Today's Transfer Gossip

Manchester City will not pay £50m for Sterling (whose agent loses a big client) and United back for Schneiderlin....

  
CASILLAS SET FOR REAL FAREWELL
Iker Casilllas is all set to join Porto, with Real Madrid preparing a farewell even for their legendary goalkeeper on Friday or Saturday.
AS reports the Spain stopper will sign a two-year deal with the Portuguese side, with the option of a third year. No fee will paid bu Porto, with only the finer details of who makes up the shortfall in Casillas's salary, given he was due to earn €14.5million over the remaining two years of his contract at the Bernabeu.

CASILLA DEAL 'NOTHING BUT LIES'
Casillas is off, but Kiko Casilla won't be replacing him. Not just yet, anyway.
There were reports earlier this week that Real had agreed a deal to sign the Espanyol goalkeeper, but that was dismissed as "nothing but lies" by the Espanyol president.
Joan Collet was also asked whether Madrid is using Casilla to increase the pressure on Manchester United and David De Gea: "I don't know. There's something fishy about this. Someone is playing with our emotions and the player's. I don't like it when they use his name for ulterior motives."

ANT MUSIC
There's a whole load of people being 'adamant' today, with Liverpool 'adamant' that Raheem Sterling will join them on tour (The Sun), Sterling being 'adamant' that he will not play for Brendan Rodgers again (The Daily Mirror) and Manchester City 'adamant' that they will not pay £50m for Sterling (The Daily Express).
The latter claim that City are 'weighing up a third bid' for Sterling but have no appetite for increasing their second bid of £35m, rising to £40m.
Hmmmm. We are starting to wonder whether Sterling's behaviour will have frightened off the very PR-conscious City.

BERAHINO SPLITS WITH WARD
'West Brom striker Saido Berahino has parted company with Aidy Ward, the controversial football agent behind Raheem Sterling's transfer fiasco with Liverpool,' claims the Daily Mail, who say that Berahino is 'disillusioned' with Ward after he became famous (and toxic) due to his involvement in Sterling's agitation to leave Liverpool.
Ward told the Daily Mail: "I'm no longer working with Saido. You'll have to ask him for the reasons. With Raheem, there has been a breakdown in trust between him and Brendan Rodgers."

MAN UNITED BACK FOR MORGAN
After having a £20m bid for Morgan Scheniderlin dismissed as 'not serious' by Southampton manager Ronald Koeman, Manchester United sent a representative down south on Wednesday to re-enter negotiations for the Frenchman, according to the Daily Mail.
Apparently there is an appetite to get Schneiderlin on board ahead of Monday, when United fly out for their pre-season tour of the United States. It is thought that a fee of £27m would be enough to persuade Southampton to sell.

AND THE REST
United are set to complete the £12.9million signing of Matteo Darmian from Torino on Thursday and the Italy international has already released a farewell letter to the Turin club's fans online...Premier League newcomers Bournemouth are closing in on the £6m signing of St-Etienne's 27-year-old former Leeds and Leicester winger Max Gradel...Villa expect Liverpool target Christian Benteke to report on Thursday for their pre-season training camp in Portugal...Stoke are set to hijack Middlesbrough's move for Aston Villa goalkeeper Shay Given - paving the way for Asmir Begovic to join Chelsea...Real Sociedad's former Arsenal forward Carlos Vela is understood to have rejected an offer to join West Ham...
...Micah Richards says he turned down a reunion with his former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini at Italian giants Inter Milan to join Premier League strugglers Aston Villa...Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel is ready to end his nine-year love affair with the club by joining Fenerbahce...Chelsea will lend Brazilian recruits Kenedy and Nathan straight out on loan in a bid to fast-track their work permits...Southampton manager Ronald Koeman is ready to revive his interest in Aston Villa defender Ron Vlaar after Saints were beaten by Tottenham in their pursuit of Toby Alderweireld...
...Yohan Cabaye will undergo a medical at Crystal Palace on Thursday after the club agreed a record fee for the French midfielder. Palace will pay an initial £10m, rising to £12.8m with add-ons...Middlesbrough are chasing Espanyol striker Christian Stuani; the 28-year-old scored 15 goals last season and is valued at around £4m...Paris Saint-Germain have signed German goalkeeper Kevin Trapp from Eintracht Frankfurt...Chelsea target Axel Witsel has 'agreed' to join AC Milan according to his agent but Zenit St Petersburg are demanding £22m for the winger...Tottenham striker Roberto Soldado is keen to leave this summer to play more regular football with interest in the 30-year-old from Spain.

Source: Football365