Manchester United are willing to sell England winger Jadon Sancho, but while Aston Villa are keen on the 23-year-old, they do not want to pay the £60m asking price. (Football Transfers)
Manchester United will lead the race to sign France forward Kylian Mbappe, 24, from Paris St-Germain if the Premier League club is taken over by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani. (Metro)
Chelsea are also expected to register an interest in Mbappe after the striker told PSG he did not want to extend his contract with them beyond 2024. (Times – subscription required)
Real Madrid are also keen on signing Mbappe this summer, which will improve Tottenham’s chances of keeping England forward Harry Kane, 29, who has also been linked with the Spanish club. (Mail)
However, Kane’s representatives have also met PSG officials. (Mirror)
Manchester City are waiting to see whether Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, 32, and Portugal forward Bernardo Silva, 28, will remain at the club before finalising their summer transfer plans. (MEN)
Barcelona are tracking Villarreal’s Spanish midfielder Alex Baena, 21, as an alternative to Gundogan. (ESPN)
Arsenal have no plans to reintegrate £72m club-record signing Nicolas Pepe in their squad and want to offload the 28-year-old Ivory Coast forward this summer. (Telegraph – subscription required)
West Ham will target Valencia’s 20-year-old United States midfielder Yunus Musah as a replacement for England international Declan Rice, 24, who is expected to depart. (CBS)
Chelsea’s Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 30, has been offered a deal worth up to £20m a season by Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. (Guardian)
Aston Villa and Wolves are interested in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 22-year-old French midfielder Manu Kone, who has also been linked with Liverpool. (Mail)
Tottenham are close to agreeing personal terms with Brentford keeper David Raya, 27, and hope to negotiate a lower fee with the Bees, who want £40m for the Spain international. (Standard)
However, Manchester United could attempt to hijack Tottenham’s move for Raya, with manager Erik ten Hag keen to sign a new goalkeeper regardless of whether Spain’s David de Gea remains at the club. (Mirror)
Inter Miami face competition from Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and clubs in Saudi Arabia for Barcelona and Spain defender Jordi Alba, 34. (ESPN)
Coventry City are interested in Chelsea’s 20-year-old English defender Bashir Humphreys. (Standard)
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