Manchester City has made an offer to sign 26-year-old Spanish midfielder Dani Olmo from RB Leipzig (Foot Mercato – in French). Barcelona is also pursuing Olmo, having bid an initial £40m, to be paid in four installments, plus £20m in add-ons (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish). However, Leipzig has rejected Barcelona’s offer as it falls well below their expectations (Sky Sports Germany).
England defender Jarrad Branthwaite, 22, will not sign a new deal with Everton unless they can match the £160,000-a-week offer from Manchester United (Mail).
Manchester United’s 26-year-old English defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka has rejected offers from West Ham and prefers a move to Inter Milan this summer (Talksport). Manchester United is also considering a potential swap deal involving Wan-Bissaka and Inter Milan’s 28-year-old Dutch defender Denzel Dumfries (Mail).
Brentford’s plans to let Tottenham and West Ham target Ivan Toney leave the club could be halted after the 28-year-old England forward’s replacement Igor Thiago suffered an injury in pre-season (Sun).
Crystal Palace has agreed on a €15m (£12.6m) deal in principle to sign Senegal winger Ismaila Sarr, 26, from Marseille (Athletic – subscription required).
Arsenal has opened talks with Paris St-Germain about Spain midfielder Fabian Ruiz, 28, but a move would require the Gunners to offload a player (Football Transfers).
Aston Villa is monitoring Borussia Dortmund and Germany winger Karim Adeyemi, 22, who has also attracted interest from Juventus and Chelsea (Mail).
Napoli and Denmark winger Jesper Lindstrom, 24, has completed his medical at Everton (Fabrizio Romano).
Chelsea’s 29-year-old Spanish goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga could swap places with Real Madrid’s 25-year-old Ukrainian keeper Andriy Lunin in a deal between the two clubs (AS – in Spanish).
West Ham has made a £30m bid and offered 18-year-old English midfielder Lewis Orford in an attempt to sign Aston Villa and Colombia striker Jhon Duran, 20 (Athletic – subscription required).
Nottingham Forest has rejected a West Ham bid for 23-year-old Wales full-back Neco Williams (HITC).
Liverpool has been informed they will need to submit a £50m bid to land Juventus and Brazil defender Bremer, 27 (Football Insider).
Chelsea is close to signing 21-year-old Ivory Coast defender Guela Doue from Rennes in a £7.6m deal (Sky Italy).
Paris St-Germain is nearing a deal for Benfica’s 19-year-old Portuguese midfielder Joao Neves (Fabrizio Romano).
Paraguay winger Miguel Almiron, 30, is in advanced talks to leave Newcastle United for an unnamed Saudi Pro League club (Football Insider).
Source: BBC Sports
