Saturday’s gossip: Bayindir, Bertrand, Eze, Beto, Chalobah, Batshuayi

Saturday’s gossip: Bayindir, Bertrand, Eze, Beto, Chalobah, Batshuayi

Gossip

Fenerbahce’s Turkey goalkeeper Altay Bayindir, 25, is flying to England as he closes in on a £6m switch to Manchester United. (Talksport)external-link

Manchester United have placed England international left-back Ryan Bertrand, 34 – a free agent after his release by Leicester – on their shortlist as they look to find cover for injured 28-year-old England defender Luke Shaw. (Express)external-link

An unnamed team in Albania is the only club interested in signing Mason Greenwood after it was announced the England forward, 21, would not play for Manchester United again. (Sun)external-link

Paris St-Germain want to offload French forward Hugo Ekitike, 21, to Brentford, but the Premier League club are focused on trying to sign Argentina winger Nicolas Gonzalez, 25, from Fiorentina. (Sky Sports)external-link

Everton are close to agreeing a £25.7m deal to sign Udinese‘sPortuguese striker Beto, 25. (Tuttomercatoweb – in Italian)external-link

Tottenham are one of the clubs that have been alerted to the availability of Portuguese winger Jota, 24, only two months after becoming Al-Ittihad‘s club record signing. (90min)external-link

Crystal Palace will demand £70m for both England winger Eberechi Eze, 25, and Mali midfielder Cheick Doucoure, 23, this summer. (Evening Standard)external-link

Liverpool are looking to secure the services of Bayer Leverkusen‘s 21-year-old Ecuador defender Piero Hincapie. (FourFourTwo)external-link

Liverpool are desperate to add a new centre-back and central midfielder before the transfer deadline. (Football Insider)external-link

Corinthians’ Brazilian defender Murillo, 21, is on the verge on joining Nottingham Forest. (Fabrizio Romano)external-link

Arsenal are prepared to sell nine players to raise £100m to balance the books before the transfer window closes on 1 September. (Mirror)external-link

Crystal Palace have made contact with Paris St-Germain about signing Germany midfielder Julian Draxler, 29. (RMC Sport – in French)external-link

Lyon’s French forward Bradley Barcola, 20, is ready to snub interest from Chelsea as he favours a move to Paris St-Germain. (90min)external-link

Nottingham Forest are interested in Trevoh Chalobah, 24, but Chelsea‘s English defender is not keen on a move to the City Ground. (Football Insider)external-link

Chalobah is said to be holding out for a move to German champions Bayern Munich, who see him as a potential replacement for France defender Benjamin Pavard, 27. (Sky Sport Germany – in German)external-link

Nottingham Forest are trying to sign Fenerbahce and Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi, 29, and have bid £3.4m. (Sports Digitale, in Turkish)external-link

Schalke want to sign English left-back Derry Murkin, 24, from Dutch side Volendam but have only offered £430,000. (Sky Sport Germany – in German)external-link

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