Football transfer gossip: Costa, Keita, Hernandez, Verratti, Barkley, Neymar

For completed deals, check our transfers page. Transfer news Chelsea are holding out for £44m for Atletico Madrid target Diego Costa, 28, after agreeing a deal to sign his fellow striker Alvaro Morata, 24, from Real Madrid. (Independent) Atletico president Enrique Cerezo has played down talk of an imminent move for Spain international Costa. (Mirror) Liverpool are ready to bid £70m for RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita, having had a £66m offer rejected for the 22-year-old Guinea international. (Mirror) West Ham are set to sign former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez, 29, from Bayer Leverkusen. (Sky Sports) Manchester United are being linked with Paris St-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti,

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  Adrian sends Sullivan reminder after West Ham chairman's gushing Hart comments

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Legal challenge against Chelsea’s stadium rebuild thrown out in High Court

News around the new stadium at Stamford Bridge has gone a bit quiet in recent months after the planning application was approved by both the Hammersmith & Fulham council in January and the Mayor of London a couple months later. It is hardly surprising for a massive construction project like this to move slowly and with the latest estimates putting it at least five years away, concerns about it were put on the back burner and football itself (Champions!) and then the transfer market took center stage. As spotted by the irascible Dan Levene, the stadium’s approval by the Mayor was challenged by an unnamed objector who sought a Judicial Review of the process in High Court, “largely based on alleged shortcomings in the treatment of air quality” in the planning application.

Jose Mourinho hopes for 15 more years at Man United

Jose Mourinho hears your talk of the ‘three season syndrome’ surrounding him and laughs. After his debut season at Manchester United yielded two major trophies and qualification to the UEFA Champions League, Mourinho is ready for plenty more as his team continue their preseason preparations in Los Angeles. Speaking to ESPN in LA, Mourinho revealed that he plans to try and emulate Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford.

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  Mourinho wants 15 more years at United

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  Mourinho not happy with Man Utd transfer business

  Goal.com