Ten Hag’s Man Utd presentation, Raphinha bid rejected – Monday’s five key events

Robin Bairner

• 23 May 2022 18:32 CDT
• 3 min read

With the dust settling on Europe’s biggest leagues, the football transfer window is ready to kick into swing.

Liverpool and Aston Villa have already completed their first signings of the summer, while more details of Kylian Mbappe’s dramatic decision to remain with PSG have been made clear.

Here are the five key stories of the day.

Leeds knock back Barca’s Raphinha bid

Barcelona have seen a €55 million bid for Leeds winger Raphinha knocked back, FootballTransfers has exclusively revealed. The Brazil star, though, does have a release clause that Barca might be tempted to trigger.

Ten Hag talks

Erik ten Hag was presented to the press as the Manchester United manager for the first time, with the former Ajax boss talking extensively about his plans for turning things around at Old Trafford.

Liverpool sign Carvalho

After narrowly missing out on the signing of Fabio Carvalho due to administrative reasons in January, Liverpool have made the young Englishman their first official deal of the summer transfer window. He will join them from Fulham.

Ibrahimovic addresses retirement rumours

Zlatan Ibrahimovic won Serie A with Milan at the weekend, but questions remain over what his next steps will be. The legendary Swede spoke to the media on Monday about his plans.

Mbappe won’t rule out Madrid move

Kylian Mbappe has refused to rule out the possibility of one day moving to Real Madrid, just hours after turning the Spanish club down to instead remain with PSG on a new three-year contract.

Meanwhile, PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi hit out at La Liga counterpart Javier Tebas after the latter branded the deal an insult to football.