Real Madrid believe they have agreed a £115m deal with Chelsea to buy 28-year-old Belgium forward Eden Hazard. (Sun)
Manchester United and Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku, 26, is willing to take a pay cut in order to secure a move to Inter Milan this summer. (Gazzetta dello Sport)
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has set his club a deadline of next year to sell unwanted players as part of his rebuild at Old Trafford. (Manchester Evening News)
Spanish champions Barcelona have decided to stick with Ernesto Valverde as boss for next season despite reports he was facing the sack. (Marca)
Barca have offered 26-year-old Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho or France forward Ousmane Dembele, 22, to Paris St-Germain in a part exchange deal for Brazil striker Neymar, 27. (Record)
Former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has signed a deal to become Inter Milan boss to 2022 – five years after the Italian last managed in Serie A. (Tuttomercatoweb – in Italian)
Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld, 30, expects to still be a Spursplayer next season despite reported interest from Manchester United in the Belgium international. (Mail)
Atletico Madrid have chosen Paris St-Germain’s Uruguay international Edinson Cavani, 32, as their replacement for 30-year-old Spain striker Diego Costa. (Cadena Ser – in French)
Newcastle United have contacted Benfica over a move for Greece goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos, 25, and are believed to have been quoted £13.2m. (O Jogo – in Portuguese)
Chelsea will consider bringing forward their long-term plan of appointing Frank Lampard as manager if Maurizio Sarri returns to Italy in the summer. Former Blues and England midfielder Lampard guided Derby to the Championship play-off final in his first year in charge. (Mail)
Liverpool and Wales winger Harry Wilson, 22, has decided to leave Anfield in pursuit of regular first-team football after a loan spell at Derby. Wilson is wanted by clubs from the Premier League, Bundesliga and La Liga. (Mirror)
Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Southampton and Brighton are in the race to sign Wilson. (Star)
Bournemouth want to sign Liverpool’s Simon Mignolet, 31, after the Belgium goalkeeper fell down the pecking order at Anfield. (Sun)
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Eintracht Frankfurt’s Serbia striker Luka Jovic, 21, is unlikely to return to the Bundesliga club after clearing his locker before the European Under-21 Championships. (Bild – in German, subscription required)
Arsenal manager Unai Emery wants to sign 27-year-old Belgium full-back Thomas Meunier from former club Paris St-Germain. (France Football)
Barcelona want to sign Wolfsburg’s French left-back Jerome Roussillon, after the 26-year-old came to the attention of scouts monitoring Belgian goalkeeper Koen Casteels, 26. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)
Tottenham’s England right-back Kieran Trippier, 28, has been ruled out of a move to Napoli after Serie A side switched their targets to younger players. (Sun)
Aston Villa will begin their preparations for the Premier League by bidding £10m for Nottingham Forest’s 26-year-old English forward Joe Lolley. (Mail)
But Villa chief executive Christian Purslow says English midfielder Jack Grealish is not for sale despite expected interest in the 23-year-old. (Express & Star)
Defender Harry Maguire, 26, has encouraged team-mate and fellow Englishman James Maddison to stay at Leicester City next season. The 22-year-old midfielder has been linked with a move to Tottenham. (Leicester Mercury)
Former player Gary Neville has endorsed Manchester United’s pursuit of Crystal Palace’s 21-year-old England right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka. (London Evening Standard)
Meanwhile, former Arsenal defender Lauren has told his old club to beat United to the signing of Saint-Etienne’s French defender William Saliba, 18. (Star)
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")