Joy Sports Transfer Daily: Baba Rahman in Schalke camp + Monday's top stories

SANE EDGES TO CITY
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is closing on another signing, with Schalke's Leroy Sane on his way to the club for a medical.Schalke have confirmed that Sane has not travelled to their training camp, with the winger set to complete a five-year move for around €50 million.

Leroy #Sané is currently in Manchester and will not be travelling with #Schalke to the training camp. #s04 pic.twitter.com/Jz0Mrlv5vO — FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) August 1, 2016

MENEZ SIGNS FOR BORDEAUX
The Ligue 1 side have landed Jeremy Menez on a three-year deal.The ex-Roma and PSG forward joins from Milan, at the age of 29.No doubt he’ll be key to Bordeaux’s hopes of Europa League football next term.

Officiel ! J. #Ménez est bordelais pour 3 ans ! Conf' en live sur FB (15h30) ! ðŸ'ðŸ˜‰âž¡ https://t.co/o54GTz58fd pic.twitter.com/9DZYymci44 — FCGirondins Bordeaux (@girondins) August 1, 2016

INTER TARGET OSCAR
The Blues have so far insisted that the 24-year-old Brazilian is not for sale.But Inter, who finished fourth in last season’s Serie A table, could yet test the Londoners’ resolve.Oscar, 24, scored only three Premier League goals last season and has also attracted interest from Juventus and the Chinese Super League.Antonio Conte is understood to be open to dismantling the Brazilian clique in the Stamford Bridge dressing room.Willian will stay having penned a lucrative new deal. But Alexandre Pato has already left after reaching the end of his loan spell.Atletico Madrid are also increasingly confident of landing Brazil-born Spain striker Diego Costa once, as expected, Chelsea sign Romelu Lukaku.

BLASZCZYKOWSKI JOINS WOLFSBURG
Wolfsburg have signed Poland midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski from Borussia Dortmund . The 30-year-old has penned a deal to 2019.

VfL have secured the services of Jakub Blaszczykowski from @BVB . Kuba has signed a deal with VfL until 2019. pic.twitter.com/BYorCT7Tjn — VfL Wolfsburg EN (@VfLWolfsburg_EN) August 1, 2016

MUSTAFI BACK IN TRAINING
He's been touted as one of Arsenal 's key summer transfer targets but Shkodran Mustafi has just returned to training at Valencia . It remains to be seen whether he's back in Spain to merely say goodbye to his team-mates before moving to the Emirates...

🔙🔛🔝 Finally back in training with the team @valenciacf ! ðŸ'‹ðŸ½âš½ #sm5 pic.twitter.com/AgLvpzIslm — Shkodran Mustafi (@MustafiOfficial) August 1, 2016

RAHMAN TRAINING WITH SCHALKE
Having revealed earlier this morning that Leroy Sane was in Manchester ahead of his proposed move to Manchester City, Schalke have just taken to Twitter to confirm Chelsea defender Baba Rahman is training with the club.

Abdul Rahman #Baba is travelling with the #Schalke squad to the training camp. #s04 pic.twitter.com/9J5vuNpzxK — FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) August 1, 2016

SEVILLA SEAL YEDDER DEAL
Wissam Ben Yedder has been linked with a number of Premier League sides this summer, but the likes of Arsenal and West Ham won’t be getting their hands on the former France Under-21 international.That’s because Sevilla have confirmed that he has joined the La Liga club on a five-year deal after agreeing a deal with Toulouse for the 25-year-old.He moves for an undisclosed fee after he passed a medical earlier today.

¡Bienvenido @WissBenYedder ! Vestirá la camiseta del #SevillaFC las próximas cinco temporadas 🙌🔝 pic.twitter.com/TY1yGU9Agx — Sevilla Fútbol Club (@SevillaFC) August 1, 2016

MAHREZ DISTRACTED BY RUMOURS
Riyad Mahrez has allowed himself to be distracted by speculation surrounding his future, according to Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri .The Algerian has been linked with a move to Arsenal and failed to impress in the 4-0 defeat to PSG over the weekend."Maybe Riyad is distracted a bit by all of these rumours and speculation," said Ranieri. "But that is also an experience for my players."It is important that he understands that he should stay with us. He has to improve his fitness and play for the team as well as last season."

MOYES AFTER JANUZAJ
New Sunderland boss David Moyes, linked with a loan move for his former Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj , has told a news conference that the Black Cats have "got offers in for a number of players."

STILL GUNNING FOR LACAZETTE
Arsenal remain interested in signing Alexandre Lacazette and will make an improved offer for the Lyon forward.Manager Arsene Wenger is keen to strengthen his squad ahead of the new season, but saw a bid in the region of £30m for Lacazette rejected by the Ligue 1 club last week.Lacazette, who has scored 48 league goals over the past two seasons, signed a new four-year contract to remain at Lyon only last August.And club president Jean-Michel Aulas said last night that they plan to offer him a new deal to show he is one of their "greatest assets".

MONTOYA LEAVES FOR THE MESTELLA

After a desperately disappointing two-year loan at Inter Milan, he’s seen his contract terminated by parent club Barcelona, freeing him up for a four-year deal at Valencia.He’s effectively off to the Mestalla as a replacement for Middlesbrough new boy Antonio Barragan.

EVERTON TO RIVAL MANCHESTER UNITED FOR FONTE
Everton are ready to rival Manchester United for the services of Southampton defender Jose Fonte.Fonte was Toffees boss Ronald Koeman’s captain at Saints and the Blues have made a £9million bid to the South Coast club.Centre-half Fonte has spent six and half seasons on the south coast, rapidly establishing himself as a key figure in Southampton’s rise from League One football to qualification for the Europa League.The Portugal international signed a revised three-year contract last October on the condition that the club would not stand in his way should he receive a superior offer from elsewhere.

VERRATTI FLATTERED BY MADRID INTEREST BUT STAYING IN PARIS

Marco Verratti has admitted he is flattered by interest from Real Madrid... but doesn’t want to leave Paris Saint-Germain.The Italy international told Le Parisien: “I’m flattered that a great team like Real Madrid are interested in me, but I’ve made ​​the decision of winning with Paris.“I want to win something important here before I get tired or that the club no longer want me.

MORATA SET FOR MADRID STAY
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has confirmed that Alvaro Morata will not be leaving the club this summer.The Spanish club exercised their buy-back clause this summer and were expected to sell Morata on for a hefty profit.But both Arsenal and Chelsea were scared off by Morata’s huge fee and Zidane now says he will stay at the Bernabeu.

T his series is from the team at 99.7FM, tracking the latest moves in the summer transfer 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 on July 4 and ends on August 31.

With the domestic football season long behind us, here's all you need to know about the summer transfer window...

When does the transfer window open?
The 2016 summer transfer window opened on Thursday, June 9 for Premier League clubs.

When does the transfer window close?
The 2016 summer transfer window will close on Wednesday, August 31 - two and a half weeks after the start of the 2016/17 Premier League season.

Do European leagues have different dates?
While France's Ligue 1 has the same transfer window dates as the Premier League, there are slight differences in Spain, Germany and Italy.

The summer transfer windows in La Liga, the Bundesliga and Serie A do not open until Friday, July 1.

However, like England and France, the transfer windows in the top flights in Spain, Germany and Italy all close on Wednesday, August 31.

So far, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has signed with Manchester United, Ilkay Gundogan has signed for Manchester City, Sadio Mane has joined Liverpool while Arsenal grabbed Swiss international Granit Xhaka....

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Story by Ghana/Joy Sports/Kweku Arhin