Christian Benteke to Man United? Axel Witsel to

The Dutch striker this week completed a £5m move to Fenerbahce.

We’ll have to wait and see if United make any last ditch attempt to derail the move but I personally think talk of their interest was nothing more than Villa trying to force Liverpool into meeting the player’s release fee.

Benteke has been strongly linked with a move to Liverpool this summer but the Reds were initially reluctant to meet Aston Villa’s demand of paying the full value of the striker’s £32.5m release clause with the Express reporting last month that their opening £22m bid had been rejected.

And: Bastian Schweinsteiger has hit back at claims he is too old to adapt to the Premier League with Manchester United.

Chelsea are on the verge of securing the signing of Real Madrid star Karim Benzema.

Also: Manuel Pellegrini insists Manchester City have not paid over the odds for Raheem Sterling.

PSG are confident they can get a deal for Manchester United’s Angel Di Maria over the line this summer.

Manchester City have been told to forget about signing Everton midfielder James McCarthy.

Also: Christian Benteke will become Liverpool’s latest signing after the club’s owners backed manager Brendan Rodgers by triggering the strikers £32.5million release clause.

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has explained he left Victor Valdes out of his pre-season squad because the player has a bad attitude and refused to play with the reserves.

Now it can be revealed by the Telegraph that even Arsenal have joined in the race to sign Romagnoli and have now entered negotiations with Roma over the young central defender.