Joy Sports Transfer Daily: Saturday's top 12 stories

The new series from the team at 99.7FM, tracking the latest moves in the window. We call it the #JoySports Transfer Daily. Here, we summarize all the moves and rumours in a quick, easy to read format.

The series started in July 1 and ends on August 31.

When does the transfer window open?
The Premier League season wrapped up on May 24 and there has been a slew of confirmed transfers since - including James Milner and Danny Ings to Liverpool and Memphis Depay's move to Manchester United. But the window did not officially open until 12am on Wednesday 1 July 2015.

Is that the same across Europe?
No it is not. The transfer window dates for the major European leagues have yet to be finalised, but France, Germany, Spain and Italy's tends to open at the beginning of June rather than July. This means players from those leagues can agree moves into England, but transfers will not be ratified until July 1. The Dutch summer transfer window tends to open in the second week of June.

In today’s edition...
Podolski joins Galatasaray
Turkish giants, Galatasaray, have confirmed the signing of German forward, Lukas Podolski, from Arsenal. The Turkish Super Lig champions confirmed the signing via their Twitter account on Saturday afternoon. The German World Cup winner arrived in Turkey on Saturday morning for his medical at the club, before he signed the contract at in front of the club's fans at the Türk Telekom Arena...

Van Persie off to Turkey?
Robin van Persie looks set to leave Manchester United after he agreed terms with Turkish side Fenerbahce, according to a report.

The Guardian claim that Van Persie’s agent, Kees Vos, has been in Istanbul for the last few days to trash out personal terms even though the two clubs are yet to agree a deal. It had been previously reported that Van Persie had been touted around the Turkish Super Lig in January...

Pirlo’s move to New York City imminent
New York City appear to have confirmed the signature of Juventus playmaker Andrea Pirlo. The MLS side appeared to post a player profile of the Italian on their website, before deleting it swiftly. Pirlo is expected to be announced as a New York City player soon…

Arturo Vidal 'set for Real Madrid move'
Reports in Chile claim Juventus are ready to sell Arturo Vidal to Real Madrid. According to La Tercera , the midfielder has already agreed terms on a move to the Bernabeu, with Juventus having also agreed in principle to a deal. Last week there had been strong reports he was in advanced negotiations with Arsenal, but Madrid are now favourites to secure his services after new boss Rafa Benitez made him his number one target. La Tercera believes he will sign a five-year contract with the Madrid club, and even suggest Madrid directors could fly out to Santiago de Chile to complete the paperwork. The report does not mention a fee but it would be expected to be in the region of £25 million...

Bayern not interested in Di Maria
Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola has rubbished reports linking the German giants with Angel Di Maria. The Spaniard ruled out a move for Manchester United’s record signing, insisting United paid a crazy amount for the Argentina star…

Aston Villa sign Senegal midfielder
Aston Villa will sign Idrissa Gueye from Lille in a deal worth about £9m after the Senegal international, a defensive midfielder, completed a medical and agreed personal terms with the Midlands club.

Marseille made a late attempt to hijack the transfer but the 25-year-old was keen to come to the Premier League and Tim Sherwood convinced him that Villa was the right place for his development...

Liverpool flop, Balotelli, linked with Newcastle
Liverpool flop, Mario Balotelli has been linked with a surprise move to Newcastle. The Magpies are reportedly considering a loan-deal for the controversial Italian, who struggled to impress at Anfield…

Chelsea target German international
Chelsea are reportedly targeting Germany defender Antonio Rudiger. However, the 22-year-old has also been linked with a move to Wolfsburg after reportedly preferring to stay in Germany…

Sunderland sign Wales international Adam Matthews
Sunderland have completed the signing of Celtic right-back Adam Matthews for a fee of £2million. The Black Cats confirmed the deal on Friday night, a little more than 24 hours after agreeing a fee with the Scottish champions. 23-year-old Matthews has been capped 12 times for Wales, earning his international debut against Scotland in 2011...

Turkish youngster Enes Unal at Manchester City
Man City have won the race for Turkish scoring sensation Enes Unal, report the Manchester Evening News. The 18-year-old (below, pictured) is set to become Manuel Pellegrini’s first signing of the summer after beating a host European clubs, including Chelsea to the Bursaspor starlet. Unal arrived in Manchester on Friday to undergo a medical and complete the formalities of his deal.

He became the youngest player to score in the Turkish Super Lig at the age of 16 - and had a stunning record for Turkey’s Under-16s. He scored 24 times in 25 games - earning a call up to the national under-21 team. Unal has netted four times in 37 games for Bursa, who finished sixth in Turkey last season...

Salah to be sued by Fioentina
Fiorentina have threatened to take legal action against Mohamed Salah after the player informed them he did not wish to extend his loan from Chelsea for the forthcoming season, with Internazionale having indicated a desire to bring the Egypt winger to San Siro.

Salah, an £11m recruit from Basel in 2014, moved to Florence in January on a six-month temporary deal and duly revived his career in Serie A, scoring nine goals in 26 appearances. The Italian club, who had paid an initial loan fee to Chelsea, had an option in writing to extend the agreement for a further season ahead of a potential permanent transfer next summer, and duly exercised that clause by paying a further agreed fee.

With that in mind, both Fiorentina and Chelsea anticipated the winger spending a further 12 months at stadio Artemia Franchi. However, after weeks of haggling over personal terms, Salah’s agent, Ramy Abbas, informed Fiorentina on Thursday evening that he would not be returning to the club for the campaign ahead.

That has left the Italians infuriated, particularly given they had apparently made him “an insane offer”, according to the director Vincenzo Guerini, believed to be around £2.1m-a-year plus bonuses to keep him out of Inter’s clutches...

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