Rumour Mill: Liverpool to make triple swoop

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ARSENAL

– Southampton have seen a loan bid rejected for Arsenal’s Calum Chambers so will instead turn to QPR defender Steven Caulker (Daily Mail)

ASTON VILLA

– Nantes chief Waldemar Kita says a deal to sell Aston Villa and Liverpool target Jordan Veretout to a Premier League club is “basically agreed”

BOURNEMOUTH

Bournemouth have reached a provisional agreement with St Etienne over the £7million signing of former Leeds star Max Gradel (L’Equipe)

CHELSEA

– Chelsea are in the clear to sign Augsburg star Baba Rahman after Juventus pulled out of the race to sign the full-back (Daily Express)

– Chelsea are set to beat Inter Milan and Juventus in the race to land Alex Telles from Galatasaray (talkSPORT)

CRYSTAL PALACE

– West Brom are hopeful of securing the capture of Hull City defender James Chester from under the noses of Crystal Palace and Southampton (The Independent)

– Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie is tempted by a potential move to Tottenham Hotspur this summer (Daily Mirror)

– Norwich are tracking Liverpool forward Rickie Lambert and Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray (various)

– Crystal Palace have made an official bid for Swansea defender Ashley Williams (Daily Express)

EVERTON

– Burnley are set to announce the signing of Everton striker Chris Long (Burnley Express)

– Man United are targeting a move for Everton striker Romelu Lukaku (Daily Telegraph)

LEICESTER CITY

– Wolves winger Bakary Sako will have a medical at West Brom on Tuesday after snubbing a move to Leicester (various)

LIVERPOOL

– Sampdoria have admitted their interest in Italian striker Mario Balotelli, but have asked Liverpool to lower their £7.1m asking price

– Liverpool are in talks with the agent of PSG defender Lucas Digne over a move to Anfield (Liverpool Echo)

– Uruguayan teenagers Juan Manuel Sanabria and Agustin Pereira are set to join Liverpool (Daily Star)

– Nantes chief Waldemar Kita says a deal to sell Aston Villa and Liverpool target Jordan Veretout to a Premier League club is “basically agreed”

– Norwich are tracking Liverpool forward Rickie Lambert and Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray (various)

MANCHESTER CITY

– Manuel Pellegrini says he had no choice but to allow Stevan Jovetic to leave Man City due to the striker’s poor injury record at the Etihad

– Wolfsburg have told Man City they ‘don’t need’ their £50million for star midfielder Kevin De Bruyne (Daily Mirror)

MANCHESTER UNITED

– Man United are closing in on a £22m deal for Barcelona forward Pedro (Daily Mirror)

– ?Sergio Ramos has reportedly agreed a new deal with Real Madrid to effectively end Man United’s £40million hopes of signing him (Daily Mail)

– Man United are set to miss out on another defensive target with Nicolas Otamendi staying at Valencia this summer (Super Deporte)

– Man United are targeting a move for Everton striker Romelu Lukaku (Daily Telegraph)

– Man United and PSG are still ‘some way apart’ in their valuation of Angel Di Maria (Daily Mirror)

NEWCASTLE

– Newcastle are to follow up their initial interest in Charlie Austin by making a firm £13.25million bid for the QPR striker.

– Coventry City are set to sign Newcastle United striker Adam Armstrong, 18, on a season-long loan (Coventry Telegraph)

NORWICH

– Norwich are tracking Liverpool forward Rickie Lambert and Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray (various)

SOUTHAMPTON

– Southampton have seen a loan bid rejected for Arsenal’s Calum Chambers so will instead turn to QPR defender Steven Caulker (Daily Mail)

– West Brom are hopeful of securing the capture of Hull City defender James Chester from under the noses of Crystal Palace and Southampton (The Independent)

STOKE CITY

– Stoke remain hopeful of signing Andriy Yarmolenko, but must pay a club record £15million to land the Ukraine winger (talkSPORT)

SUNDERLAND

– Swansea have dismissed links suggesting they will move for Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor or Sunderland forward Steven Fletcher (Swansea Evening Post)

SWANSEA CITY

– Crystal Palace have made an official bid for Swansea defender Ashley Williams (Daily Express)

– Swansea have dismissed links suggesting they will move for Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor or Sunderland forward Steven Fletcher (Swansea Evening Post)

TOTTENHAM

– Schalke have rejected an approach from Tottenham for forward Leroy Sane (Kicker)

– FC Porto are in talks with Tottenham over a move for their flop record signing Erik Lamela (Record)

– Nantes chief Waldemar Kita says a deal to sell Aston Villa and Liverpool target Jordan Veretout to a Premier League club is “basically agreed”

– Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie is tempted by a potential move to Tottenham Hotspur this summer (Daily Mirror)

– Swansea have dismissed links suggesting they will move for Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor or Sunderland forward Steven Fletcher (Swansea Evening Post)

WATFORD

– Sampdoria striker Stefano Okaka, who had been on Watford’s summer shopping list, is set to join Anderlecht in a £2m deal (Het Laatste Nieuws)

WEST BROM

– West Brom target Abou Diaby will sign a two-year deal with Marseille after snubbing a switch to the Hawthorns (Maxifoot)

– West Brom are hopeful of securing the capture of Hull City defender James Chester from under the noses of Crystal Palace and Southampton (The Independent)

– Wolves winger Bakary Sako will have a medical at West Brom on Tuesday after snubbing a move to Leicester (various)