🚨 Liverpool medical DONE, talks scheduled over Man United star's future, Chelsea exits, concrete Marcus Thuram interest, and more

Today's transfer round-up, featuring Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea, and more!

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Today’s top stories:

• Alexis Mac Allister has completed his Liverpool medical

• Talks next week over Harry Maguire’s Man Utd future

• Plus more on Arsenal, Chelsea, and PSG

AC Milan

Official, confirmed by club statement: AC Milan have fired Paolo Maldini - he’s no longer their director. The club has decided to sack Ricky Massara and legend Paolo Maldini to begin a new era with a new vision for the club.

Christian Pulisic is expected to leave this summer as Chelsea are open to letting him go. AC Milan are among the clubs interested in Pulisic. He was mentioned in recent talks held with Chelsea. For now, however, talks over Ruben Loftus-Cheek are on stand-by after Maldini’s sacking.

Al Hilal

Sources close to Al Hilal have denied that they’ve made an improved proposal to Lionel Messi. It’s still the same bid on the table that they made to the player back in April — close to €1B package salary for two years. Messi’s still waiting to make a final decision. For more exclusive info on his situation, click here to read yesterday’s guest column from Ben Jacobs.

Al Ittihad

Official: Karim Benzema has signed for Al Ittihad on a two year deal with the option for a further season. Benzema will earn almost €200m per season net salary, commercial deals included.

Al Ittihad delegation has presented an official bid to N’Golo Kante and his camp. Al Ittihad are confident of getting the green light soon. The deal is worth €100m inclusive of the image rights, commercial deals and a creative ‘investment portfolio’.