Real Madrid will have to pay a world record transfer fee in excess of £200m for Chelsea to agree to the sale of Belgium international Eden Hazard, 27. (Times – subscription required)
Chelsea’s Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois says the contract he has been offered by the Blues is “different than I can have” elsewhere. The 26-year-old has been linked with Real Madrid. (Mirror)
Courtois says of Chelsea team-mate and compatriot Eden Hazard: “Wherever I go, Hazard must come along.”(Evening Standard)
Chelsea are interested in signing Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic this summer. The 23-year-old Serb has also been linked with a move to Manchester United. (Corriere dello Sport, via Talksport)
Liverpool have made an offer for Barcelona’s Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen, 29. (Mundo Deportivo, via Talksport)
England defender Luke Shaw, 23, is prepared to leave Manchester United as a free agent if he does not establish himself as Jose Mourinho’s first-choice left-back this season. (Manchester Evening News)
Fulham are set to make an ambitious move for Bordeaux’s Brazilian winger Malcom, 21. (Sun)
Everton, Tottenham and Chelsea all want Boca Juniors’ Colombia defensive midfielder Wilmar Barrios, 24. (TyC Sport, via HITC)
Lyon chairman Jean-Michel Aulas is open to Liverpool renewing their efforts to sign 24-year-old France attacking midfielder Nabil Fekir. (Le10 Sport, via Liverpool Echo)
Besiktas have been offered West Ham’s English striker Andy Carroll, 29, on loan. (Fanatik, via 90min)
Crystal Palace have joined Bournemouth in the race for Brentford’s £8m-rated English forward Ollie Watkins, 22. (Sun)
Derby boss Frank Lampard is close to signing Liverpool’s Wales winger Harry Wilson, 21, on loan. (Mirror)
Everton are interested in Espanyol defensive midfielder David Lopez. The 28-year-old Spaniard is also a target for Valencia and Real Betis. (Mundo Deportivo)
Brighton are set to beat Porto to the signing of Malian midfielder Yves Bissouma, 21, from Ligue 1 side Lille. (Record, via 90min)
Manchester City’s Spanish midfielder Brahim Diaz, 18, says he is not looking for a loan move next season in order to get first-team experience. (Manchester Evening News)
Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis says the Serie A side were offered Cristiano Ronaldo before the 33-year-old Portugal forward joined Juventus from Real Madrid. De Laurentiis says he decided against signing Ronaldo because it would have “risked pushing the club towards bankruptcy”. (Gazzetta dello Sport, via Goal)
Leicester City have signed English former Tottenham striker Ryan Loft, 20, on a two-year deal. (Sky Sports, via Leicester Mercury)
