Chelsea transfer rumours from Wednesday’s newspaper
Chelsea might make a late move for Jadon Sancho, Liverpool improve their bid for goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, while Paris St-Germain offer Manchester United midfielder Manuel Ugarte on loan.
Chelsea may make a late approach to sign Manchester United and England forward Jadon Sancho, 24. (Athletic – subscription required), external
Liverpool have submitted an improved £34m offer for Valencia and Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, 23. (Relevo – in Spanish), external
Paris St-Germain have offered Manchester United the chance to sign Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte, 23, on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy. (Telegraph – subscription required), external
Manchester City are frontrunners to re-sign former Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan from Barcelona, with the 33-year-old prioritising a return to the Premier League. (Athletic – subscription required), external
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is keen for Gundogan to return to the club. (Fabrizio Romano), external
Barcelona are unwilling to re-sign Manchester City and Portugal full-back Joao Cancelo, 30, because of his £12m wage demands. (Sport – in Spanish), external
Manchester United have agreed a deal worth about £5m for Uruguay winger Facundo Pellistri, 22, to join Greek club Panathinaikos. (Telegraph – subscription required)
Burnley are interested in signing Manchester United and Tunisia midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, 21. (Athletic – subscription required), external
Wolves and Brentford are keen on Burnley’s Dara O’Shea, 25, but must pay £15m to sign the Republic of Ireland defender. (Mirror), external
Fulham have agreed a £30m fee with Crystal Palace for 28-year-old Denmark defender Joachim Anderson. (Athletic – subscription required), external
Nottingham Forest are set to sign 31-year-old Spanish defender Alex Moreno from Aston Villa on loan with the option to buy. (Birmingham Mail), external
Marseille are interested in signing Norwich City’s 21-year-old England Under-21 winger Jonathan Rowe. (Mail)
Arsenal are holding out for more than £30m for England striker Eddie Nketiah, 25, after rejecting a £25m bid from Nottingham Forest. (Football Insider), external
Bayer Leverkusen have made contact with Liverpool about a potential deal for Sepp van den Berg with the Reds set to demand £25m for the Dutch defender. (Florian Plettenberg), external
Brentford hope to scupper Xabi Alonso’s efforts to sign Van den Berg from former club Liverpool. (Times – subscription required), external
Manchester United are set to sell Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay, 27, to Napoli in order to comply with Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. (Corriere dello Sport – in Italian), external
Barcelona want to sign AC Milan and Portugal forward Rafael Leao before this summer’s transfer deadline. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish), external
Aston Villa’s 20-year-old English winger Samuel Iling-Junior is exploring potential loan options before the transfer window deadline. (Athletic – subscription required), external
Brazil forward Endrick, 18, will ask to leave Real Madrid on loan in January if he does not get sufficient minutes on the pitch in the early part of the season. (Sport – in Spanish), external
Manchester United have not given up hope of signing 22-year-old England centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite from Everton, but accept it is unlikely to happen this transfer window. (Mail), external
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has shelved plans to let Brazil midfielder Casemiro leave after being impressed by the 32-year-old in pre-season and the start of the new campaign. (Sun), external
Chelsea are preparing for a clearout which could land them a £200m transfer windfall, with eight players set to leave Stamford Bridge. (Mirror)
DAILY EXPRESS
Barcelona are reportedly targeting Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford as their next summer signing after failing to get Nico Williams from Athletic Bilbao.
THE TIMES
Ilkay Gundogan has spoken to Pep Guardiola as he tries to speed up his return to Manchester City from Barcelona.
Raheem Sterling’s exclusion from Chelsea’s Europa Conference League play-off squad came as no surprise to the forward after he was told by Enzo Maresca on Friday that he was not in the head coach’s plans this season.
Brentford hope to see off late interest from Bayern Leverkusen to sign Sepp van den Berg, who would become the second player to sign from Liverpool this month.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
England interim manager Lee Carsley has cut Gareth Southgate’s two leading analysts from his staff for the Nations League games next month as he seeks to shape his own approach ahead of his first squad announcement.
Manchester United have been offered the chance to sign Manuel Ugarte on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy in another attempt to make a breakthrough in negotiations.
PSG are continuing to withhold salary and bonuses from Kylian Mbappe, though their former striker has not started legal action against them.
Manchester City have been given a clear run at re-signing Ilkay Gundogan, with the German midfielder, who will be allowed to leave Barcelona this summer, open to a return to the Premier League.
DAILY MIRROR
Bruno Fernandes admits he urged Manchester United’s top brass to get to work in the transfer market prior to signing his new contract.
Former Real Madrid star Guti has revealed he wanted the club to pursue Jadon Sancho and Joao Felix when in charge of Los Blancos’ youth teams.
Manchester United’s striker search is unlikely to prompt a move for Ivan Toney.
THE SUN
Erik ten Hag has shelved plans to get rid of Casemiro after being impressed with the midfielder in pre-season and the start of the new campaign.
Arsenal are ready to ship out players to balance the books as they close in on Mikel Merino.
Norwich are eyeing Grenoble ace Lenny Joseph as a potential replacement for Jonathan Rowe, who could be on his way to Marseille.
THE GUARDIAN
Everton have rejected an offer from Marseille to sign Neal Maupay on loan and are close to re-signing Asmir Begovic a year after the veteran goalkeeper left Goodison Park.
Ipswich are signing striker Armando Broja on loan from Chelsea for the season.
THE ATHLETIC
Manchester United officials sense Chelsea could still make a play for Jadon Sancho before Deadline Day.
Aston Villa winger Samuel Iling-Junior is exploring potential loan options ahead of the transfer window deadline.
DAILY RECORD
Rangers face a battle to sign Domagoj Bradaric, with two new suitors reportedly entering the race for the Salernitana defender.
Jota is reportedly demanding his Al Ittihad release to allow the former Celtic winger to return to Europe this summer.
Brighton chief Paul Barber insists the Premier League club have the cash to strengthen and will continue to follow their model of targeting young, hungry players – with the Seagulls confident of landing Matt O’Riley in a Scottish-record transfer deal.
Millwall boss Neil Harris admits he expects players to leave the New Den before the transfer window closes as Aberdeen look to sign Kevin Nisbet.
SCOTTISH SUN
Matt O’Riley’s record-breaking move to Brighton from Celtic has moved a step closer.
