Transfer news and rumours of the day: 4th July, 2016

Welcome to our daily transfer round-up. As always, we’ve compiled some of the best transfer rumours doing the rounds today. German newspaper Bild have revealed the contract details of Manchester United’s next signing, whilst Barcelona and Real Madrid are ready to battle it out for a Brazilian star.

Liverpool are in the transfer market for another young midfielder, and Atletico Madrid want to sign a Chelsea star.

Here are the transfer rumours doing the rounds on July 4th:

Serie A

- Chelsea are interested in signing another striker after announcing the deal for Michy Batshuayi. According to AS in Spain, Chelsea are ready to splash the cash for Napoli star Gonzalo Higuain, and are even prepared to meet his release clause of around €94m.

- Inter Milan are interested in signing former Liverpool star Fabio Borini, reports Gazzetta dello Sport. The Sunderland player is an option for the Serie A club should they fail to sign Lazio star Antonio Candreva.

- It’s not clear if Juventus will be looking to sign a new striker after the departure of Alvaro Morata, but they definitely will be forced to look for one should Simone Zaza also leave. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus have Ajax forward Arkadiusz Milik on their wishlist should Zaza also leave the club this summer.