Yesterday, Claret and Hugh were told by club insiders that the club that there were four active deals in play with one of them set to break the club’s record transfer with a deal worth £40m. Today’s news seems to suggest that that player could well be Felipe Anderson. We have been here before with the deal being close so we would count our chickens just yet but there could well be that late twist which means Manuel Pellegrini gets his man from Lazio.
The other three active deals are believed to be Jack Wilshere who signs today plus Fabian Balbuena and Andriy Yarmolenko subject to medicals and work permits.