Transfer market on pause: Acerbi and Summerville still in play
A quiet Saturday, 18 July, on the transfer front: no new official signings have been recorded in the last hours across Serie A, LaLiga and the Premier League, with the spotlight shifting to the World Cup final between Argentina and Spain. A few threads remain open, though: Sassuolo have started talks for free agent Francesco Acerbi, while Roma are keeping the Crysencio Summerville idea alive with a 45-million-euro bid to West Ham.
After a week packed with official signings, the transfer market has hit a lull. In the last hours, according to the data collected, no new done deals have landed in the three major leagues TransferBeat follows – Serie A, LaLiga and the Premier League – partly because attention has turned to the World Cup, whose final will pit Argentina against Spain after their semi-final wins over England (2-1) and France (2-0).
In Serie A the hottest negotiation is still Roma's pursuit of Crysencio Summerville. According to Calciomercato.com the Giallorossi have a 45-million-euro bid ready for the West Ham winger: a deal that, if completed, would be one of the club's biggest investments of the summer.
On the free-agent front, Sassuolo have opened contacts with the out-of-contract Francesco Acerbi, as reported by Calciomercato.com. At Milan, meanwhile, work continues on Luka Modrić's renewal: the Croatian is described as increasingly close to extending his contract.
The day's other rumours are more low-key: Lazio are tracking John Kennedy, a 2002-born forward from Fluminense, while Cagliari are pushing for Raphael Kofler, a goalkeeper for whom Südtirol are asking four million euros. Abroad, in LaLiga, the latest notable move remains Deportivo La Coruña's signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, arriving from Olympique Marseille.
It is the classic picture of a low-key day: few concrete moves and several situations still developing. With the World Cup final approaching and pre-season camps now under way, the market is expected to pick up again in the coming days.
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