Transfer news and rumours of the day: 14th August, 2016

Balotelli back to Italy?

Welcome to our daily transfer rumours round-up which sees Manchester United get linked with their fifth summer signing while Arsenal are certain to make a defensive signing in next 24 hours.

Elsewhere, Manchester City have all but agreed a deal to sign Barcelona star this summer. However, the biggest news of the day comes from Emirates which sees Mesut Ozil get linked with Bundesliga giants.

On that note, here are the most popular transfer news and rumours doing the rounds on August 14th.

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Serie A

- Wolfsburg chief Klaus Allofs admits Simone Zaza visited yesterday, but talk of a €25m transfer from Juventus is “all to be clarified.” The striker was given a tour to Wolfsburg’s training facility last night and a deal is expected to be concluded later today, however, Allofs is not willing to jump the gun just yet.

- According to reports from Football Italia, Fiorentina have beaten a whole host of Premier League teams to agree terms with Hajduk Split for left-back Hrvoje Milic and striker Josip Maganjic. The report confirms that the duo will sign their contract with Serie A side in coming 48 hours.

- Mario Balotelli reportedly offered himself to Serie A minnows Sassuolo, but they would prefer Alessandro Matri. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Super Mario is determined to move back to Italy but no team is willing to take a gamble on him given his recent horrendous seasons.