TRANSFER RUMOURS
Brighton are confident of completing a £4m deal for Fulham's former Tottenham goalkeeper David Button, 29, this week. (Sun)
Arsenal have had a £26m offer for Portugal midfielder Gelson Martins, 23, turned down by Sporting Lisbon. (A Bola)
Arsenaql are close to signing 17 year old France youth international midfielder Yacine Adli from Paris St Germain. (Guardian)
Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing RB Leipzig defender Lukas Klostermann. (Daily Express)
Tottenham will have to pay a club-record £48m for 18-year-old Ajax defender Matthijs de Ligt, who is also being tracked by Manchester City and Manchester United. (Sun)
Tottenham will fight with Chelsea for the signing of English defender Jamaal Lascelles, 24, who is rated at £45m by Newcastle. (London Evening Standard)
Spurs have also been offered Joao Mario as part of talks over Inter Milan's deal for Mousa Dembele.Crystal Palace are interested in signing £12m-rated Japan defender Hiroki Sakai, 28, from Marseille. (London Evening Standard)
Watford winger Roberto Pereyra, 27, has been linked with a move to Torino, where he would join up with former Hornets boss Walter Mazzarri. (Harrow Times)
Chelsea are ready to cut their losses on Danny Drinkwater - less than a year after signing him for £30m. (Sun)
Lyon will allow forward Nabil Fekir, 24, to join Liverpool this summer - but only at the right price. (Daily Mirror)
Liverpool are lining up a move for Stoke's Switzerland winger Xherdan Shaqiri, 26, who has a £12m release clause in his contract. (Daily Star)
Manchester City could agree a £43m deal for Napoli midfielder Jorginho, 26, by the end of the week, with the Italy international's agent having flown to England. (Daily Mirror)
City may move for Southampton's Gabon midfielder Mario Lemina or Real Madrid's Croatia international Mateo Kovacic, both 24, if they do not sign Jorginho. (Daily Mail)
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah's representatives have denied offering the 25-year-old Egyptian to Barcelona. (Ramy Abbas Issa on Twitter)
Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino says Roma goalkeeper Alisson, 25, has asked him about the possibility of a move to Anfield this summer. (Liverpool Echo)
Manchester United, Chelsea and Paris St-Germain have been offered the chance to sign Poland striker Robert Lewandowski but Bayern Munich will not sell the 29-year-old for less than £175m. (Bild)
Liverpool have been quoted a price of £80m by Atletico Madrid if they want to sign 25-year-old Slovenia goalkeeper Jan Oblak this summer. (Daily Mirror)
John O'Shea is set to sign a one-year contract with Reading when his deal at Sunderland expires on July 1. (Sky Sports)
Newcastle are interested in signing Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish, 22, but the Championship side want £40m for the England Under-21 international. (Chronicle)
Southampton are considering moves for Aston Villa forward Keinan Davis, 20, and winger Andre Green, 19. (Daily Mail)
Newcastle have made a bid for Lille's 21-year-old Brazilian midfielder Thiago Maia. (Le10Sport)
Championship side Leeds are in advanced talks to sign Uruguay striker Abel Hernandez, 27, from Hull on a free transfer. (Yorkshire Evening Post)
Derby manager Frank Lampard will sign former Chelsea and England team-mate John Terry, 37, on a free transfer if Rams captain Curtis Davies, 33, leaves. (Derby Telegraph)
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard is close to agreeing a season-long loan deal for Liverpool's England youth international Ovie Ejaria, 20. (Sky Sports)
Newly promoted Serie A side Parma are lining up a move for Stoke's former England striker Peter Crouch, 37.
(Calciomercato)
MANAGEMENT STUFF
Former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira, 41, who was linked with the vacant role at Highbury, is close to returning to Europe as coach of Ligue 1 side Nice. (Times)
Barnsley have confirmed the appointment of former Hannover 96 boss Daniel Stendel as their new manager on a two-year contract. (Sky Sports)
Paul Tisdale has been confirmed as the new MK Dons manager after recently ending his 12-year stay with Exeter City. (Sky Sports)
Real Madrid will target Chelsea manager Antonio Conte after Zinedine Zidane's shock resignation last week. (Daily Mail)
Steve Bruce is seeking showdown talks with Aston Villa as the club stares at financial meltdown.
(Daily Express)
INTERNATIONAL STUFF
Gareth Southgate says racism is "completely unacceptable" and he has a plan in place for England at the World Cup if they suffer abuse. (Sky Sports)
Gareth Southgate has admitted Jordan Henderson and Eric Dier could be fighting over one place in England's World Cup side. (Sky Sports)
Mesut Ozil is struggling to be fit for the start of Germany's World Cup campaign due to a bruised knee and lingering back problem.
(Sky Sports)
OTHER STUFF
Aston Villa owe £11million in transfer fees to other clubs including Fulham, West Brom and Brentford. (Times)
Aston Villa have reached an agreement with the tax authorities to stave off the immediate threat of administration. (Sky Sports)
All but four clubs in the Championship were in the red during the latest Deloittes annual review of football finances
(Daily Mail)
Brighton midfielder Pascal Gross has signed a new deal with the club until June 2022. (Sky Sports)
English football's financial boom shows no signs of slowing with the Premier League forging ahead of its European rivals last year.
(Sky Sports)
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