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• Liverpool star Mohamed Salah asked to leave the club
• Olivier Giroud de Chelsea is ready to stop this summer due to lack of playing time
• Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has claimed at least four signatures this summer
• Arsenal and Man Utd both learned that Ajax defender Matthijs de Ligt would be an ideal rookie

11:05 UPDATE: arsenal plan

Unai Emery plans to bring Ismael Bennacer back to Arsenal, according to the French publication Le10 Sport.

Arsenal plans to create a buy-back clause in its contract.

Bennacer made a senior appearance for Arsenal and was sold to Empoli for £ 900,000 in August 2017.

Now, Le10 Sport says that Arsenal is considering signing the 21-year-old player again by activating a buy-back clause in his contract.

10:25 UPDATE: Man Utd says to spend big

Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to sign four signatures this summer, according to Owen Hargreaves.

"I think they need four this summer," said Hargreaves on BT Sport.

"I think recruitment will be so important for Manchester United. [They need a ] football director, Ole Gunnar will need this help.

"For me it showed [against Barcelona] they need a defensive midfielder in this position. Fred played it, he's a ball player. In three moments in the game where he could win a challenge or stop someone, he just did not do it.

"So, I think it's an eight like [Paul] Pogba, I thought [Scott] McTominay was great.

"The center back, the central midfielder is going to be so important and a right winger.

"I think they have great potential, but this summer's hiring must be perfect."

09:50 UPDATE: Real Madrid danger promise

Real Madrid President Florentino Perez has promised to hand over Eden Hazard to Zinedine Zidane after Bernabeu's return.

The Spanish newspaper Marca says that Hazard "will become" Zidane's third signing on his second stint, and that the transfer could be finalized "in the coming days".

The arrival of the Belgian striker was apparently the first thing Zidane had asked Perez. The 72-year-old president answered that wish.

"When he will be one of the best in the world, he will become a Real Madrid player," Perez reportedly told Zidane.

UPDATE 09:10 AM: Werner to Liverpool close

Liverpool is about to hear on his personal terms with RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner, says transfer expert Ian McGarry.

He said: "This (Werner) is a guy who, since signing Stuttgart in 2016, has scored 60 goals in just 108 matches – so he has a very good ratio of goals to matches.

"He's a 23-year-old German international who has always been interesting in Liverpool.

"As we all know about the Transfer Window podcast, and our savvy listeners also know it, when a player refuses to sign a new contract, it's usually because he has reached an agreement elsewhere.

"According to my information, Liverpool is about to accept personal terms with Werner. Obviously, they have been missing a # 9 natural striker for quite some time. "

UPDATE 08:45: Tottenham decision

Tottenham has lost all hope of trying to sign with Ajax's Matthijs De Ligt.

The Daily Star's claim The Spurs have sued the central defender all season.

Tottenham, however, thinks it's inevitable that the youngster will join Barcelona this summer.

Mauricio Pochettino is looking to strengthen his defense with the future of Toby Alderweireld in the air.

UPDATE 08:20: Mohamed Salah leaves Liverpool?

Mohamed Salah asked to leave Liverpool at the end of the season, according to shocking news in Spain.

Spanish newspaper AS claims that the Liverpool star had heated discussions with Jurgen Klopp – and now Salah wants to leave.

Salah reportedly filed a transfer application in the hope of forcing his exit from Anfield.

The Egyptian international was strongly linked to the withdrawal of Anfield, Real Madrid being in pursuit of the winger.

07:55 UPDATE: release of Chelsea

Ace of Chelsea, Olivier Giroud, is ready to stop this summer due to lack of match time at Stamford Bridge.

Giroud said, "I'm not happy to be second choice. The important thing for me is to have more minutes. I am a competitor, so I obviously want to play more.

"I do not know what will happen. I have to meet the club. I am happy to be here. I just want to enjoy it. I do not want to retire.

"They have to talk to me before the end of the season. With what I have achieved here, there is no reason they do not give me another year. But I must be happy. "

07:30 UPDATE: Man Utd signs at least four stars

Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has asked for at least four signatures this summer.

According to the Daily Mirror, Solskjaer will receive about 250 million pounds this summer to reorganize his team.

Solskjaer not only asked for the signature, but the Norwegian also urged the club to get rid of the dead wood.

The Mirror adds that United Executive Vice President Ed Woodward is totally behind Solskjaer and will support his manager in the window of transfers.

Jadon Sancho, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Matthijs De Ligt and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are top of United's wish list for the summer.

07:10 UPDATE: signature of Arsenal supported

Arsenal and Man Utd have both learned that Ajax defender Matthijs de Ligt would be an ideal rookie for them, according to Dutch football expert Marcel van der Kraan.

"The player was surprised to see that no major Premier League club has knocked on the door with offers similar to those of Barcelona and Juventus," van der Kraan told talkSPORT, asking him if De Ligt could play Arsenal or United.

"I think Matthijs de Ligt is absolutely made for English football. It is somehow the new Jaap Stam.

"He is an absolute strength, he is physically stronger than anyone in this Ajax team.

"If you saw the power that he got in an offensive way to the corners and passes, as he headed into that second goal that helped Ajax qualify for half-time." final, it was phenomenal.

"If you have Matthijs de Ligt, you have another Van Dijk coming to the Premier League."