{"id":23608,"date":"2022-07-15T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/15\/fridays-transfer-rumours-clauss-zinchenko-ake-ronaldo-de-jong-and-more\/"},"modified":"2022-07-15T06:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T10:00:56","slug":"fridays-transfer-rumours-clauss-zinchenko-ake-ronaldo-de-jong-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/15\/fridays-transfer-rumours-clauss-zinchenko-ake-ronaldo-de-jong-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday\u2019s transfer rumours: Clauss, Zinchenko, Ake, Ronaldo, De Jong and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>Welcome to\u00a0<strong>101<\/strong>\u2018s daily round-up of the top transfer news and rumours for Friday, July 15th.<\/p>\n<h2>Gossip<\/h2>\n<p>Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that his side will not be making any more signings this summer [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1547707691455299588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are one of four Premier League clubs fighting for the signing of Chelsea defender Levi Colwill [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NizaarKinsella\/status\/1547579487134461952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London Evening Standard<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Despite rumours, Benfica defender Alex Grimaldo is not currently a target for Arsenal [<a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3422503\/2022\/07\/15\/arsenal-transfers-zinchenko-martinez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners are, however, interested in Zenit midfielder Wendell, and could face competition from West Ham for his signature [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/19207273\/arsenal-wendel-transfer-zenit-west-ham-flamengo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>And Arsenal have been told that Manchester City will accept as little as \u00a335m for Oleksandr Zinchenko [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11013623\/Arsenal-enter-talks-Manchester-City-deal-Oleksandr-Zinchenko.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Ajax have identified Rangers defender Calvin Bassey as their replacement for Manchester United bound Lisandro Martinez [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeVerweij\/status\/1547822589229182978?t=OA73vriNVXnsY_6DzAbwjg&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telegraaf<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Martinez\u2019s sale is in the closing stages, with the deal set to be worth above the initially reported 55m euros [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeVerweij\/status\/1547821139073765378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telegraaf<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Martinez will sign a contract in Manchester until 2027 [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1547854469676683265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona are considering leaving Frenkie de Jong at home for their pre-season tour of the USA as they look to force him to accept a Manchester United move [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MailSport\/status\/1547857279445135363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Fulham are among the leading contenders to land former Tottenham defender Serge Aurier, currently a free agent [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GFFN\/status\/1547708095924539392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GFFN<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham are putting the finishing touches on the signing of Djed Spence, which will set them back \u00a312m [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daily_Hotspur\/status\/1547708133287419904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Ake will be staying at Manchester City this summer despite strong interest from Chelsea, with the clubs having been unable to agree a fee [<a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/news\/nathan-ake-transfer-manchester-city-chelsea\/iBOhyyJNlHLN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo is set to reject the \u00a3300m offer from Saudi Arabia in order to remain among Europe\u2019s elite clubs [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11016667\/Cristiano-Ronaldo-reject-250m-mega-deal-join-Saudi-club-play-Champions-League.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United and Chelsea are set to fight it out for RC Lens defender Jonathan Clauss [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/standardsport\/status\/1547860162949419008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London Evening Standard<\/a>]<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/thomas-tuchel-on-the-chances-of-romelu-lukaku-returning-to-chelsea\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Thomas Tuchel on the chances of Romelu Lukaku returning to Chelsea<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/barcelona-begin-efforts-to-force-frenkie-de-jong-to-man-united\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Barcelona begin efforts to force Frenkie de Jong to Man United<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to\u00a0101\u2018s daily round-up of the top transfer news and rumours for Friday, July 15th. Gossip Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that his side will not be making any more signings this summer [Fabrizio Romano] Arsenal are one of four Premier League clubs fighting for the signing of Chelsea defender Levi Colwill [London [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-23608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}