newcastle Interested in signing 25-year-old Portuguese midfielder Ruben Neves, also 18 months out on contract whoops. (Attach)
chelsea therefore entirely behind manager Graham Potter and gave players a massive elimination if the results did not improve. (Telegraph – subscription required)
arsenal are confident they have the €80m signing of 22-year-old Mykhailo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk in time for the Ukraine winger to wrap up his debut against Manchester United next weekend. (Timetables – subscription required)
chelsea could sign French striker Marcus Thuram for as little as 10 million euros (8.86 million euros) this month with a 25-year-old Borussia Monchengladbach contract expiring at the end of the season. (taken offside)
liverpool met with representatives of Sofyan Amrabat to try to convince Fiorentina midfielder to move to Anfield, but the 26-year-old Moroccan international prefers to move to Atlético Madrid. (Mirror)
chelsea etc Tottenham Considering removal for Leandro Trossard after the Belgium winger’s agent released a statement saying the 28-year-old wanted to leave Brighton. ((Site notre blog d’information).London)
Manchester United have received serious interest in a screening award from the Middle East, Asia and America and are set to solicit formal offers from them by the deadline next month. British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is also expected to make a bid for the club. (Telegraph – subscription required)
chelsea are in talks with PSV Eindhoven a move has been made for England U21 winger Noni Madueke, 20. ((Site notre blog d’information).London)
Everton etc whoops Interesting 33-year-old Brazil defender in Felipe Monteiro, who has about six months on contract Atlético Madrid. (Attach)
The Toffees have also made a €20m (€17.7m) bid for That of Lorient Burkinabé striker Dango Ouattara, (West-France – in French)
whoops have reached an agreement to sign 21-year-old Brazilian midfielder Joao Gomes from flamenco. (Fabrizio Romano)
The Black Country side are also in the process of agreeing a deal to sign Spain midfielder Pablo Sarabia, 30, from Paris Saint Germain. (talking sports)
Club Brugge have reached an agreement to sign young England goalkeeper Josef Bursik, 22, from pension. (telegraph)
nice have reached an agreement with Lorient for Nigerian striker Terem Moffi, 23, who has also been offered a Southampton. ((Site notre blog d’information)mercato – in French)
Tottenham remains keen to sign Spain international Pedro Porro, 23, from Sporting Lisbon but must first sell one of their other senior right-backs – Ireland international Matt Doherty, 30, or Brazil’s Emerson Royal, 23. (Fault)
Burnley There is interest in the signing of 19-year-old Dutch defender Jenson Seelt from PSV Eindhoven and the Swedish defender Hjalmar Ekdal, 23, of Djur Gardens. (Attach)
Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay, 26, is not for sale this month despite Everton, Southampton, Leeds, western ham etc Leicester to show us an interest in international scots. (90 mins)
Aston Villa’s French full-back Frédéric Guilbert, 28, is set to sign a permanent contract with Strasbourgwhere he spent the second half of last season on loan. (L’Equipe – in French)
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