Juve market, Zakaria row. McKennie's dream and Arthur's no

The Swiss leads the redundancy patrol. Meeting in the capital between intermediaries and West Ham: new contacts also with Juventus. The American dreams of a return to the Premier League, but Borussia Dortmund is now knocking for him

Beneath Nelson's Column, in Trafalgar Square, Denis Zakaria is mentioned . Not new, since the Juventus -owned Swiss spent the last six months of his career on loan at Chelsea . But now it's another, one of many others, the capital's club that wants him with them. That West Ham is on the trail of the midfielder, in fact, is nothing new. Nor is it a novelty that, yesterday, a meeting was expected in England to try to unblock the situation in a definitive way.

Cristiano Giuntoli 's landing at Continassa and the inevitable adjustment to the agenda of the appointments scheduled in these days, however, has upset the cards a bit. And then the confrontation still went on stage, but with only two parties involved: the entourage of the player on one side and emissaries of the Hammers on the other. To reaffirm the company's projects and ambitions, to put on the table an economic proposal capable of tickling the former Gladbach. Mission accomplished. The next step, already expected for today, foresees a new involvement of Juventus, after last week's call to lay the foundations for the negotiation with West Ham.

Zakaria, Juve's requests and the interested clubs

The bianconeri need to monetize the farewell of the redundancies in the squad to finance the incoming market, therefore they do not intend to object to a permanent transfer. The initial request was for 20 million, with the British responding by proposing just over half: they will discuss it again, but optimism is still spreading about Continassa. Also because, of all the players returning to Turin from a loan, the Swiss remains the one with the most admirers. The Hammers would like to hurry to anticipate Bournemouth's "internal" competition, but Zakaria also enjoys esteem in the Bundesliga, from where Juventus had taken him a year and a half ago, and in Ligue 1, where they asked for information Lyon, Lens and also Strasbourg. Giuntoli and Manna, in short,