Today’s Transfer news

📰TODAY’S TRANSFER NEWS📰

🔔 Aston Villa are to restart talks with England midfielder Jack Grealish, 25, next week and are willing to offer him a new deal to ward off advances from Manchester City. (🚩Express and Star)

🔔Premier League champions City, however, have begun negotiations with Villa for the playmaker – and a decision about whether a deal for Grealish can be struck is expected to be made within days. (🚩Guardian)

🔔Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola hopes to have a deal for Grealish done in time for the Community Shield on 7 August. (🚩Star)

🔔Paul Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola has offered the Manchester United and France midfielder, 28, to Liverpool. (🚩Le 10 Sport – in French)

🔔West Ham are preparing a £20m bid for Chelsea’s Kurt Zouma, 26, who is said to prefer a cross-London move rather than be used as a makeweight in a deal with Sevilla for fellow French defender Jules Kounde, 22. (🚩Mail)

🔔Sevilla want a deal worth close to 80m euros (£68m) if they are to sell Kounde. The France international’s former club Bordeaux also negotiated a 20% sell-on clause when they sold him to the Spanish side in 2019. (🚩Goal)

🔔Manchester City’s 27-year-old Brazil goalkeeper Ederson is set to be handed a three-year contract extension. (🚩Athletic)

🔔Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been linked with the vacant Switzerland job. The Frenchman has not worked in management since his 22-year reign at the Gunners came to an end in 2018. (🚩Blick, via Mail)

🔔Tottenham are set to increase their bid for Argentina centre-back Cristian Romero after Atalanta turned down a player swap deal from Barcelona for the 23-year-old. (🚩SportItalia, via Mail)

🔔United States defender Sergino Dest, 20, is determined to stay at Barcelona and has rebuffed approaches from Arsenal and Bundesliga clubs Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. (🚩ESPN)

🔔Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 28, has made it clear that he intends to stay with Italian champions Inter Milan after “immediately” rejecting an offer to return to Chelsea. (🚩Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)

🔔Sassuolo chief executive Giovanni Carnevali has said they will only consider selling 23-year-old Italy midfielder Manuel Locatelli, who has been linked with a move to Arsenal and Juventus, if the right offer is made well in advance of the transfer window closing. (🚩Gazzetta dello Sport, via Mirror)

🔔Carnevali says Sassuolo will hold talks with Juventus about Locatelli as they are his preferred destination but, in addition to Arsenal having made a bid for the player, “a new English club is now in the race” to sign him. (🚩Sky Sports Italia, via Goal)

🔔Atletico Madrid and England defender Kieran Trippier, 30, expects his move to Manchester United to take until the end of the transfer window to go through. (🚩Manchester Evening News)

🔔Arsenal are ready to listen to offers for 32-year-old Brazilian winger Willian as they try to reduce their wage bill. (🚩Star)

🔔Real Madrid will be willing to let Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard leave for around £43m, with Arsenal interested in the 22-year-old after his loan spell in north London last season. (🚩ESPN)

🔔AC Milan have made Chelsea’s 28-year-old Morocco winger Hakim Ziyech their top target as they look to bolster their attacking options. (🚩Calciomercato – in Italian)

🔔Aston Villa are preparing to begin talks with goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez about a new long-term deal after his efforts in helping Argentina win the Copa America generated fresh interest in the 28-year-old. (🚩90min)

🔔Torino have tabled a “very big” contract extension offer for Italy striker Andrea Belotti, 27, as they try to fend off interest from Jose Mourinho’s Roma and Arsenal. (🚩Tuttomercatoweb, via Goal)

🔔France striker Karim Benzema, 33, is set to sign a new deal with Real Madrid, keeping him in the Spanish capital until the summer of 2023. (🚩Marca – in Spanish)

🔔Watford will make a move for St Mirren’s 24-year Republic of Ireland midfielder James McGrath if they fail in their efforts to sign Scottish 21-year-old Lewis Ferguson from Aberdeen.(🚩Sun)

🔔Newcastle United have overtaken Aston Villa in the race to sign former England Under-21 defender Axel Tuanzebe, 23, on loan from Manchester United this summer. (🚩Football Insider)

🔔Veteran Italy centre-back Giorgio Chiellini expects to sign a contract extension with Juventus, with the 36-year-old’s previous deal having run out during the summer when he helped his country win Euro 2020. (🚩Football Italia)

🔔 Paris St-Germain have opened initial discussions to gauge Paul Pogba’s interest in joining them from Manchester United either this summer or next, when the France midfielder, 28, is available for free. (🚩Athletic)

🔔United are readying themselves for an offer from PSG and will want around £45m for Pogba. (🚩Eurosport)

🔔Arsenal are offering Spanish right-back Hector Bellerin, 26, in part-exchange for Inter Milan’s Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez, 23. (🚩Football Insider)

🔔Chelsea have been linked with Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski but the German club’s president, Herbert Hainer, says the 32-year-old won’t be leaving. (🚩Goal)

🔔Arsenal will need to bid at least £70m to stand a chance of signing 24-year-old Leicester City playmaker James Maddison, with the England international under contract with the Foxes until 2024. (🚩Sky Sports)

🔔Aston Villa have offered 30m euros (£25.5m) for Leon Bailey, 23, but Bayer Leverkusen want 35m euros (£29.8m) for the Jamaica winger, who has also attracted interest from Leicester City and Wolves. (🚩Bild – in German)

🔔Tottenham are looking at signing Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina, who would demand about £50m for the Serbia striker, 21. (🚩Telegraph)

🔔Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, 21, and Germany winger Julian Brandt, 25, will remain at Borussia Dortmund this summer. (🚩Tuttosport – in Italian)

🔔Ajax have confirmed that both Arsenal and Lyon have shown interest in their 25-year-old Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana, who is serving a ban for doping violations. (🚩Voetbal International, via Sun)

🔔Norwich City are preparing a £10m offer for PAOK Salonika’s 19-year-old Greece winger Christos Tzolis. (🚩Football Insider)

🔔Barcelona have still not agreed a new deal with Ilaix Moriba, the 18-year-old Spanish midfielder who is out of contract next summer and has attracted interest from Premier League clubs. (🚩Marca)

🔔Aston Villa will let Dutch winger Anwar El Ghazi, 26, leave for £15m if Roma follow up their interest with a firm offer. (🚩Football Insider)

🔔Juventus are meeting with Sassuolo officials again in the hope of completing a deal for Italy midfielder Manuel Locatelli, 23, and also want to sign Brazilian forward Kaio Jorge, 19, from Santos. (🚩Tuttosport – in Italian)

🔔Celtic have opened talks with Tottenham about signing 34-year-old English goalkeeper Joe Hart from the Premier League club. (🚩90 Min)

🔔Crystal Palace, Newcastle United and Monaco are among a number of clubs interested in Angers’ former France Under-21 midfielder Angelo Fulgini, 24. (🚩Mail)

🔔Manchester United have a transfer deal for Wolves’ Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves, 24, ‘reasonably far down the line’. (🚩Eurosport, via Express)

🔔Tottenham sold Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld to Qatari side Al-Duhail for just £3m even though he had a contract until 2023 and only being 32. (🚩Sun)

🔔Leeds United have been told they must pay £5m to sign Scottish left-back Josh Doig, 19, from Hibernian this summer. (🚩Leeds Live)

🔔Liverpool have missed out on potentially millions of pounds after losing Algerian left-back Yasser Larouci, 20, on a free transfer to Troyes, one of several clubs under the City Football Group banner. (🚩Mirror)

🔔Ethan Ennis had talks with Chelsea this summer but the 16-year-old midfielder has chosen to join Manchester United after turning down a new contract with Liverpool. (🚩Liverpool Echo)

🔔Belgian striker Aaron Leya Iseka, 23, is set to join Championship side Barnsley from Toulouse after spending last season on loan at Metz. (🚩L’Equipe – in French)
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