Watford has signed 20-year-old Brazilian forward Richarlison from Fluminense for a fee of around $15 million after the player was granted a work permit at an appeal hearing.Richarlison made 22 appearances for Fluminense last season in the league and the Copa Sudamericana, scoring seven goals and assisting for times.
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Lemina is record signing for Southampton
Southampton has signed Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina in a club record deal worth $23 million. The Saints will pay an initial $17.5 million with the rest depending on his success atthe club. The 23-year-old Gabon international made 42 appearances for Juve in two seasons after arriving from Marseille in 2015.
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Real Madrid beats Man United in UEFA Super Cup
Real Madrid added the UEFA Super Cup to its trophy cabinet with a 2-1 victory over Manchester United in Skopje, Macedonia. Casemiro and Isco scored for ChampionsLeague holder while Romelu Lukaku struck a consolation goal for the Europa League winner.
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Report: Dortmund set to negotiate Dembele sale to Barcelona
Borussia Dortmund, reportedly demanding at least $140 million, is set to negotiate with Barcelona the transfer of 20-year-old French winger Ousmane Dembele. Barcelona currently islooking to reinvest the $260 million world-record transfer fee it received for Neymar.
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Koeman: Everton is 'close' to signing Gylfi Sigurdsson
Everton manager Ronald Koeman says the Toffees are “close” to signing Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson from Swansea City, though it will cost them. Both Everton andLeicester reportedly had offers of 40 million pounds ($52 million) rejected. It could cost Everton upwards of 50 million pounds ($65 million) to complete the deal.
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Davy Propper joins Brighton from PSV Eindhoven in record transfer
By most standards, it’s a ridiculously modest fee, but promoted EPL club Brighton & Hove Albion broke its transfer record to sign Dutch midfielder Davy Propper from PSV Eindhoven for areported fee of 6 million pounds ($7.8 million).
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Mourinho interested in making a move for Gareth Bale
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is ready to step in and make a bid for Gareth Bale if the Welshman doesn’t start in Tuesday’s European Super Cup for Real Madrid against United.Bale, whose 2016-17 season was plagued by injury, could become expendable if Madrid makes a serious move for Monaco teenager Kylian Mbappe.
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Mbappe leaves Monaco opener with injury
Monaco began its Ligue 1 title defense with a 3-2 win over Toulouse, but teenage star Kylian Mbappe, targeted for a move to Real Madrid, left after 75 minutes with an undisclosedinjury.
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Liverpool's Lallana out until at least October
Adam Lallana, who suffered a thigh injury in Liverpool’s Audi Cup match against Atletico Madrid in Munich on Wednesday, will be out until at least October. The 29-year-old Englishman was a bigpart of the Reds’ success last season after being moved into a central-midfield role at the start of last season.