Football Transfer News September 13: Chennaiyin FC signed Lalchhuanmawia Fanai and Reagan Singh on free transfers for the 2020-21 season, while Jamshedpur FC snapped up William Lalnunfela and Bhupender Singh on three year deals. Wellington Phoenix have confirmed marquee striker Gary Hooper will not be returning to the A-League club following the expiration of his 12-month contract. The clinical Englishman, who had a hamstring injury, has been heavily linked with a move to Kerala Blasters. Indian Super League side Odisha FC have made another move in the transfer window as they signed the former Bengaluru FC forward Manuel Onwu on a one year deal. Meanwhile, BBC reports that Barcelona and Ronald Koeman are eyeing Mohammed Salah sooner or later while Manchester United are considering bringing Gareth Bale back to the Premier League if the deal with Jadon Sancho does not come through.
Follow the News18 Sports live blog for all the transfer news and gossip from both Indian football and European transfer market. The Indian football transfer window is open till October 20, 2020 while the European transfer window is open for 10 weeks – from July 27 to October 5. This year has been an exception for the football transfer window as well due to coronavirus pandemic with the dates extended and altered according to season end. This year, the Indian football transfer market has seen a lot of buzz as well with clubs trying to make smart buys in limited budgets.
In the Indian football transfer window, ATK Mohun Bagan, FC Goa and Odisha FC have been the most active ones while Jamshedpur FC, Chennaiyin FC and Hyderabad FC have had coach changes lately as well. While FC Goa appointed Juan Ferrando as their coach early on and hit the market, Chennaiyin and Hyderabad FC have only just found their coaches. Hyderabad, who had Albert Roca as their coach, had to be changed after the Spaniard got an offer from FC Barcelona and moved on. In the European football market, Chelsea have been on a spending spree buying extremely talented youngsters to make up a formidable squad.
In Europe, the biggest of the latest transfer deals have been the signing of Kai Havertz by Chelsea from Bayer Leverkusen for 71m pounds and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United getting the signature of Donny van de Beek from Ajax Amsterdam. Among the women, Pernille Harder became the most expensive female footballer in the world when she signed with Chelsea.
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