Van Persie travelled to Manchester on Thursday to finalise personal terms and undergo a medical and has now put pen to paper on a contract at Old Trafford to put one of the summer's
biggest transfer sagas to rest.
Title of article: Breaking News: Chelsea match Manchester United's bid for Lukaku One of the summer's
biggest transfer sagas appeared to be over when Everton accepted a # 75 million bid from Manchester United for Romelu Lukaku.
One of the summer's
biggest transfer sagas appeared to be over when Everton accepted a # 75 million bid from Manchester United for Romelu Lukaku.
The big transfer sagas of the summer revolved around two players, Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale.
Not exact matches
The Arsenal
transfer rumours are a little thin on the ground at the moment with Arsene Wenger over at the Euros as usual, so I thought I'd have a little peek at what the bookies are forecasting the chances of the Gunners landing any
big name strikers if the Jamie Vardy
saga fails to come to fruition.
In our latest round - up of Manchester United
transfer news, there's some
big developments in the Alexis Sanchez
saga and others.
It is a
big statement to make and we have heard this kind of story all before, however it is the latest in developments surrounding the Higuain to Arsenal
transfer saga and so it raises a few eyebrows.
Ten
transfer sagas that look set to dominate this summer, including some
big names who may or may not be heading to the Premier League...
The Mail also lists Arsenal and Manchester United as interested parties in this particular
transfer saga, with Di Matteo being quoted as saying the player will not be short of offers from
big clubs.
The Daily Mirror recently claimed United were one of the clubs in for the # 55million - rated defender, and fans are now starting to welcome him to the club as they believe yesterday's absence could be a
big development in this
transfer saga...
The
big Arsenal
transfer story at the end of the summer window was the
saga of Alexis Sanchez waiting impatiently for Arsene Wenger to sign Thomas Lemar so that he would be allowed to join Pep Guardiola's Man City side, but the massive deal failed to go through and the Chilean was forced to remain at the Emirates against his wishes.
The day began with Arsenal wrapping up their much - anticipated club - record
transfer to land Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund, while Olivier Giroud and Michy Batshuayi completed switches to Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund respectively to complete the protracted three - way
transfer saga, and there were plenty more
big money deals closed as the day wore on.
Other
big - name
transfers into Westminster include Ros Altmann, the former
Saga director general who took a peerage last year to become pensions minister, resigning last month.
He's back for a second season and, following a tumultuous
transfer saga, he'll have the chance to compete at some of the
biggest clubs in world football.