Fulham and Tottenham both chasing £26m-rated Nice striker Plea as race for Frenchman heats up. (Daily Mail)
Arsenal could complete the signing of Borussia Dortmund defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos on Monday. (Daily Star)
Arsenal target Steven N'zonzi will tell Sevilla he wants to leave the club once he returns from the World Cup. ( Sun)
Wolves are trying to sign Porto midfielder Juan Quintero - who has impressed for Colombia at the World Cup in Russia - but face competition from Real Madrid and Tottenham for the 25-year-old. (Daily Mirror)
Bayern Munich are the latest club to join the race to sign Manchester United's 22-year-old France forward Anthony Martial. (Daily Star)
Liverpool have not been involved in any further talks with Lyon over a move for 24-year-old playmaker Nabil Fekir since the transfer of the France international to the Reds collapsed. (Times)
The Reds could try to sign Germany and Bayer Leverkusen winger Julian Brandt, 22, after the break down in the deal for Fekir. (Daily Star)
Manchester United are monitoring 32-year-old Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic, who is still involved in the World Cup with Croatia. (Daily Express)
Barcelona could sell 29-year-old midfielder Paulinho to raise funds for the signing of fellow Brazil international and Chelsea attacking midfielder Willian, 29. (Mundo Deportivo)
Chelsea could appoint Maurizio Sarri as their new manager on Monday and his first signing will be 22-year-old Russia midfielder Aleksandr Golovin who will cost £27m from CSKA Moscow. ( Sun)
Southampton will beat West Ham in the race to sign Barcelona defender Marlon Santos, 22, after agreeing a £10m fee with the Spanish club for the Brazilian. (Daily Mirror)
The futures of Southampton's Argentine forward Guido Carrillo, 27, and Morocco midfielder Sofiane Boufal, 24, are in doubt after they were left out of the club's pre-season tour of China. ( Sun)
Bristol City are set to finalise a £2m deal to sign Derby striker Andreas Weimann. (Daily Star)
Newcastle are also interested in former Lyon striker Plea, who scored 21 goals last season. (Shields Gazette)
Newcastle are considering a bid for Crystal Palace's English winger Andros Townsend, 26, but only if they sell Scotland winger Matt Ritchie, 28, to Stoke City. (Daily Telegraph)
QPR have signed 27-year-old German centre-back Toni Leistner on a three-year deal. ( Sky Sports)
Juventus have turned down Lazio's proposal of £89m and Uruguay midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, 21, for Serbia midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, 23. (Tuttosport)
Matej Vydra is edging towards a £11m move to Leeds after the 26-year-old Czech striker was excluded from Derby's training camp in Tenerife. (Daily Telegraph)
Stuttgart will not sell France defender Benjamin Pavard, 22, for "50 million euros" and want to keep the player for another year, according to the German club's sporting director.
(Stuttgarter Nachrichten)
INTERNATIONAL STUFF
Spain Football Federation president Luis Rubiales says he does not regret sacking coach Julen Lopetegui on the eve of the World Cup, despite the country's last-16 exit to hosts Russia.
(Daily Mail)
OTHER STUFF
Moussa Dembele is ready to beef up Celtic's Euro bid - after shedding pounds over the summer. (Scottish Sun)
Mohamed Salah has signed a new long-term contract at Liverpool. ( Sky Sports)
Saido Berahino says he is determined to get his career back on track and help Stoke return to the Premier League at the first time of asking. ( Sky Sports)
Touts are charging desperate England fans treble the price for tickets to Tuesday's World Cup last-16 clash with Colombia in Moscow. (Daily Mirror)
Ruben Loftus-Cheek has hit out at Chelsea for the lack of opportunities they give to young players that come through their academy. ( Sky Sports)
Chelsea youngster Charly Musonda, who failed to make much of an impact during a loan spell at Celtic, has been warned his career could stall because of the entourage he surrounds himself with.
(Daily Record)