🤑 Transfer gossip: Messi to take a pay cut; Thiago and Bale latest | OneFootball

It’s Tuesday. The worst day of the week.

But don’t worry, a spoonful of transfer gossip helps the medicine go down.

Real Talk 👏

Liverpool will wait until the final week of the transfer window before making their move for Bayern Munich’s Thiago Alcântara, according to talkSPORT. Risky business.

Tottenham are interested in Bayer Leverkusen winger Leon Bailey, report Sky Sports.

While the Daily Mail report that Spurs are also interested in Eintracht Frankfurt striker Bas Dost.

And Manchester City could turn their attention away from Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly and towards Atlético Madrid’s José Giménez, according to AS.

Fake News 😡

Manchester United are willing to take Gareth Bale on an initial season-long loan, according to The Sun.

But the Mail say Bale isn’t interested in a loan and only wants a permanent move.

ESPN say United fear they may have more competition to sign Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho next summer if they can’t get a deal done this transfer window.

And the agent of Inter striker Lautaro Martínez has ruled out a move to Barcelona this summer.

Funniest rumour of the day 😂

Remember a couple of weeks ago when Lionel Messi wanted to leave Barcelona and in the ultimate act of cutting your nose off to spite your face, president Josep Maria Bartomeu wouldn’t let him go?

Well Deportes Cuatro now report that Bartomeu is going to ask Messi to take a pay cut in order to help the cash-strapped club out of financial trouble.

You can bet that will go down well.