- Real Madrid see Newcastle and Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 24, as the ideal potential replacement for Casemiro.
- Borussia Dortmund will not pursue an opportunity to sign Manchester United’s Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, because of his age and wage requirements.
- Chelsea will consider loaning forward Christian Pulisic, 23, to Manchester United if the USA captain agrees an extension to his current contract, which has two years left to run.
- Watford have rejected a second bid from Newcastle for 20-year-old Brazilian forward Joao Pedro, thought to be about £22m plus £3m in add-ons.
- Talks are still ongoing between both clubs despite the second bid having been turned down.
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- Crystal Palace are interested in signing 24-year-old France midfielder Houssem Aouar from Lyon, despite reports that he has agreed personal terms with Nottingham Forest.
- Manchester City do not want to sell midfielder Bernardo Silva, 28, despite interest from Paris St-Germain and Barcelona in the Portugal international.
- Chelsea are optimistic that a deal for Barcelona’s former Arsenal and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 33, can be reached as further talks are scheduled this week.
- Manchester United are considering a £25m move for Atletico Madrid’s Belgium forward Yannick Carrasco, 28.
- Ajax have rejected a bid of 80m euros (£67.6m) from Manchester United for Brazil winger Antony, 22.
- PSV Eindhoven will not entertain a bid from Manchester United for the Netherlands attacker Cody Gakpo, 23, until after their Champions League play-off second leg at home to Rangers on 24 August.
- Leicester have opened negotiations with England midfielder James Maddison, 25, over a new contract.
- Everton had been linked with Tottenham’s English midfielder Harry Winks, 26, but Toffees boss Frank Lampard has decided to walk away from the deal.
- Aston Villa’s Burkina Faso winger Bertrand Traore, 26, is attracting interest from Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir.
- Besiktas hope to finalise a deal for Everton’s Dele Alli so that the former England midfielder, 26, can be in the stands for Sunday’s game against Fatih Karagumruk.
- Fulham are negotiating a fee with Roma after agreeing terms with 23-year-old Dutch winger Justin Kluivert.
- West Ham are thought to have made another bid for Belgium and Club Bruges midfielder Hans Vanaken, 29, after their first offer was turned down.
- Lyon’s French defender Malo Gusto, 19, has attracted interest from Barcelona and Manchester United.
- AZ Alkmaar have turned down bids of about 15m euros from Bournemouth and Celta Vigo for Jesper Karlsson, 24, despite the Sweden striker’s desire to leave the Dutch club.
