Paris St-Germain are planning a move for Manchester City‘s Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva, 28, this summer as a replacement for the departing Lionel Messi. (Le Parisien, in French)
West Ham are interested in a swap deal involving Arsenal‘sEmile Smith Rowe, 22, if fellow England midfielder Declan Rice, 24, joins the Gunners. (Sun)
Ajax are demanding £45m for their 25-year-old Mexico midfielder Edson Alvarez, who has emerged as another option for West Ham to replace Rice. (Guardian)
Bayern Munich‘s top midfield transfer target is West Ham’s Rice but Arsenal remain favourites to sign him. (Sky Sport Germany, in German)
Manchester City have held initial talks with RB Leipzig over the signing of Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol, 21. (Football Insider)
Talks between Arsenal and Joao Cancelo over a potential move are progressing positively and Manchester City want £45m for the Portugal full-back, 29. (FootballTransfers)
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has blocked Eintracht Frankfurt‘sattempts to sign Victor Lindelof this summer, and does not want the 28-year-old Sweden centre-back to leave. (Bild, in German)
Meanwhile, United have been told that Atalanta‘s 20-year-old Danish striker Rasmus Hojland and Monaco‘sFrench defender Axel Disasi, 25, both want to move to Old Trafford this summer. (Mail)
Chelsea have opened talks with Southampton over their Belgian midfielder Romeo Lavia, 19. (Football London)
Inter Milan‘sCameroonian goalkeeper Andre Onana has an agreement in principle with Chelsea but Inter have rejected the Blues’ initial £34m bid for the 27-year-old. (Tuttomercatoweb, in Italian)
Chelsea are also interested in AC Milan and France keeper Mike Maignan, 27. (L’Equipe, in French – subscription required)
Luton Town have held talks with Bosnia keeper Asmir Begovic, 35, who has just left Everton – and have also looked at Bournemouth‘sRepublic of Ireland goalkeeper Mark Travers, 24. (Telegraph – subscription needed)
Crystal Palace and Fulham are preparing bids for Coventry City and Sweden forward Viktor Gyokeres, 25. (Football Insider)
Chelsea are waiting to hear whether or not AC Milan will go ahead with the £15m signing of their English midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 27, after sacking directors Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara. (Telegraph – subscription needed)
Saudi side Al-Ahli are ready to offer Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez, 32, a contract worth £40m a year to leave Manchester City this summer. (Mirror)
Tottenham and Manchester United are both set to walk away from a potential deal for David Raya if Brentford do not lower their asking price of £40m for the 27-year-old Spain goalkeeper. (London Evening Standard)
Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has been told he will have £75m to spend this summer with Leicester‘sEngland international James Maddison, 26, their top midfield target and Brighton‘s21-year-old Ecuadorian Moises Caicedo, Manchester United‘sScotland international Scott McTominay, 26, and Chelsea and England’s Conor Gallagher, 23, also under consideration. (Mail)
Alternatively, Newcastle have a transfer budget of £100m to £150m this summer. (Athletic – subscription needed)
Real Madrid are closing in on the signing of Getafe’s Spanish goalkeeper David Soria, 30. (Fichajes, in Spanish)
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