Transfer News: Rice and Havertz to Arsenal, Onana to MU, Vieira back in Ligue 1 ?
Arsenal strengthens, Strasbourg tries its luck with Vieira, Onana enticed by Ten Hag: that’s the transfer news of June 29th.
Arsenal has completed the signing of Kai Havertz (24 years old, 47 matches and 9 goals in all competitions this season). The Gunners officially announced on Wednesday the signing of Kai Havertz, the forward from Chelsea, for an estimated fee of 78 million euros.
Arsenal is on the verge of finalizing the transfer of Declan Rice (24 years old, 50 matches and 5 goals in all competitions this season). It’s a major coup for Arsenal. The London club has reached an agreement with West Ham to sign English midfielder Declan Rice. The transfer is expected to be worth 122 million euros, but the payment terms still need to be agreed upon. Arsenal wants to make the payments over a period of four or five years, while West Ham would prefer to receive the money in two installments by the beginning of 2025. An agreement is expected to be reached in the coming days. Rice has already given his consent to join Arsenal, where he is set to sign a long-term contract with a salary estimated at nearly 300,000 euros per week.
After three years since his departure from Nice, Patrick Vieira is likely to make a return to France as the coach of Racing Club de Strasbourg. Racing Club de Strasbourg is making a change. Previously considering Karel Geraerts as the successor to Frédéric Antonetti, the club, now under the ownership of Chelsea’s boss, has changed its mind according to L’Equipe. Patrick Vieira is now the main candidate. Free since his departure from Crystal Palace last March, Vieira is in talks with the Strasbourg management. If he doesn’t come, Sabri Lamouchi and Philippe Montanier are other names that have recently been mentioned in Alsace.
André Onana to Manchester United is almost a done deal: the goalkeeper will leave Inter Milan. After just one season, André Onana (27 years old), who was recruited last summer from Ajax, will leave Inter Milan. According to Sky, the transfer of the Cameroonian goalkeeper to Manchester United is well on track. Following a meeting between the two clubs, a deal worth 50 million euros, plus bonuses, is expected to be finalized in the next few hours. Erik ten Hag knows Onana well, as he was his former goalkeeper at Ajax Amsterdam. Onana will compete with David De Gea. Meanwhile, Inter Milan is expected to replace him with Hugo Lloris, Keylor Navas, or Yann Sommer.
Sadio Mané has no intention of leaving Bayern Munich this summer, despite the difficulties. No chance of moving. Sadio Mané will stay at Bayern Munich. This is despite the expected competition from the possible arrival of Harry Kane. « Yes, God willing. If everything goes well, I will return to Bayern. I love challenges, and Bayern is a big challenge. It’s up to me to do everything necessary to take on this challenge. It was a very complicated season, it happens. It wasn’t a surprise; I expected it to be a bit challenging. It’s normal, » said the Lion of Teranga.
Sadio Mané was close to leaving after a difficult season and his clash with Leroy Sané. « As I’ve always said, I’ve never liked comfort. I’ve never liked that. Afterwards, there are incidents. It happens, it’s in the past. We were able to resolve that little issue, » he said. « It’s also good to resolve certain problems, maybe not in this way, but it’s behind us now. We will try to fight together to help the club achieve