Swans swoop for Sanches, Bony returns

Premier League side Swansea City pulled off a significant coup on Thursday by announcing the signing of Euro 2016 winner Renato Sanches from Bayern Munich on a season-long loan.
The 20-year-old Portugal midfielder will join his new team-mates in south Wales upon his return from international duty.
Swansea manager Paul Clement worked with Sanches during his six-month spell as an assistant to head coach Carlo Ancelotti at Bayern last year, before moving to the Liberty Stadium in January.
"We wanted Renato Sanches to go to a club where he could play at a high level and have a coach who counts on him," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

Chelsea Football Club has today completed the signing of Davide Zappacosta from Torino.

The 25-year-old can play at wing-back or full-back and has been capped by Italy. He has signed a four-year deal at Stamford Bridge.
Zappacosta said: ‘It is a dream for me to join Chelsea and play in the Premier League. I am very excited to be here and start working with the team. I hope I can show my quality to the coach, my team-mates and the supporters.’
Technical director Michael Emenalo added: ‘Davide is a player of international calibre who Antonio Conte knows well and we have been aware of for some time

Drinkwater joins Chelsea

Danny Drinkwater is officially a Chelsea player after today completing a transfer from Leicester City and signing a five-year-contract.Danny Drinkwater is officially a Chelsea player after today completing a transfer from Leicester City and signing a five-year-contract.

A tenacious midfielder who can impact the game at either end of the pitch, Drinkwater is reunited with N'Golo Kante at Stamford Bridge. The pair forged a profitable partnership in Leicester's incredible title-winning campaign of 2015/16.

Chelsea transfer news: Dele Alli would leave Tottenham to join Blues - Dean Saunders

Saunders believes the Blues squad still needs strengthening with the new season just hours away.
Chelsea have sold Nemanja Matic and bought Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Antonio Rudiger this summer - but the ex-Wales international thinks it's not enough.
He thinks Chelsea still need to splash the cash and believes Alli should be on their radar. Asked who could strengthen the Chelsea squad, Saunders told talkSPORT: "Dele Alli - and I think he would move to Chelsea.

Juventus €25m for Emre Can

Reports are growing rapidly in Italy that Juventus have chosen Emre Can for their midfield and are closing on Liverpool’s €30m (£27.1m) asking price.
It’s no secret that Max Allegri has requested a prestigious reinforcement for the middle of the park after losing the Champions League Final to Real Madrid.
La Gazzetta dello Sport already suggested on Tuesday that Juve were leaning away from Blaise

chelsea about to bid for joao cancelo of valencia

Chelsea interested in signing Joao Cancelo from Valencia

Chelsea are interested in signing Joao Cancelo from Valencia, according to Sky sources.
The Premier League champions scouted the right-back extensively when he was playing for Portugal at the European U21 championships this summer and watched him again pre-season.
The 23-year-old made one appearance for Benfica before joining Valencia on a season-long loan in 2014. He agreed a permanent switch to the Spanish side the following year.

'Penalty for Ronaldo!' - Football world divided over Real Madrid star's tumble in Barcelona box

The Portuguese attacker went to ground inside Barca's 18-yard box in the first few minutes and there was no agreement over whether he'd dived

It took just three minutes for a divisive referee decision in Sunday's Clasico as Cristiano Ronaldo went down in the penalty area under a Samuel Umtiti challenge.
The Real Madrid No.7 appeared to be on the receiving end of contact from the Barcelona defender three minutes in - but was it enough contact to justify giving a penalty?
The officials at the Santiago Bernabeu decided against it - and thousands of football fans made their varied opinions crystal clear on Twitter in the moments afterwards.