robben? They will reportedly make a £73m bid for him in the next few days.
That's all for today, but be sure to join us from 7am for all of Saturday's transfer news and speculation as it happens.
Written by
Miles Jolliffe
Miles Jolliffe
