TRANSFER RUMOURS

• Arsenal and Aston Villa have made official bids for Norwich's £40m-rated Argentine winger Emi Buendia, 24.
  (Sun)



• Arsenal are ready to offload French midfielder Matteo Guendouzi, 22, for just 10m euros (£8.6m).
  (Calciomercato)



• Tottenham are still in talks with South Korea forward Son Heung-min, 28, over a new contract and are confident of an agreement once their new manager is appointed.
  (Fabrizio Romano)



• Ivory Coast forward Wilfried Zaha, 28, has told Crystal Palace that he wants to leave, ideally before pre-season training starts.
  (Times)



• Everton could step up their interest in Wolves' Portuguese winger Pedro Neto, 21, if they appoint Nuno Espirito Santo as their new manager.
  (Liverpool Echo)



• Barcelona are reportedly ready to sell Spanish midfielder Ilaix Moriba, 18, amid interest from Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.
  (Daily Mail)



• Liverpool lead the race to sign Raphinha from Leeds but Manchester United and Manchester City are also interested in the Brazilian winger.
  (Daily Express)



• However, the Reds have never declared an interest or even asked Leeds about Raphinha's availability, despite their apparent interest in the 24-year-old.
  (Yorkshire Evening Post)



• League Two club Stevenage have sold 13-year-old Leke Drake to Manchester City in a deal estimated to be worth £450,000.
  (Daily Mirror)



• Everton are considering a move for PSV Eindhoven's Netherlands right-back Denzel Dumfries, 25.
  (Voetbal International)



• Norwich are set to make a bid of around £10m for Celtic defender Kristoffer Ajer, with the 23-year-old Norway international about to enter the final year of his contract with the Scottish club.
  (Sun)



• Arsenal remain fully confident Emile Smith Rowe will sign a new deal at the Emirates despite reported interest from Aston Villa.
  (Sun)



• Ajax have leapfrogged Manchester United in the race to sign Ghana winger Kamaldeen Sulemana, 19, from FC Nordsjaelland.
  (Football Insider)



• Chelsea have joined the race to sign £70m-rated Inter Milan star Achraf Hakimi, according to reports in Italy.
  (Daily Mail)



• France striker Olivier Giroud, 34, is set to choose AC Milan when his contract with Chelsea expires.
  (Gazzetta dello Sport)



• Sead Kolasinac, 27, is still set to be sold by Arsenal after Schalke said they could not make the Bosnia left-back's loan move permanent this summer.
  (Football London)



• Atletico Madrid are open to offers for Spanish midfielder Saul Niguez, 26, who has previously been linked with Manchester United.
  (Marca)



• Fiorentina are interested in signing French midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko, 26, on loan from Chelsea this summer.
  (Fabrizio Romano)



• Douglas Luiz is expected to stay with Aston Villa as Manchester City are unlikely to trigger a buy-back clause for the Brazil midfielder, 23.
  (Express & Star)



• New Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti is keen on raiding former club Everton for Brazil forward Richarlison, 24.
  (Football Insider)



• Returning coach Massimiliano Allegri met with Juventus staff on Thursday, with the future of Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, top of the list of topics.
  (Goal)

MANAGEMENT STUFF

• Tottenham are on the brink of appointing Antonio Conte as the club's new manager, with Fabio Paratici also set to join as sporting director after leaving Juventus last month.
  (Talksport)



• Conte's contract at Spurs could be worth up to £15m a year, with the former Chelsea boss promised significant funds by chairman Daniel Levy to rebuild the squad.
  (Daily Mirror)



• Everton are ready to offer former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo, 47, a three-year contract.
  (Daily Star)



• Derek Adams has left Morecambe just three days after guiding them to promotion into League One, with the manager expected to return to League Two with Bradford.
  (Sky Sports)



• Ange Postecoglou is set to be confirmed as Celtic manager early next week after successful compensation talks between the Parkhead club and Yokohama F Marinos, the Australian's current employers.
  (Times)



• Atletico Madrid's Argentine coach Diego Simeone is close to agreeing a two-year contract extension to 2024.
  (Mundo Deportivo)



• French champions Lille are interested in naming Patrick Vieira as successor to former boss Christophe Galtier.
  (L'Equipe)



• Lazio are reportedly considering appointing former Leyton Orient manager Fabio Liverani, who lasted just 27 games and was in charge when the club were relegated to League Two.
  (Daily Mail)



• Ronald Koeman will remain Barcelona's coach next season, club president Joan Laporta said on Thursday.
  (Sky Sports)



• Inter Milan have appointed Lazio's Simone Inzaghi as their new manager, with the Italian signing a two-year deal to replace Antonio Conte.
  (Sky Sports)

INTERNATIONAL STUFF

• Gareth Southgate is facing a mounting England injury crisis a week before the Euros as it is feared crocked duo Jordan Henderson and Harry Maguire may miss all of the tournament.
  (Sun)



• Second-half chances went unrewarded as Northern Ireland fell to a 1-0 friendly defeat against Ukraine on Thursday night.
  (Sky Sports)



• Troy Parrott's first international goals spared the Republic of Ireland's blushes as they came from behind in Andorra to finally hand manager Stephen Kenny victory.
  (Sky Sports)



• Germany and Portugal will meet in Sunday's European Under-21 Championship final after winning their semi-finals on Thursday night.
  (Sky Sports)

OTHER STUFF

• Didier Drogba has received an honorary degree in the Ivory Coast for his contribution to football in his home country as well as helping restore stability in the West African nation.
  (Daily Mail)



• Former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has announced his retirement from football at the age of 33.
  (Sky Sports)



• Manchester City and Leicester will raise the curtain on the 2021-22 campaign by playing the Community Shield on August 7.
  (Sky Sports)



• Christian Benteke has signed a two-year contract extension with Crystal Palace.
  (Sky Sports)