Chelsea are set to trump Premier League rivals Arsenal with a £35m bid for Sporting Lisbon's 22-year-old midfielder William Carvalho. (Abola)
Arsenal are set to miss out on Manchester City's Serb defender Matija Nastasic, 21, because Italian champions Juventus want to take the former Fiorentina player back to Serie A. ( Daily Express )
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is preparing a £24m bid for Manchester United's Mexico striker Javier Hernandez, 26, and Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 26. ( CaughtOffside )
Fellaini's hopes of a move away from United could be hit by injury, however, after pictures emerged of the midfielder on crutches following a training session. ( Sun )
Liverpool winger Jordon Ibe, 18, will join Championship side Bolton on loan after being squeezed out at Anfield following the summer arrivals of Lazar Markovic, 20, and Adam Lallana, 26. ( Daily Mirror )
Former Liverpool defender John Arne Riise, 33, who is a free agent after leaving Fulham in the summer, has claimed Aston Villa are interested in signing him. ( Sky Sports )
Everton midfielder Ryan Ledson, 17, who captained England U17s to European Championship success, has signed his first professional contract with the Toffees. ( Liverpool Echo )
Borussia Dortmund forward Marco Reus, 25, turned down a move to Manchester United, according to Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo, whose club were also linked with the Germany international. ( Daily Mail )
Malky Mackay hopes to make Manchester United winger Wilfried Zaha, 21, his first signing at Crystal Palace if he is named their new manager. ( Daily Star )
Fulham's Costa Rica striker Bryan Ruiz, 29, who spent the second half of last season on loan at PSV Eindhoven, is the target of a £3m offer from Werder Bremen. ( Daily Mail )
Roma are closely following Manchester City's 24 year-old Montenegrin forward Steven Jovetic. ( Tuttosport )
Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has reiterated 26-year-old Argentina midfielder Angel di Maria, a reported target of Manchester United, still belongs to the Spanish club and they can use him as they want. ( As )
Arsenal's 23 year-old French midfielder Francis Coquelin is expected to stay at the Gunners despite strong interest from Queens Park Rangers.
( Lefigaro )
OTHER GOSSIP
Goalkeeper Petr Cech, 32, will seek clarification from Jose Mourinho on his long-term position in the pecking order at Chelsea after losing his place to Thibaut Courtois, 22. ( Independent )
Everton manager Roberto Martinez has played down his earlier claim that midfielder Ross Barkley could be out until early 2015 with a knee injury, saying: "I don't know where this figure of five months came from." ( Sun )
Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho, 22, has been called into Dunga's first Brazil squad as the new manager makes sweeping changes to the team that lost 7-1 to Germany at the 2014 World Cup. ( Telegraph )
Arsenal's chief commercial officer Tom Fox is close to being appointed Aston Villa chief executive after discussions with the Midlands club's owner Randy Lerner. ( Telegraph )
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany has warned Liverpool, who finished two points behind the Premier League winners last season, that the demands of the Champions League will test their title pedigree. ( Daily Mirror )
QPR defender Rio Ferdinand, 35, says his former club Manchester United will win the Premier League title, and has dismissed the chances of Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.
( Daily Express )
AND FINALLY
After being booed off at the World Cup, Brazil striker Fred's troubles seem to have followed him to domestic football, with angry Fluminense fans painting "Fred out" on the wall of the training ground after a terrible penalty miss.
( El Grafico )