Football Transfer News Sept. 6: Jamshedpur FC Sign Peter Hartley; EPL Big Guns Eye Griezmann

Football Transfer News September 6: I-League 2nd Division side Mohammedan Sporting Club have announced the arrival former Neroca FC and Mumbai City FC forward Singam Subhash Singh. Meanwhile, ISL club Jamshedpur FC announced the signing of Peter Hartley, who led Motherwell FC into the UEFA Europa League 2020-21. The Mail reports that Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal are among the clubs monitoring the situation when it comes to the future of Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann. Another Barcelona forward, Luis Suarez has been asked to train on his own by new Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman as he prepares to leave the La Liga club for Juventus, the Mail reports.

Follow the News18 Sports live blog for all the transfer news and gossip from both Indian football and European 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.

In India, Odisha FC have managed to sign Marcelinho while FC Goa announced the acquisition of midfielder Alberto Noguera as a direct replacement for Hugo Boumous. Also, Hyderabad FC announced the signing of forward Joel Chianese, along with Brazilian midfielder Joao Victor. Among the Indians, Nishu Kumar’s move to Kerala Blasters made him the highest paid Indian defender in the market.

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