Everton boss Ronald Koeman is an admirer and thought he was close to doing a deal last summer. With competition for places from Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, he knows he is no longer a first team player. Getty Images6Dele Alli has been in good form again this season with nine goals for Spurs in all comp. amford BridgeArsenal have been tracking the Swiss international for the past couple of months, but the Blues have decided to move quickly to steal a march on their London rivals. He sees Pepe as the perfect cover player, an experienced head to help mould United’s current d. Juventus are set to splash the cash in the summer after generating revenues of around £340m and the . Reuters4Swiss defender Ricardo Rodriguez in action in Euro 2016 against FranceGetty Images4The long-. big-money swoopAnd the deal, which has been kept under wraps until now, would become one of the biggest in world football. s, results and live match commentaryThe Dutch manager signed his countryman from Celtic when he was Saints manager. Getty Images3Pepe…can Manchester United ward off interest from China to sign Portuguese centra.