Chelsea are set to offer Spain defenders Cesar Azpilicueta, 32, and Marcos Alonso, 31, plus £51m to beat Manchester United in the race to sign Barcelona’s 25-year-old Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong. (Sport – in Spanish)
Chelsea are in advanced talks to sign Netherlands defender Nathan Ake, 27, from Manchester City. (Times)
Paris St-Germain want to sign Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 33, and Sassuolo and Italy forward Gianluca Scamacca, 23. (Footmercato – in French)
Newcastle have joined Liverpool in being interested in 26-year-old Real Madrid and Spain winger Marco Asensio. (Sport – in Spanish)
Tottenham are close to signing Barcelona’s France defender Clement Lenglet, 27, on a season-long loan. (Standard)
Manchester United have been asked to pay combined transfer fees of £106m to sign Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez, 24, and Brazil winger Antony, 22, from Ajax. (Daily Record)
Brentford boss Thomas Frank is adamant they will not give up on signing 30-year-old Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen, who is expected to join Manchester United. (Express)
Arsenal are considering a move for Benfica’s 26-year-old Spanish left-back Alex Grimaldo, with manager Mikel Arteta eager to add cover for Kieran Tierney. (Mirror)
Chelsea are looking to offer England defender Reece James, 22, a contract extension despite his current deal running to June 2025 – in an attempt to fend off interest from Manchester City and Real Madrid. (i Sport)
Chelsea remain favourites to sign Raphinha for £55m, with Leeds still waiting on an offer from Barcelona for the 25-year-old Brazil forward. (Standard)
Portugal forward Fabio Silva, 19, is set to join Anderlecht on a season-long loan from Wolves, who bought him for £35m two years ago. (Mail)
Leeds are prepared to pay a club record £32m to sign 21-year-old Belgium striker Charles de Ketelaere from Club Bruges. (Mirror)
Fulham have made two offers for West Ham’s 25-year-old French defender Issa Diop. (Mail)
Arsenal’s 21-year-old English midfielder Matt Smith is wanted by a host of Championship clubs including Millwall and Luton. (Sun)
Newcastle remain in talks with Everton over the signing of 21-year-old English winger Anthony Gordon. (Chronicle)
English left-back Omar Richards, 24, is set to leave Bayern Munich for Nottingham Forest. (Bild – in German)
Norwich City are interested in Manchester City’s 25-year-old Colombian forward Marlos Moreno. (Pink Un)
