- Leicester City are eyeing Ajax’s 27-year-old Argentine left-back Nicolas Tagliafico as a replacement for Chelsea-bound England international Ben Chilwell, 23. Chelsea are believed to be closing in for a deal for the England international
- Wolves are ready to sell their Spanish winger Adama Traore, 24, after manager Nuno Espirito Santo was told he must raise his own transfer funds to fund any entries to the molineux
- Wolves are interested in Sevilla’s 26-year-old Argentine winger Lucas Ocampos as a potential replacement for Adama Traore who could leave the club.
- Manchester United could walk away from negotiations with Borussia Dortmund for England forward Jadon Sancho, 20, and instead return for talks in a year as they did for Bruno Fernandez
- Manchester United’s hopes of signing Wales midfielder David Brooks, 23, have been boosted after Bournemouth admitted they will not stand in the way of any player who wants to leave.
- Arsenal are increasingly confident of winning the race to sign Lille’s Brazil centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes, 22, but Manchester United have asked the player’s camp to delay making a decision.
- A phone call with manager Mikel Arteta has persuaded Magalhaes to join the Gunners. Arsenal have enquired about Bayern Munich’s 29-year-old Germany midfielder Thiago Alcantara but would need the German champions to lower their asking price.
- Aston Villa are lining up a £30m bid for Celtic and France Under-21 striker Odsonne Edouard, 22.
- Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voller says the club are relaxed about 21-year-old Germany midfielder Kai Havertz’s situation amid interest from Chelsea.
- Barcelona have prepared a response for Argentina forward Lionel Messi, should the 34-year-old hand in a transfer request this week.
- Arsenal and Barcelona are keen on 21-year-old French defender Malang Sarr, who is a free agent after leaving Nice.
- Newly promoted clLeeds United are interested in signing Belgium striker Divock Origi, 25, and loaning English forward Rhian Brewster, 20, from Liverpool.
- Newcastle , Everton , West Ham and Fulham have all displayed interest in signing Manchester United’s England centre-back Chris Smalling, 30 who left Roma after end of Loan spell with the italian club.
- Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti is growing frustrated with the club’s transfer strategy. The Toffees have put a £143m price tag on Brazilian forward Richarlison, 23.
- Ten clubs are in the race to sign Liverpool’s Serbian midfielder Marko Grujic, 24. Valencia’s 29-year-old Spain forward Rodrigo is interested in a move to Leeds United.
