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Real Madrid have a plan to sign Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, 19, from Borussia Dortmund this year and France forward Kylian Mbappe, 21, from Paris St-Germain in 2021. (Marca)
Real manager Zinedine Zidane wants to sign Liverpool and Senegal winger Sadio Mane, 28, this summer. The Reds will move for PSG's Mbappe, 21, if Mane leaves. (Sun)
Meanwhile, Real Madrid will compete with Manchester United to try to sign 20-year-old England winger Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund. (Star)
Bundesliga side Dortmund have bid 40m euros (£34.9m) for 20-year-old Spain and Valencia winger Ferran Torres, who has a release clause of 100m euros (£87m) and a contract that ends in 2021. (Bild, via Sport)
Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo, 30, will have to take a £200,000-a-week pay cut if he wants to turn his loan move to Manchester United from Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua, where he was on £300,000 a week, into a permanent switch. (Star)
Chelsea will have to pay £5m if they want to sign Derby County's 19-year-old English midfielder Max Bird, who impressed Blues boss Frank Lampard when he was manager of the Championship club. (Football Insider)
Real Madrid have enquired about signing Arsenal and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 30. (France Football - in French)
Real plan to keep 22-year-old Serbia striker Luka Jovic, who has attracted interest from the Gunners. (AS - in Spanish)
Tottenham Hotspur are keen on signing 16-year-old Dutch midfielder Lamare Bogarde from Feyenoord. (Football Insider)
Paris St-Germain have joined Barcelona in showing an interest in Cameroon and Ajax keeper Andre Onana, 24. (L'Equipe - in French, subscription required)
Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic, 32, has criticised Barcelona's treatment of him and says he refused to move to PSG last year as part of a deal to bring Brazil forward Neymar, 28, back to the Nou Camp. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
France forward Ousmane Dembele, 22, is set to stay with Barcelona because no club is willing to meet his 60m euro (£52.3m) asking price. (Marca)
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West Ham and Wolves ask about £33m forward compared to Ribery
Danny Owen
The Premier League is calling for Werder Bremen's Bundesliga star Milot Rashica - will Wolverhampton Wanderers or West Ham United land him?
West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers have joined the race to sign £33 million Werder Bremen winger Milot Rashica, according to Der Spiegel.
By the time the summer transfer window swings open, whenever that may be, there will be a whole convoy of clubs knocking on the door of the Weser Stadium – especially if Bremen are relegated from the Bundesliga.
After all, one of Europe’s most exciting young forwards will be available on the cheap if Werder Bremen fail to pull off a great escape from the drop zone. Rashica’s £33 million release clause will drop to £17 million if, or when, relegation is confirmed (Weser Kurier).
Liverpool, Aston Villa and Southampton have already been linked and, now, Der Spiegel have thrust two more names into the frame. West Ham and Wolves, it is claimed, have both made enquiries about the Kosovan international.
An explosive and stocky number nine who is at his best when tying full-backs in knots, Rashica was likened to Bayern Munich legend Franck Ribery by his agent just last week.
“I would compare him to Ribery; great change of pace, great dribbling, he can quickly start from the left and move to the right,” Nek Capric told Gonfialarete. “He is 23 years old, and he is already very intelligent, he is doing well on the pitch.”
The former Vitesse Arnhem star has ten goals and five assists in a struggling Werder side this season and, if Wolves or West Ham are unconvinced, it is worth checking out his dazzling performance against Bayern in last season’s DFB Pokal semi-final.
This is a player with rapid pace, the ability to beat a man one-on-one, and an ever-improving end product.
