Sports Transfer Market Daily Update: Friday, 28th July 2017
Arsenal are closing in on a £45m deal for Monaco's 21-year-old France midfielder Thomas Lemar. Other transfer news below: - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said he cannot guarantee that Wales forward Gareth Bale, 28 - who is a target for Manchester United - will stay at the Bernabeu this summer. (Mirror) - Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is planning a £50m move for two England midfielders - Everton's Ross Barkley and Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, both 23. (Sun) - Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino wants to sign Barkley this summer to convert him into a central midfielder. (Times) - Roma are set to return with a new £32m bid for Leicester's Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez, 26.(Mirror) - Chelsea have made a late bid to sign 19-year-old Bayern Munich and Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches on loan. (Telegraph) - Liverpool are ready to make a final attempt to sign RB Leipzig's Guinea midfielder Naby Keita, with a bid in excess of £70m likely for the 22-year-old.(