Sports Transfer Market Live Update: Thursday, 21st July 2016

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Arsene Wenger was the FA's first choice to be the new England manager but turned the job down. Sam Allardyce will now take over from Roy Hodgson instead as the Frenchman did not want to break his Arsenal contract.

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Here are the top transfer stories for today:

- Chelsea are interested in signing Benfica defender Victor Lindelof for £25m after seeing the prices of targets Leonardo Bonucci and Kalidou Koulibaly rise. (Daily Mirror)

- Real Madrid defende Raphael Varane has turned down the chance to join Man Utd and be reunited with Jose Mourinho. (Marca)

- Tottenham are set to announce the signing of Georges-Kévin Nkoudou in an £11m deal after he passed a medical with Clinton N'Jie set to join Marseille on a season-long loan. (The Guardian)

- Arsene Wenger was the FA's first choice to be the new England manager but turned the job down. Sam Allardyce will now take over from Roy Hodgson instead as the Frenchman did not want to break his Arsenal contract.

- Stoke have agreed a fee of £13m with Liverpool for Joe Allen and are hopeful of concluding a deal for the Wales international midfielder within the next two days. (Daily Telegraph)

- Chelsea have made an initial offer for Romelu Lukaku and have offered Everton €60m for their Belgium international. (Gianluca di Marzio)

- Manchester City have made a £50m bid for Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos. (Daily Mirror)

- Former Manchester United and Everton boss David Moyes will succeed Allardyce at Sunderland. (Sun)

- United have agreed personal terms with the France international, Paul Pogba who will sign a five-year contract worth £220,000 a week after tax. (Daily Mail)

- Manchester United are also expected to sign Brentford winger Joshua Bohui, 17, who will sign a three-year contract. (Manchester Evening News)

- Manchester City are close to completing the £42m signing of Schalke forward Leroy Sane, 20, who will sign a four-year £100,000-a-week deal. (Sun)

- Chelsea have turned down a £14.25m bid from Borussia Monchengladbach for defender Andreas Christensen, 20, who is in the middle of a two-year loan spell at the German club. (Daily Mail)

- Meanwhile, Newcastle midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, 25, is closing in on a £25m move to Liverpool. (Sunderland Echo)

- And Arsenal have entered the race to sign fellow Newcastle midfielder Moussa Sissoko, 26. (Talksport)

- Swansea have offered in excess of £10m for Tottenham midfielder Nacer Chadli, 26.(Times)

Finally…

- Juventus have accepted Paul Pogba's request to rejoin Manchester United, and the clubs have agreed a world record £100m fee for the 23-year-old midfielder. (L'Equipe - in French)
 
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