Tottenham have targeted Monaco's £47.5m-rated French attacking midfielder Maghnes Akliouche, 23, as a cheaper alternative to Brazil winger Savinho with Manchester City demanding £70m for the 21-year-old. (Independent)
Aston Villa are exploring the viability of a move to sign Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson, 24, from Chelsea but the asking price needs to be lower than £60m due to the West Midlands club's financial restrictions. (Daily Telegraph )
Chelsea are set to increase their efforts to sign Argentina forward Alejandro Garnacho from Manchester United but the 21-year-old will not be allowed to leave Old Trafford on the cheap. (London Evening Standard)
Newcastle are unwilling to pay more than £40m for Brentford striker Yoane Wissa but the Bees have put a £60m price tag on the 28-year-old DR Congo international. (Northern Echo)
Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen remains of interest to Newcastle - although the 25-year-old Norwegian is not hankering to leave Molineux. (Athletic)
West Ham have made an improved offer for Southampton midfielder Mateus Fernandes. (Gardian)
Crystal Palace want 19-year-old Southampton winger Tyler Dibling to replace fellow Englishman Eberechi Eze, 27, whose move to Tottenham is edging closer. (Talksport)
Former Brentford defender Ben Mee is poised to join Sheffield United. (Daily Mirror)
Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz, 27, is set to join Nottingham Forest from Juventus after Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis brokered a deal with the Turin club's general manager Damien Comolli. (Tuttosport)
Leeds are poised to sign 25-year-old Switzerland striker Noah Okafor from AC Milan in a deal worth £18.4m (21m euros). (Sky Sports Italy)
Liverpool have sanctioned a British record £130m move for Alexander Isak next week – confident that Newcastle will finally let the wantaway striker leave. (Sun)
Wolves and West Ham are both interested in Spain midfielder Marc Casado but face a tough ask persuading the 21-year-old to leave Barcelona. (Marca)
West Ham are close to finalising a deal which will allow 27-year-old Mexican midfielder Edson Alvarez to join Fenerbahce on loan. (Talksport)
Bournemouth and Bayer Leverkusen have agreed a £25m (€29m) deal for attacking midfielder Amine Adli. (Sky Sports)
Espanyol are in talks with Burnley over re-signing 20-year-old Italy U21 forward Luca Koleosho on a season-long loan. (Sky Sports)
Bayern Munich's move for French forward Christopher Nkunku, 27, has stalled, delaying Chelsea's attempts to sign RB Leipzig's 22-year-old Dutch midfielder Xavi Simons. (Guardian)
OTHER STUFF
Leandro Trossard has agreed a new contract at Arsenal which will grant him a significant pay rise. (Athletic)
Mohamed Salah is the PFA Players’ Player of the Year after a landmark 2024-25 season where he won the title with Liverpool, scoring 29 goals on his way to a fourth Golden Boot. (Daily Mail)