The transfer window: after the soap operas Neymar and Messi, new Barça-PSG duel for Kessié?

Manchester United want to extend Lingard

He precipitated his team's defeat on Tuesday against Young Boys Bern in the Champions League (1-2) and then scored the winning goal against West Ham on Sunday (2-1).

Jesse Lingard had a crazy week at Manchester United, where he returned this summer after a superb half-season on loan at West Ham.

The attacking midfielder (28) has long been announced on the start, but nothing has materialized.

According to the well informed Fabrizio Romano (

Sky Sports

,

The Guardian

...), the Red Devils are "

in direct contact

With the player and his father to extend his contract which expires next June.

A first proposal has already been refused by Lingard, an English international.

His trainer Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is reportedly pushing to get the case through quickly.

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Paris and Barcelona candidates for Kessié (AC Milan)?

Like many renowned players, Franck Kessié is at the end of his contract at the end of the season.

Negotiations drag on for an extension at AC Milan, where he remains on a big season with an honorary title of vice-champion of Italy.

Mundo Deportivo

reports that, like other behemoths, FC Barcelona is eyeing Paul Pogba, at the end of his lease at Manchester United.

But the Blaugrana club would see Kessié (24) as a great alternative with less competition.

Or not.

Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool and Juventus would also have ticked the name of the Ivorian midfielder.

Something to worry the Catalan newspaper about a new Barça-PSG war.

In addition to having nabbed Neymar and Lionel Messi in recent years, PSG have doubled Barça on the record of another midfielder, Georginio Wijnaldum, last summer.

James Rodriguez, heading to Qatar?

Blacklisted at Everton, James Rodriguez is in his second and final year of contract with the English club, where he played 26 matches without convincing.

Sky Sports reveals that the Colombian attacking midfielder (30) is in discussions with a Qatari club whose identity has not been filtered.

The former Monegasque had been announced for a time to return to FC Porto this summer, but he got stuck with the Toffees.

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Barça: Koeman is "

not afraid

" for his future

The fire is smoldering at FC Barcelona. The slap inflicted by Bayern Munich on Tuesday in the Champions League (0-3) resonated throughout Catalonia. And this after the coach, Ronald Koeman, accused his president Joan Laporta of leaking unflattering information about him in the press: “

He suggested that the coach does not have all the powers. He has talked too much.

The daily

Sport

has since claimed that the Dutch technician had three matches to save his skin. Starting with this Monday against Granada (9 p.m.). "

I do not know if my position is at stake, I was not told anything,

replied Koeman at a press conference.

I only think about the match, the rest is not in my hands.

I know what Barça is and in the end it's the results that count.

I am not afraid about my future.

"

Arsenal: still no extension for Lacazette

Alexandre Lacazette will be without a club from July 1, 2022, and according to

ESPN

, Arsenal have still not submitted an offer to him to extend his contract. Coach Mikel Arteta indicated in April that the future of the French striker (years) would be cleared up over the summer, but nothing. What confirms the information of the

Daily Mail

last week that "

there is a good chance

" that Lacazette is no longer a Gunner next season. He was recruited for more than € 50 million in Lyon in the summer of 2017. Juventus, AC Milan, Atlético de Madrid and Sevilla FC would have an eye on his case, according to

ESPN

.