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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Michael Butler

Football transfer rumours: West Ham and Spurs battle for Barça’s Ansu Fati?

Ansu Fati in Barcelona training
Ansu Fati did not fare well in the Premier League last season on loan at Brighton. Photograph: Alejandro García/EPA

The problem with selling a superstar winger for £70m is that everyone knows that you have £70m to spend. Napoli may have sent Khvicha Kvaratskhelia out of the door, with the Georgian coughing for the PSG doctors today before his big-money move, but now the Italian side have a Kvaratskhelia-shaped hole on the left side of their attack and a lot of money to spend.

Antonio Conte, Napoli’s manager, wants Alejandro Garnacho, with Manchester United now rejecting an offer of £40m for the 20-year-old. The deal looks increasingly difficult, given the Argentinian played 90 minutes in United’s win over Southampton on Thursday, unless Napoli decide to up their offer from the spare £30m they have knocking about. “He has talent,” said Ruben Amorim of Garnacho after United’s 3-1 victory. “I think he changed the way he sees himself. He’s finding the best way to play in this system and is improving during training.”

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