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Transfer news and rumours of the day: 9th August, 2016

Mauro Icardi has been linked with a move away from Inter this summer

Welcome to our daily transfer rumours round-up. Manchester is the place to follow all the major transfer headlines of the day with two record-breaking signings completed in a span of 24 hours.

Meanwhile, Chelsea are closing on a stunning double deal which could see put a strong fight for the Premier League title this season. Elsewhere Atletico Madrid could soon lose one of their star players to a Premier League side.

On that note, here are the transfer news and rumours doing the rounds on August 9th.

Serie A

- Incoming manager Frank de Boer has provided latest updates on Mauro Icardi’s unstable Inter Milan future. Speaking with Gazzetta, De Boer claimed that Icardi is vital to his plans this season and he is confident of his captain to snub an interest from Arsenal and stay in Serie A.

- Chievo are scheduled to meet Napoli this week to hold talks over the transfer of Jonathan de Guzman and Alberto Grassi. TuttoMercatoWeb understands that Chievo are keen on signing the Napoli duo but the talks are still in the early phase.

- Napoli were given a major headache earlier today after Lorenzo Insigne’s agent threatened the player would quit the club this summer. Speaking with Radio CRC, Insigne’s agent Fabio Andreotti confirmed that Napoli are not meeting Insigne’s demands and there are other clubs who are ready to offer a better salary to the Italian international.

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