{"id":134431,"date":"2018-05-26T11:49:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T15:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=134431"},"modified":"2020-12-21T19:28:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T00:28:52","slug":"ftn-icardi-morata-swap-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2018\/05\/26\/ftn-icardi-morata-swap-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"FTN: Icardi-Morata Swap Deal, Isco, Seri, Fellaini Latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Football <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/05\/25\/jorginho-transfer-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transfer News<\/a> from Last Word on Football. We provide you with the latest ins and outs from around the footballing world. Today we bring you the latest on Isco, Jean-Michel Seri, Marouane Fellaini and a possible Icardi-Morata swap deal.<\/p>\n<h1>Isco, Icardi-Morata Swap Deal, Seri and Fellaini Transfer News<\/h1>\n<h2>Manchester City Prepare Isco Bid<\/h2>\n<p>Pep Guardiola is preparing a summer splash in an attempt to challenge for the Champions League. Accordingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?sl=es&amp;tl=en&amp;js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mundodeportivo.com%2Ffutbol%2Freal-madrid%2F20180524%2F443798856478%2Fguardiola-isco-fichaje-manchester-city-real-madrid.html&amp;edit-text=\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he wishes to bring Isco in from Real Madrid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, to thicken the plot, Isco may be unhappy with life at the Bernabeu as he feels underappreciated. However, Manchester City are hopeful that a bid of\u00a0\u00a370 million would tempt the Galacticos into selling. Especially if the player tries to force a move from the inside.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea to Offer Morata in Icardi Swap Deal<\/h2>\n<p>Spanish striker <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/05\/18\/ftn-the-latest-buffon-morata-jorginho-sandro-pereira-transfer-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alvaro Morata<\/a> found his first season in English football very difficult. He tallied 11 goals, adding six more assists, as Chelsea finished fifth in the table.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues wish to augment their strike force in an attempt to challenge for the title next season. As such, they wish to bring in Inter Milan star Mauro Icardi. In order to tempt the Italian club, Chelsea may try an <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?sl=it&amp;tl=en&amp;js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fsport.ilmessaggero.it%2Fcalciomercato%2Fmorata_juventus_si_inserisce_inter_ma_atletico_madrid_cerca_sorpasso-3753463.html&amp;edit-text=&amp;act=url\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Icardi-Morata swap deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Jean-Michel Seri in Demand<\/h2>\n<p>Nice may have a difficult time keeping hold of their midfielder this summer. In addition to interest from both Arsenal and Chelsea, the Ivorian\u00a0is drawing interest from several other major clubs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-target-on-napoli-radar-56217\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reports from Italy<\/a> suggest Napoli and Borussia Dortmund are courting Seri. The midfielder&#8217;s contract has a\u00a0\u20ac40 million release clause\u00a0and is set to expire in the summer of 2019.<\/p>\n<h2>Marseille in for Marouane<\/h2>\n<p>The Manchester United man&#8217;s contract is expiring on 30 June, and the Belgian does not look likely to sign a new deal. So, he could well be out the door of Old Trafford soon.<\/p>\n<p>Europa League finalists Marseille are now trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?sl=fr&amp;tl=en&amp;js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lequipe.fr%2FFootball%2FActualites%2FL-om-a-sonde-marouane-fellaini-manchester-un%2F904512&amp;edit-text=&amp;act=url\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tempt Fellaini to France<\/a>. While his wage demands may make a move impossible, the club is thought to have made contact with the player&#8217;s agent. <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/05\/23\/ac-milan-face-uefa-financial-fair-play-sanctions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AC Milan<\/a> and Atletico Madrid are other possible destinations for the former Everton man.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image Credit:<br \/>\n<a id=\"8B8h62LcSop5j4myJa-PgQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/960778346\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'8B8h62LcSop5j4myJa-PgQ',sig:'hQLc3HpgNqN8wyDb3l40je7g9XzZ1Y9zMdiBXNd8KE4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'960778346',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Football Transfer News from Last Word on Football. We provide you with the latest ins and outs from around the footballing world. Today we bring you the latest on Isco, Jean-Michel Seri, Marouane Fellaini and a possible Icardi-Morata swap deal. Isco, Icardi-Morata Swap Deal, Seri and Fellaini Transfer News Manchester City Prepare Isco [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2390,"featured_media":134475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1193,1297,811,2071,717,998],"class_list":["post-134431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfers","tag-alvaro-morata","tag-football-transfer-news","tag-isco","tag-jean-michel-seri","tag-marouane-fellaini","tag-mauro-icardi"],"modified_by":"Martin Hawkins","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2390"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}