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MANCHESTER UNITED have joined Arsenal in pursuit of Barcelona star Alexis Sanchez. Chelsea have made a late bid for Toni Kroos and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has opened up about interest from Liverpool.

The summer transfer market has officially opened, but clubs have been busy preparing moves behind the scenes for months. Here is a round-up of all the latest news, rumours and gossip...
Manchester United are refusing to give up hope of landing Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez despite Arsenal and Liverpool seemingly leading the chase for the Chilean.
And the Gunners are confident that they will beat the Reds to Sanchez and land Newcastle's Mathieu Debuchy in a £35m double swoop.
Chelsea have made a late bid to hijack Real Madrid's move for Manchester United target Toni Kroos.
Holland striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar wants to speak to Schalke before deciding on a possible move to Liverpool.
Liverpool and Barcelona have reached an agreement over a £70m transfer for Luis Suarez and the deal could be confirmed over the weekend.
AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has revealed how he came close to selling Mario Balotelli to an unnamed Premier League club prior to the World Cup.

Manchester United have joined Arsenal and Liverpool in pursuit of Alexis Sanchez[GETTY]

Manchester United have been told that they will need to fork out £60m to land Colombian star James Rodriguez from Monaco.
Arsene Wenger has made a personal plea to Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas to join Arsenal this summer.
Swansea captain Ashley Williams has signed a new four-year deal with the club, ending interest from Arsenal and Sunderland in the defender.

Atletico Madrid have beaten Arsenal and Chelsea to Bayern Munich's Mario Mandzukic leaving Romelu Lukaku's hopes of a Spanish loan move in tatters.

Angel Di Maria's agent says the Real Madrid star will join Man Utd for £40m.
Nottingham Forest have rejected a bid from QPR for young defender Jamaal Lascelles, who has also attracted interest from Tottenham.

World Cup news and other gossip...

Tonight is the clash of two of the biggest stars of this World Cup - Neymar and James Rodriguez - as the No 10s of Brazil and Colombia go head-to-head today for a place in the semi-finals.
Germany face France in the other quarter-final tonight, with Jogi Low revealing SEVEN players have suffered from flu prior ahead of the game.
Former Liverpool, Tottenham and Fulham star Danny Murphy says France will beat Germany this evening.
And Didier Deschamps claims a united France will draw upon their team spirit to overcome Germany.

Best of the rest...

Ronaldinho has revealed he was just 48 hours away from signing for Man Utd before joining Barcelona.