Arsenal are interested in 19-year-old Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Aymen Barkok.
( Daily Express )

French side Marseille are leading contenders to sign Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud, 30, in a £24.7m deal after the Gunners completed a club record deal for Alexandre Lacazette.
(Daily Telegraph)

Manchester United's attempts to sign Romelu Lukaku are not linked to any deal which would take United captain Wayne Rooney, 31, to Goodison Park.
( Liverpool Echo )

However, Chelsea are expected to step up their interest in Lukaku, 24, despite United agreeing a £75m fee with Everton for the striker.
( Guardian )

Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata, 24, has been left in limbo in the wake of United's deal for Lukaku, having been convinced he was set to leave Spain for Old Trafford.
( Independent )

Belgium international Lukaku has agreed a long-term contract worth £250,000 a week with Jose Mourinho's side.
( Daily Star )

Chelsea could face a striker crisis after Diego Costa, 28, started to say his goodbyes to his team-mates, having been told he is not part of Conte's plans for next season.
(Daily Telegraph)

The Premier League champions have turned their attention to Swansea striker Fernando Llorente, 32, after missing out on a loan move for the Spaniard in January.
( Evening Standard )

Barcelona are furious with legendary former club captain Carles Puyol after a player he represents - 16-year-old midfielder Eric Garcia - decided to walk away from the club to join Manchester City.
( Independent )

Swansea City are braced for a revised £32m bid from Everton for midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, 27. .
(Daily Mail)

Stoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland, 24, says he would have to "consider" any approach from Manchester United.
( Manchester Evening News )

The Gunners are refusing to meet Leicester City's valuation for winger Riyad Mahrez but the 26-year-old is still expected to leave the Foxes this summer.
( Daily Star )

Former Newcastle United winger Hatem Ben Arfa, 30, has been told he can leave Paris St-Germain.
( Newcastle Chronicle )

Winger Demarai Gray, 21, wants assurances from Leicester about his first-team prospects amid growing interest in the England Under-21 international from Liverpool and Tottenham.
( Daily Mirror )

Barcelona have had a £22m bid for former Spurs midfielder Paulinho, 28, rejected by his current club Guangzhou Evergrande.
(Sky Sports)

Stoke have been in talks to sign Manchester City midfielder Fabien Delph, 27, on a loan deal.
( Stoke Sentinel )

Real Madrid have held secret talks with PSG midfielder Marco Verratti, 24.
( Daily Star )

Watford are in talks with Chelsea over midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah and are confident the versatile 22-year-old wants to return to Vicarage Road.
( London Evening Standard )

Southampton goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga is close to leaving the club with several sides interested in either a loan or permanent deal for the 25-year-old.
(Daily Echo)

MANAGEMENT STUFF

Manager Antonio Conte's future at Chelsea is in doubt because the Italian is furious at the club's summer transfer failings.
( Daily Mirror )

Sam Allardyce's retirement plans could be put on hold following MLS interest.
(Sun)

OTHER STORIES

Two McDonald's workers managed a selfie with Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney who was making his way through the restaurant's drive-through with his son.
( Twitter )

Despite scoring 184 not out in his first Test match as England captain, Joe Root still had time to have a chat with Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana at Lord's.
( Twitter )

Manchester United were forced to delete a tweet that showed midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan advertising the new home shirt as fans said the Armenian looked "pregnant".
(Daily Mirror )

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has treated his staff and their families to a luxury holiday in Sardinia after winning the Premier League title.
( Sun )

Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has unveiled two sets of brand new crystal football boots to commemorate his time at Manchester United and Real Madrid.
( Daily Mirror )

Five-hour round trips to training, an 85-year-old who runs the club shop, the kit man who gets paid by the players...welcome to the other Premier League.
( Wales Online )

Sir Alex Ferguson has told friends he would have signed former Chelsea defender John Terry on a free transfer if he was still Manchester United manager.
(Sun)