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Transfer market LIVE UPDATES: Torino close to nabbing City outcast Joe Hart
18.14 Genoa refuse Napoli's advances for Pavoletti - Genoa president Enrico Preziosi told Napoli that there was no way they could sign Leonardo Pavoletti so late in the transfer window.
"Aurelio De Laurentiis called me," Enrico Preziosi told gazzetta.it, "offering €15 million plus bonuses for my centre-forward, but I told him loud and clear that I wasn't even going to consider such a move a mere two days from the closure of the transfer window".
17.55 HART-TORINO - Torino are still negotiating for Joe Hart, Both sides' middlemen are hard at work, the latest reports we've picked up say that they're disagreeing over €500.000. Half a million, for Joe Hart? Come on now.
17.30 LEICESTER EDGING TOWARDS SLIMANI - Sporting Lisbon hero Islam Slimani is, according to our sources, the object of a 35 million offer from Leicester City, who are very close to landing him. He netted 27 times in Liga Zon Sagres action last season, helping his side to beat rivals Porto 2-1 before going off in tears.
4.50 PM Napoli's search for stability in attack may lead them to Leonardo Pavoletti, Sky Sport write.
Though the Partenopei recently rejected an Everton offer for Manolo Gabbiadini, the Toffees are set to try their luck again. Were Napoli to ever sell the 25-year-old, theyve already identified the perfect replacement: Leonardo Pavoletti of Genoa.
The former Sassuolo man, who netted x goals in x Serie A appearances with the Hrifone, is said to be worth no less than €20 million.
1.30 PM PALERMO SIGN BRUNO ENRIQUE AND DIAMANTI – Palermo have announced the signings of Bruno Enrique form Coimbra and Alessandro Diamanti who joins the rosanero as a free agent.
12.25 PM LAZIO POUNCE ON DRAME – Calciomercato.com has exclusively learned that Lazio are interested in signing Atalanta defedenr Boukary Drame.
12.15 PM NAPOLI-MAKSIMOVIC – Napoli are closing in on the signing of Nikola Maksimovic, the player could have already signed a pre-contract agreement with the partenopei.
11.50 AM FIORENTINA SLAP €30M PRICE-TAG ON CHELSEA TARGET – Chelsea have offered € 20 million for Spanish left-back Marcos Alonso, Fiorentina want € 10 million more.
11.10 AM TORINO INTERESTED IN HART – Torino are in transfer talks with Manchester City for Joe Hart. The England International will leave the club in the current transfer window, but Torino need Man City to pay part of the player’s salary.
11.01 AM PSG PREPARE DRAXLER BID – According to German paper Kicker, PSG could offer up to € 75 million for Julian Draxler, a former Juventus target.
10.05 AM BIRASCHI UNDERGOES GENOA MEDICAL – 22-year-old defender Davide Biraschi has left the training ground of U-21 Italy national team to undergo medical with his new club Genoa.
9.50 AM CHELSEA-DE VRIJ – Chelsea are interested in signing Lazio centre-back Stefan De Vrij, but Lotito has slapped € 40 million price-tag on the Dutch defender.
9.45 AM NAPOLI SAY NO TO BALO – Napoli have informed Mino Raiola that they are not interested in signing his troublesome client Mario Balotelli.
