@JBurtTelegraph: Monaco reject Man City's £44.5m bid for Benjamin Mendy and want same fee Spurs got for Kyle Walker
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/07/20/monaco-reject-man-citys-445m-bid-benjamin-mendy-want-fee-tottenham/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw
I was just thinking how easy it must be to be head of recruitment at a club like Liverpool where you get paid a fortune to basically come up with "Van Dijk" & "Keita" as good options to sign at the end of a season
@ChelseaFC: We have agreed terms with Real Madrid for the transfer of Alvaro Morata...
http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2017/07/morata-transfer-agreed.html?extcmp=SOCIA_TW_ENG_TRANSFERS
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/07/19/danilo-among-three-four-players-manchester-city-want-confirms/
No mention of Berty in this, but proof that City don't mind paying a ton of money for a 2nd choice full-back.