Manchester United are close to signing Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 25, for £24m, meaning they will not sign Bayern Munich mi...
- Manchester United are close to signing Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 25, for £24m, meaning they will not sign Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, 30. (Daily Star)
- Real Madrid have rejected Manchester United's £35m offer for defender Sergio Ramos, 29, with the English club considering an improved bid. (Daily Mail)
- Real have already lined up Valencia's 27-year-old centre-back Nicolas Otamendi as a replacement should Ramos leave. (Marca)
- Manchester City also want Otamendi, while the Argentine is a target of their rivals United. (Daily Mirror)
- Tottenham midfielder Paulinho, 26, is close to joining Luiz Felipe Scolari's Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande for the £17m fee he cost the Premier League club. (Evening Standard)
- Benfica and Argentina attacking midfielder Nicolas Gaitan, 27, has a deal agreed to join Manchester United - subject to his club's permission, according to his agent. (Metro)
- Manchester United will not sell goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, to Real Madrid unless the Spanish club pay a world-record fee for a goalkeeper. Gianluigi Buffon's reported £33m to Juventus in 2001 remains the record. (Manchester Evening News)
- Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, 22, "is very excited to come to Barcelona", according to the Catalan club's presidential candidate Joan Laporta. (Daily Mail, via Catalunya Radio)
- Alternatively, the former Manchester United youngster is reportedly close to joining Manchester City for £60m. (Sun)
- Liverpool and Manchester City are interested in Barcelona forward Pedro. The 27-year-old could be allowed to leave for £18m despite signing a new contract this summer. (Talksport, via Mundo Deportivo)
- Barcelona star Lionel Messi wants his club to sign Argentina team-mate and Manchester United midfielder Angel Di Maria, 27. However, United want their £59.7m back and would have to pay Real Madrid £10m because of a clause about him being sold to their rivals.(Sun - subscription only)
- West Ham are closing in on the signing of Barcelona defensive midfielder Alex Song, 27, on a free transfer. He spent last season on loan at Upton Park. (Daily Telegraph)
- Tottenham are hopeful of signing Atletico Madrid defender Toby Alderweireld, 26, who was also wanted by Southampton after a loan spell last season. (Daily Telegraph)
- Napoli want £67m - the buyout clause - for Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain, 27, a target for Arsenal, Liverpool and AC Milan. (Guardian)
- Sevilla say they have not received any bids for striker Carlos Bacca, and hope that no club meets his buyout clause of £21m. Liverpool and Manchester United have been linked with the 28-year-old, who scored 28 goals last season. (Independent)
- Sunderland will push on with their bid to sign Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates, 24, for £4m after Uruguay's exit from the Copa America. (Newcastle Chronicle)
- Lazio have persuaded English midfielder Ravel Morrison, 22, to play for them next season, despite interest from QPR. (Talksport, via Il Tempo)
- Borussia Dortmund say they will not sell striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 26, a reported £30m target for Arsenal. (Daily Star)
- Fiorentina have made a £3m bid to sign Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah, 23, and the London club could accept, despite paying £11m for him last year. (Daily Express, via tuttomercatoweb)
