BBC
Leicester want £45m for Riyad Mahrez, 25, but are confident the Algeria forward will stay with the Premier League champions following France midfielder N'Golo Kante's departure for Chelsea. (Telegraph)
Manchester United have delayed announcing their squad numbers for the new season - until they have completed the £105m signing of Juventus' France midfielder Paul Pogba. (Sun)
West Ham chairman David Sullivan has said striker Diafra Sakho, 26, will not be leaving the Hammers unless the club can find a suitable replacement for the Senegal international. (Mirror)
Arsenal are planning two defensive signings, with Manchester City's Jason Denayer, 21, and Borussia Dortmund's Matthias Ginter, 22, the targets. (Sun)
Bayern Munich and Real Madrid are still interested in Germany winger and Manchester City target Leroy Sane, 20, according to the player's father. (Manchester Evening News)
Arsenal have had a £2m bid accepted for Bolton and England Under-21 defender Rob Holding, 20. (Daily Mail)
West Ham left-back Aaron Creswell, 26, has backed former manager Sam Allardyce to take over as England manager. (Guardian)
Hull boss Steve Bruce is the second man to be interviewed for the vacant England manager's position - but he is only expected to be offered the job if Allardyce cannot agree terms. (Daily Mail)
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea have all made offers for Valencia's £54m-rated Portugal midfielder Andre Gomes, 22. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
Watford are chasing £3.5m Ivory Coast defender Brice Dja Djedje, 25, from Marseille. (L'Equipe, via Watford Observer)
Diego Costa, 27, has not asked to leave Chelsea and the Spain striker is expected to stay at Stamford Bridge this summer. (Evening Standard)
Meanwhile, new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has been in daily contact with Real Madrid forward Alvaro Morata, 23, assuring him of his role were he to join the Blues this summer. (Marca)
Everton manager Ronald Koeman is targeting Sporting Lisbon's £30m Portugal midfielder Wiliam Carvalho, 24. (Mirror)
The Blues are also still keen on making Leicester City assistant manager Steve Walsh their director of football despite an initial request being rejected. (Liverpool Echo)
Juventus are close to beating AC Milan to the signing of 21-year-old Croatia winger Marko Pjaca, who has said goodbye to his current club Dinamo Zagreb. (Gazzetta World)
Former Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo, 30, will not travel with Valencia to their pre-season camp in the Netherlands and will instead fly to England for a medical at Middlesbrough. (Gazette Live)
Marseille are lining up a loan move for Tottenham's Cameroon forward Clinton N'Jie, 22, if the French side's 21-year-old winger Georges-Kevin N'Koudou heads to White Hart Lane. (Telegraph)
Winger Nathan Dyer, 28, insists he wants to stay at Swansea City despite winning the Premier League while on loan at Leicester City last season. (South Wales Evening Post)
And finally...
Sunderland supporters' group Love Sunderland enlisted the help of 2010 X Factor contestant Wagner to deliver a 'please don't go' message to manager Sam Allardyce after he was interviewed for the England job. (Newcastle Chronicle)
Guardian Rumour Mill
Simon Burnton
Tottenham have pulled out of the race to sign Newcastle’s Georginio Wijnaldum, leaving Liverpool the clear favourites to complete a deal that since Monday – when the ever-reliable Mill suggested Newcastle “would be only too happy to accept £20m” – has gone up in value by another £5m. Clearly the Dutchman’s performances last season, when he was signed from PSV Eindhoven for £14.5m and proceeded to lash in 11 league goals, four of those in a single game against Norwich, and create another five, just keep getting better the longer ago they were and the less clearly anyone can remember them.
The Reds will try to rustle up some cash by selling Lucas Leiva, Lazar Markovic, Tiago Ilori, Mario Balotelli, Christian Benteke and Adam Bogdan, the last of whom could be on his way to Wigan. “It makes no sense to stay in the squad when you don’t have an opportunity to play,” said Jürgen Klopp of this spurned sixsome. “When there’s no chance to play, it makes absolutely no sense.” Unfortunately for the German the players involved may have accountants with an alternative view.
Atlético Madrid are inching towards a long-mooted deal to rescue Diego Costa from his Chelsea hell. “We are speaking with the player and working towards bringing him back to Madrid,” said the Spanish club’s president, Enrique Cerezo. “We are close, but I cannot say anything more.” It turned out, however, that he could say plenty more, additionally revealing that none of several mooted swoops for Serie A stars would actually happen. “We will not delve into the Italian league,” he roared.
Manchester City have agreed a £4m deal for the Deportivo Maldonado and Argentina goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli, a potentially complicated arrangement in which a cut of the cash will go to his former club Estudiantes, and the player himself might actually end up on loan at Real Sociedad, where he has spent the last two seasons. Arsenal have also had a bid accepted, theirs being for the 20-year-old Bolton defender Rob Holding and weighing in at £2m.
West Brom have offered £4.5m for Aston Villa’s 26-year-old defender Ciaran Clark, a sum his current employers are apparently “likely to reject”, while Hull want to bolster their defence with Bordeaux’s Lamine Sané, a 29-year-old centre-back whose contract includes a handy £3.5m release clause. Watford are also cross-channel shopping for defensive recruits, and are reportedly closing in on Brice Dja Djédjé, with terms apparently agreed with Marseille for the 25-year-old right-back, though they will need to trim some foreign fat from their bulging squad before the deal is completed. The situation is entirely the reverse at West Ham, where West Brom’s £15m bid for Diafra Sakho – still at the planning stage, apparently – will not be accepted until some other players are signed. “He is not for sale until we get players in,” raged David Sullivan. The busy Baggies have also had a £9m offer for Leicester’s Jeffrey Schlupp turned down, with the Foxes also having slapped a £45m price tag upon the bewitching bonce of Riyad Mahrez.
Dusan Tadic’s agent insists that “no new contract has been agreed or refused” as Southampton look to retain a player who is wanted by Schalke and is also being eyed by Everton. “Talks are scheduled for this week and we’ll see what happens,” he concluded. In the meantime Everton are considering a £30m move for Sporting Lisbon’s Euro 2016 winner William Carvalho and could make a move for Brighton’s contract rebel Solly March, although they might again have to do battle with Southampton for the 21-year-old, who has not played since sustaining a knee injury last December. Talking of injuries, Hull City have quite a lot and are attempting to bolster their squad by offering a contract to Hal Robson-Kanu and handing a trial to 35-year-old Peter Odemwingie, whose most recent permanent employers, Stoke, are considering the merits of Robin van Persie, the Fenerbahce-based 32-year-old (he will turn 33 before the season starts) who has already been offered to Middlesbrough, West Ham and Crystal Palace.
Milan News
Milan: Bacca: the Colombian still expects Arsenal and Atletico Madrid, but in the meantime re-opens at West Ham
Pending the preliminary agreement with the Chinese, the Milan market can only be opened with the transfer of Carlos Bacca: with money from the sale of the Colombian, in fact, Adriano Galliani would have the possibility to finance some input. Right now, though, the Rossoneri attacker's future is a big conundrum because his dream is always to play the Champions League, but for now the only club that has submitted an official offer to AC Milan is West Ham .
As reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning, Bacca, after the initial no, now appears to have tentatively re-opened the door to the Hammers, even though he meanwhile, continues to wait for Arsenal and Atletico Madrid.: After an initial enquiry, however, the English club did not initiate any further official contact and this track is currently not hot.
Sundul
West Ham Interested in Baston
West Ham United's striker hunt diverts them to a brand-new figure.
Slaven Bilic's target this time is believed to be the Atletico Madrid striker, Borja Baston, who has so far failed to gain the confidence to perform in the team
In the last five seasons, the 23-year-old attacker must be willing to get out of the first team Los Cholconeros, and ends on loan at another club.
In the 2014-2015 season, he was able to look impressive at Deportivo La Coruna in the Segunda Division, scoring 22 goals from 39 matches. While in the last season, he was able to perform quite impressively at Eibar in La Liga with 18 goals scored throughout the season.
His contract at the Vincente Calderon has one year left, and Atletico reportedly are ready to release him in the summer with permanent status, with a price range of 15 Million Euros.
