Paris St-Germain have bid £28.5m for Manchester United's 27-year-old Argentina winger Angel Di Maria, who signed for the Old Trafford club for £59.7m last summer.
( Guardian )
Chelsea are targeting Galatasaray's 22-year-old Brazilian defender Alex Telles as a replacement for Filipe Luis, 29, who has left to re-join Atletico Madrid.
( Sun )
Tottenham will try to sign Manchester United winger Ashley Young, 30, after being put off by Crystal Palace's £25m asking price for DR Congo midfielder Yannick Bolasie, 26.
( Daily Mirror )
Manchester United feel betrayed by Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos, who was one of their top transfer targets, with the 29-year-old Spain international set to sign a new contract with the La Liga club.
( Daily Star )
And United will not be bidding for Valencia's 27-year-old defender Nicolas Otamendi this summer, despite being repeatedly linked with the Argentina international.
( Manchester Evening News )
Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero thinks Liverpool's £7.1m valuation of striker Mario Balotelli is too high and wants it lowered if the Italian club are to sign the 24-year-old.
( Daily Mail )
Newcastle have had a £4.8m bid for AC Milan's 20-year-old French striker M'Baye Niang turned down by the Italian club.
( Evening Chronicle )
Crystal Palace have shown late interest in signing Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor from Spurs but the 31-year-old will instead join Aston Villa on a season-long loan deal.
( Daily Telegraph )
Villa are also discussing personal terms with former Tottenham, Manchester United and Fulham striker Dimitar Berbatov. The 34-year-old Bulgarian is available on a free transfer after leaving Monaco.
( Daily Express )
Nantes midfielder Jordan Veretout is also among Villa's targets, although Premier League rivals Leicester are also keen on the 22-year-old Frenchman.
( Birmingham Mail )
Bournemouth are close to signing Ivory Coast winger Max Gradel from French club St Etienne and the fee for the 27-year-old could rise to £7m.
( Daily Star )
Everton's Republic of Ireland midfielder James McCarthy, 24, is disillusioned at Goodison Park and will open talks with Tottenham about a move to White Hart Lane.
( Daily Mirror )
West Ham are lining up a £12m move for 29-year-old Fenerbahce striker Moussa Sow, but the Senegal international is also a target for Sunderland.
( Daily Express )
Chelsea's Egypt midfielder Mohamed Salah, 23, is set to complete a loan move to Italian side Roma.
( Daily Mail )
Tottenham and Romania central defender Vlad Chiriches, 25, is close to completing a £4.5m move to Italian side Napoli.
( Daily Telegraph )
Inter Milan and FC Porto are both interested in signing Spurs' 23-year-old forward Erik Lamela, with a season-long loan deal possible for the Argentina international.
( talkSPORT )
And Villarreal's manager, Marcelino, would like to bring Tottenham's Spain striker Roberto Soldado, 30, back to La Liga.
( Espn )
Norwich City are close to signing Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom, 22, on a season-long loan deal.
( Liverpool Echo )
OTHER GOSSIP
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says this could be "the season of Luke Shaw". The Dutchman has been impressed by his 20-year-old England left-back's performances in a pre-season tour of the United States.
( Guardian )
Chelsea goalkeeping coach Christophe Lollichon may follow Petr Cech to Arsenal. The Gunners signed 33-year-old Czech Republic goalkeeper Cech, who has worked with Lollichon for over a decade, in a £10m deal earlier this summer.
( Times )
AND FINALLY
The mascots who were supposed to stand in front of Real Madrid players Isco and Toni Kroos before the pre-season friendly against Inter Milan in China ditched their roles to join Cristiano Ronaldo instead as the teams lined up.
( Metro )
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho showed his penchant for a practical joke when he gathered his backroom team for what they thought was a photo opportunity but instead had freezing water thrown over them.
( Evening Standard )
A team-mate of Steven Gerrard's at Los Angeles Galaxy says "you have to be extra careful when you listen to Stevie" because of the former Liverpool captain's Scouse accent.
( Sun )
Source BBC Sport