Ronaldo set to extend Real deal

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Cristiano Ronaldo is set to sign a new contract at Real Madrid that will see him stay in the Spanish capital until at least the summer of 2021.

Madrid-based newspaper AS have reported that Ronaldo, who is on holiday in Miami after Portugal’s success at Euro 2016, has been in talks over the phone with Real president Florentino Perez over a new deal.

It is understood that the 31-year-old’s agent Jorge Mendes will meet with Perez and other representatives from the Santiago Bernabeu next week when Ronaldo is back in training.

The Portuguese star was given an extended break by Real manager Zinedine Zidane following his involvement with his home nation at the European Championship in France.

Ronaldo injured his left knee during Portugal’s victory over France in the final and has been recuperating since.

Zidane has called on the club’s supporters to remain patient and allow the forward to get as much rest as possible ahead of his return to the side.

SPAIN

• Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund are battling it out to sign Germany international Mario Gomez.
• Real Madrid forward Jese Rodriguez’s impending transfer to PSG contains a clause which prevents the French club from selling him to Barcelona in the future, reports L’Equipe. Jese, who came through the ranks at the Bernabeu, is on the verge of moving to the French champions for a 25 million pounds fee.
• Real Betis and PSG have started negotiations over the transfer of former Tottenham midfielder Benjamin Stambouli.
• Real Madrid have resumed their pursuit of Bayern Munich man David Alaba, reports AS. Madrid have been interested in the Austria international for several months and failed with attempts to bring him to the Spanish capital earlier this summer.
• Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo denied that Diego Costa was a target for the club after having spent more than 80 million Euros in this transfer window.

ITALY

• Wojciech Szczesny is set to arrive in Rome later today ahead of proposed loan move from Arsenal to Roma, according to reports in the Italian press. Roma have meanwhile, completed the signing of Tottenham defender Federico Fazio on a season-long loan with an option to buy.

ENGLAND

• Arsenal will have to break the bank if they want to sign Julian Draxler from Wolfsburg, according to the Daily Star. The report suggests Wolfsburg want more than 50 million pounds for the Germany international, who revealed he wants to leave the Bundesliga club.
• Swansea appear to be closing in on Fernando Llorente, with the Spain striker’s club Sevilla suggesting a move is imminent.
• West Brom’s 15million pounds move for West Ham striker Diafra Sakho is off after the player took a medical at The Hawthorns.
• Manchester City are close to signing Colombia forward Marlos Moreno. City will pay Colombian club Atletico Nacional 4.75million pounds for the 19-year-old, and he is then likely to join La Liga side Deportivo La Coruna on loan
• And the one that refuses to go away, Paul Pogba is expected in Manchester by the weekend to complete the move, which could be worth as much as 112 millon pounds earning the France international around 275,000 pounds per week.

GERMANY

• Carlo Ancelotti has ruled out the possibility of Bastian Schweinsteiger returning to Bayern Munich this summer. “In football there is no if. (Signing) Schweinsteiger is not in our ideas,” he said. At the same time, Bayern Munich are set to activate their option to buy Kingsley Coman from Juventus. Coman joined the Bundesliga giants last season on a two-year loan deal from Juve and could sign for Carlo Ancelotti’s side permanently for a fee of around 18 million pounds.
• Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told German outlet TZ that there is a ‘huge probability’ the Frenchman, who was part of his country’s European Championship squad, will be bought outright.
• Mexico striker Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez has said he is happy at Bayer Leverkusen but admitted he could still seal a transfer this summer. Hernandez  signed for Leverkusen from Manchester United on a three-year contract on deadline day last year and went on to score 17 goals in 28 Bundesliga games, helping Leverkusen qualify for Champions League for a fourth consecutive campaign.

Sources: BBC, SkySports, soccernet.com