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.
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’sDele 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.
