🤑 Transfer gossip: Dembélé to Man Utd and the latest on Aouar | OneFootball

We’ve reached the business end of the transfer window and it promises to be a pivotal final few days before it slams shut on Monday.

Here’s Thursday’s gossip …

Real Talk 👏

Manchester United appear to have given up on their pursuit of Jadon Sancho and are now in talks with Barcelona to sign Ousmane Dembélé, according to the Mirror.

Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has dropped a big hint about Houssem Aouar’s future by admitting the Ligue 1 club could lose two players before Monday’s deadline, report the Metro.

Bayern Munich have enquired about the availability of Hoffenheim goal-machine Andrej Kramarić, according to Sport Bild.

And Tottenham are closing in on a loan deal for Benfica striker Carlos Vinicius, according to the Mail.

Fake News 😡

Manchester United have denied rumours linking them with versatile Arsenal full-back Ainsley Maitland-Niles, report the Manchester Evening News.

The Star report that the agent of Luka Jović has said the Real Madrid striker wants to join Manchester United, although Inter and Roma are also interested in the Serbian.

The Star also report that Chelsea could try to offload Antonio Rüdiger, Marcos Alonso and Ruben Loftus-Cheek before the window closes.

And Arsenal could send out-of-favour midfielder Matteo Guendouzi on loan to Marseille, report Telefoot.

Funniest rumour of the day 😂

The sale of Philippe Coutinho in January 2018 truly is the gift that keeps on giving for Liverpool.

The Reds have gone from strength to strength since Coutinho’s departure to Barcelona, while the player himself has struggled to find anything like the same kind of form he enjoyed during his time at Anfield.

And now The Mirror report that if the Brazilian makes 14 more appearances for Barça, Liverpool will receive another £4.4m of the transfer fee.

Don’t spend it all at once.

What you missed yesterday 👇

Lucas Paquetá joined Lyon from AC Milan in a deal worth around €20m

And Ademola Lookman returned to the Premier League by joining Fulham on loan from RB Leipzig.