Tuesday's Bundesliga gossip
Ben Arfa is linked with Dortmund, Schalke are linked with Real Madrid midfielder while Sokratis will have his Arsenal medical today according to his father. Here is today's Bundesliga gossip!
| Hatem Ben Arfa. |
Sokratis Papastathopoulos will have a medical at Arsenal today, his father has told Greek radio station Radio 24/7. "He is happy, he is England at the moment, and tomorrow eveyrthing will be done," his father said yesterday (Radio 24/7).
Mainz have been contacted regarding Abdou Diallo, Jean-Philippe Gbamin and Yoshinori Muto, sporting director Rouven Schröder confirms. "There are inquiries for all three. However, we have not negotiated with anyone or even talked about transfer fees as a willingness to negotiate," he says (Bild).
Kicker has reported that Bayern München have identified FC Barcelona's Lucas Digne as a possible replacement for Juan Bernat. But according to Sky, there has been no contact between the parties so far (Sky).
Schalke 04 are interested in Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic who has said he wants to play more. Juventus are also keeping an eye on the Croatian midfielder, but Schalke are said to be leading the race for him. The 24-year-old could replace Leon Goretzka who will join Bayern München this summer (Marca).
Yunus Malli could leave Wolfsburg and is linked with a move to Besiktas according to reports from Turkey (Star).
RB Leipzig eye ES Troyes midfielder Samuel Grandsir. His contract with the Ligue 1 side runs out nexy year (L'Equipe).
Both Freiburg and Mainz are interested in Nantes midfielder Adrien Thomasson (L'Equipe).