Manchester City are ready to make Enzo Fernandez move, Liverpool consider a third bid for Yankuba Minteh, and a Barcelona full-back pushes to join Manchester United.
Manchester City are ready to meet Chelsea‘s asking price for Enzo Fernandez, with the Blues wanting £120m for the 25-year-old Argentina midfielder. (Football Insider), external
Liverpool and Brighton were expected to hold fresh talks on Sunday over Gambia winger Yankuba Minteh, 22, as the Reds consider whether to make a third bid. (Ben Jacobs via TeamTalk), external
Barcelona and Spain left-back Alejandro Balde, 22, has given the green light to his agent Jorge Mendes to negotiate a move to Manchester United. (Sport – in Spanish), external
Aston Villa have made contact with Belgian side Club Brugge over the possible signing of 22-year-old Ecaudor centre-back Joel Ordonez. (David Ornstein), external
Brentford are preparing to place an improved £37m bid for West Ham United’s Senegal defender El Hadji Malick Diouf, 21. (Football Insider), external
Manchester United will not sell Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee, 25, for less than £40m amid interest from Juventus, Napoli and Aston Villa. (Sun), external
Juventus head coach Luciano Spalletti is adamant that Turkey forward Kenan Yildiz, 21, will not be sold to Arsenal. (Metro), external
Barcelona are playing down reports linking them with a move for Sporting’s Portugal centre-back Goncalo Inacio, 24, with no deal agreed or close. (Fabrizio Romano), external
Sporting head coach Rui Borges refused to rule out a move for Inacio to either Barcelona or AC Milan after leaving him out of his starting line-up in their victory over Alverca on Saturday. (Goal), external
RB Leipzig have reached a verbal agreement with AC Milan to re-sign France forward Christopher Nkunku, 28, on a season-long loan with an option to buy. (Sky Sports Germany), external