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Everton agree £27.5m Moise Kean fee with Juventus

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Everton have agreed a transfer fee of £27.5m, potentially rising to £36.6m with Juventus for striker Moise Kean, according to Sky in Italy The 19-year old Italy international could earn around £52,000 per week, it is reported, with a medical possible as early as Wednesday. The deal is expected to include a buy-back clause for Juve, and the fee could potentially rise to £36.6m. Kean scored six Serie A goals in 13 appearances last season and has also played three times for Italy, scoring twice. The deal would be Everton's fourth signing of the summer having secured Andre Gomes from Barcelona, Jonas Lossl from Huddersfield and Fabian Delph from Manchester City.

Arsenal sign Nicolas Pepe - Transfer complete for £72m man, announcement to be confirmed

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Arsenal are cracking on with their transfer business after a slow start to the summer. The Gunners have now signed four players this transfer window with Gabriel Martinelli, William Saliba and Dani Ceballos all joining Pepe. The Ivorian was flown in today to complete a medical and sign a contract and transfer guru Fabrizio Romano revealed that the deal is now done. He tweeted: “Pepe has signed he’s new Arsenal player.” The 24-year-old took Ligue 1 by storm last season after scoring 22 goals and assisting 11 and a host of top clubs have been chasing his signature. And he will join an already formidable attack under Unai Emery, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette. Pepe was made Emery's top target after failing to sign Wilfried Zaha from Crystal Palace. The Eagles had slapped a whopping £90m price-tag on the Ivorian and were not interested in add-ons or installments. But the Gunners did not waste anytime, quickly adjusting their sights on Pe

Patrice Evra says his Man Utd exit was caused by 'broken promises' over his contract

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How he was left feeling "betrayed" over a gentleman's agreement with Ed Woodward - without which, he may have remained at the club. He said: "Before the end of that season Ed told me: 'Patrice, you're going to stay for another year because we've got an option in your contract,' but I told him I needed to leave because of family reasons. He shook my hand and said he understood. "Then in May I was having dinner in Dubai on my birthday and had a text from my agent. He told me to go somewhere quiet and sent me a message with the statement from United saying they were pleased to renew my contract for another year. I went mad, I was really disappointed. "I called Ed and swore on the phone, even threatened him. He said I couldn't talk to the director of football like that and that he was going to fine me. After that Ryan Giggs called and said I couldn't leave just because of one man, but it gave me an excuse to leave. I'd alrea