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Barcelona are plotting moves for Chelsea and United States winger Christian Pulisic, 23, Germany defender Antonio Rudiger, 28, and Spain full-back Cesar Azpilicueta, 32. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)
Leeds remain keen on a deal for Chile striker Ben Brereton Diaz, 22, despite Blackburn putting a £25m price tag on his head. (Sun)
Bayern Munich‘s French winger Kingsley Coman, 25, is stalling on signing a new contract at the Allianz Arena, and if he does not, his international team-mate Ousmane Dembele, 24, who is approaching the end of his Barcelona deal, represents a viable alternative. (Christian Falk)
Real Madrid have no plans to sell Brazilian forward Rodrygo, 20, despite links to Liverpool. (Fabrizio Romano)
Tottenham have opened contract talks with French goalkeeper and club captain Hugo Lloris, 34, before his current deal expires next summer. (Football Insider)
Liverpool and Belgium striker Divock Origi, 26, is a target for Serie A clubs AC Milan – who are looking for players ready to replace Zlatan Ibrahimovic – and Atalanta. (Tutto Mercatao – in Italian)
Lyon are also keen on signing Villarreal’s Dutch winger Arnaut Danjuma, 24. Manchester United and Barcelona are also believed to be monitoring his progress. (TodoFichajes – in Spanish)
Newcastle will turn their attention to Bournemouth’s English defender Steve Cook, 30, after being priced out of a deal for Burnley centre back James Tarkowski, 29. (Sun)
Manchester United and Portugal defender Diogo Dalot, 22, was a target for Roma and former boss Jose Mourinho but his recent appearances under new Reds boss Ralf Rangnick make a transfer unlikely, meaning the Serie A club are looking at alternatives including Norwich and England’s Max Aarons, 21, and RB Leipzig and Germany’s Benjamin Henrichs, 24. (Corriere Dello Sport – in Italian)
Arsenal and France defender William Saliba, 20, has said he would “prefer not to speak about” his future with a permanent move to Ligue 1 side Marseille rumoured. (RTL, via Mirror)
Arsenal are struggling to keep English striker Khayon Edwards, 18, who has scored 14 goals already this season and has just six months left on his contract. Chelsea, Leeds, Southampton, Brighton and Newcastle are all monitoring developments, along with numerous clubs in Germany. (Mail)
