Transfer news live updates: all the latest from Europe’s biggest clubs
Saturday February 3
Wenger reveals Sanchez wage
07.45: Arsene Wenger has suggested Alexis Sanchez is earning more than £600,000 a week at Manchester United.
The Chilean was rumoured to be on a mega wage but the Arsenal boss has revealed it is even more than the reported sum.
When asked if it was as much as £600k during a Q&A session for the club’s executive box holders, Wenger is said to have pointed to the ceiling.
The Gunners boss also admitted at the event that he would have sold Sanchez to Manchester City in the summer in hindsight.
Real Madrid’s Hazard swap
06.45: Real Madrid are expected to up their interest in Chelsea star Eden Hazard in the summer.
And one of Real Madrid’s most promising young players has reportedly said he would like to be involved in the deal so that he can move to Chelsea.
That player is Marco Asensio, who has found game time limited at the Bernabeu.
Spanish outlet Diario Gol claim that Asensio has spoken to club president Florentino Perez about the possibility of a move to Stamford Bridge.
And the Real chief is considering using the youngster as a makeweight to land his Belgian target.
Wenger wanted Lemar
06.15: Arsene Wenger has revealed that he came to signing Monaco star Thomas Lemar, according to reports.
According to the Mirror, Wenger told the club’s executive box holders at an exclusive Q&A that he was chasing Lemar, who was also a target of Liverpool.
However, he claims that time ran out on a deal for the 22-year-old.
De Gea to Real Madrid
05.45: Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has reportedly told his international team-mates that he is heading to Real Madrid.
Real apparently want De Gea, or Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois, to take over the reins, according to Sky Sports journalist Guillem Balague.
“I don’t think a new [Man Utd] contract is in the equation just yet,” Balague said when speaking about De Gea.
“It’s definite that Real Madrid have got De Gea or Thibaut Courtois as a target for next season.
“I think Courtois is easier. De Gea actually told team-mates in the national side that he was going to Real Madrid, as you’ve seen in the last couple of years, it’s not as easy as that.
“Courtois would also be happy to go to Madrid, and Real have it in their mind to go for one or the other.”
