Manchester United have had a £91.3m bid rejected by Borussia Dortmund for 20-year-old England forward Jadon Sancho. (Sky Sports)
And United fear losing face if another offer for Sancho is rejected by Dortmund. (Mail)
They have also joined the race to sign Real Madrid and Serbia international striker Luka Jovic, 22, on loan. (AS – in Spanish)
And are close to landing 23-year-old Barcelona and France forward Ousmane Dembele – giving Barca the financial leeway to sign Lyon’s former Manchester United forward Memphis Depay. (AS – in Spanish)
Pep Guardiola wants to sign a new left-back before the transfer window shuts with Bayern Munich and Austria’s David Alaba, and Ajax and Argentina’s Nicolas Tagliafico, both aged 28, on Manchester City‘s radar. (Mail)
German champions Bayern Munich have approached Brighton over a possible deal for 19-year-old English right-back Tariq Lamptey. (Sport1, via Metro)
Leeds are close to securing a £9m deal for Bayern Munich’s French midfielder Michael Cuisance, 21. (Athletic – subscription required)
Southampton could make a late move to sign 21-year-old Heerenveen and Dutch midfielder Joey Veerman. (Voetbal International, via TalkSPORT)
Lucas Torreira’s agent has landed in Madrid for talks with Atletico Madrid over a potential move to Spain from Arsenal for the 24-year-old Uruguayan midfielder. (Fabrizio Romano, via Express)
Chelsea are willing to sell Germany defender Antonio Rudiger and, although Tottenham are interested in the 27-year-old, the Blues would prefer it if he moved overseas. (ESPN)
Brazil centre-back Thiago Silva, 36, says he was “annoyed” by the way Paris St-Germain handled his exit and, even though the French champions offered him a one-year contract extension, it was too late as he had already agreed to join Chelsea. (ESPN)
West Ham‘s loan bid for Slavia Prague‘s Czech right-back Vladimir Coufal, 28, has been rejected. (90min)
