Rumour Mill: Arsenal target ready for exit; Laporte given deadline

A left-back on Arsenal’s radar is open to a move, while Aymeric Laporte has been told to make a decision about joining Manchester City.

Arsenal

Arsene Wenger has fuelled speculation that N’Golo Kante could join Arsenal by piling praise on the Leicester midfielder ahead of Euro 2016 (Daily Mirror)

Man United join Arsenal and Juventus in race for £25m Borussia Dortmund star Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Daily Mail)

Jamie Vardy is leaning towards rejecting a move to Arsenal in favour of staying at Leicester City (The Independent)

Arsenal are closing in on the capture of Bolton youngster Rob Holding in a £1.5million deal with potential add-ons. (Football Insider)

Ricardo Rodriguez wants to leave Wolfsburg amid speculation he’s set to join Arsenal (Blick)

Bournemouth

Colombian defender Bernardo Espinosa must choose between Middlesbrough and Bournemouth (El Comercio)

Bristol City are closing in on a deal to sign Lee Tomlin from Bournemouth (Bristol Post)

Burnley

Burnley are reported to have offered €1.5m to Lech Poznan for Hungary defender Tamas Kadar (Burnley Express)

Chelsea

Chelsea full-back Cesar Azpilicueta, 26, is a target for Barcelona following the departure of 33-year-old Dani Alves (Daily Telegraph)

Chelsea target Kalidou Koulibaly, 24, says “big clubs” want to sign him after his contract talks with Napoli stalled (L’Equipe)

New Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has told Brazilian midfielder Oscar that he wants him to stay at Stamford Bridge (Daily Express)

Torino are considering making an offer for Chelsea starlet Nathaniel Chalobah in the summer (Sky Italia)

Fenerbahce are plotting to sign Chelsea striker Loic Remy on loan this summer (Sabah)

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace and Swansea are keen on landing Sassuolo striker Gregoire Defrel. (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Everton

Everton remain interested in signing Holland goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen to succeed Tim Howard (The Mirror)

John Stones has rejected an offer from Barcelona because he wants to play for Pep Guardiola at Manchester City (Daily Mail)

Ronald Koeman will pay £9million to take Graziano Pelle with him to Everton (The Sun)

Leicester

Leicester are ready to up the ante in a bid to land Troy Deeney after having a £15m offer rejected by Watford (Daily Express)

Jamie Vardy is leaning towards rejecting a move to Arsenal in favour of staying at Leicester City (The Independent)

Arsene Wenger has fuelled speculation that N’Golo Kante could join Arsenal by piling praise on the Leicester midfielder ahead of Euro 2016 (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool

Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins says the club are interested in re-signing Wales midfielder Joe Allen, 26, from Liverpool (South Wales Evening Post)

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wants striker Mario Balotelli to attend the club’s pre-season training after AC Milan decided not to sign the 25-year-old (Gazetta dello Sport)

Real Madrid are ready to bid £5.5million for Cameron Brannagan, with Barcelona also said to be interested (The Mirror)

Manchester City

Manuel Pellegrini is reportedly on the verge of being named the new AC Milan manager (The Sun)

Inter Milan will bid for 33-year-old Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure after being bought by Chinese investors (Manchester Evening News)

Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte has eight days to decide whether or not to accept Manchester City’s offer (AS)

Manchester United

Real Madrid are no longer interested in Manchester United and Spain goalkeeper David de Gea (Marca)

Jose Mourinho wants to take 29-year-old Portugal international Nani back to Old Trafford. The Fenerbahce winger has a £6.3m release clause (DHA)

Man United join Arsenal and Juventus in race for £25m Borussia Dortmund star Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Daily Mail)

Manchester United are lining up a move for Juventus striker Alvaro Morata (ESPN)

United are in talks to sign highly-rated Basel youngster Breel Embolo (20 Minutes)

Middlesbrough

Colombian defender Bernardo Espinosa must choose between Middlesbrough and Bournemouth (El Comercio)

Boro could make a shock move for Radamel Falcao (Bleacher Report)

Wolves are set to make a move for Middlesbrough’s Adam Reach (Express and Star)

Boro are interested in signing Norwich striker Cameron Jerome (The Times)

Southampton

Ronald Koeman will pay £9million to take Graziano Pelle with him to Everton (The Sun)

Southampton and Stoke are battling to sign Norwich winger Nathan Redmond (The Times)

Fiorentina general manager Pantaleo Corvino dreams of bringing Sadio Mane to the club (TGR Rai Toscana)

Stoke

West Brom want striker Saido Berahino, 22, to stay despite interest from Tottenham and Stoke (Daily Mirror)

Southampton and Stoke are battling to sign Norwich winger Nathan Redmond (The Times)

Sunderland

Martin Smith is set to join Kilmarnock on a three-year deal (Sunderland Echo)

Sunderland want to offer Jan Kirchhoff an improved deal (Sunderland Echo)

Swansea

Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins says the club are interested in re-signing Wales midfielder Joe Allen, 26, from Liverpool (South Wales Evening Post)

Tottenham

West Brom want striker Saido Berahino, 22, to stay despite interest from Tottenham and Stoke (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham may trigger the £7.1m release clause in Idrissa Gueye’s Aston Villa contract (Daily Mail)

Watford

Leicester are ready to up the ante in a bid to land Troy Deeney after having a £15m offer rejected by Watford (Daily Express)

West Brom

West Brom could move for Brighton centre-half Lewis Dunk if James Chester leaves this summer (Birmingham Mail)

West Brom want striker Saido Berahino, 22, to stay despite interest from Tottenham and Stoke (Daily Mirror)

West Ham

West Ham have reportedly rejected an initial loan approach from Roma for Angelo Ogbonna (Sky Sport Italia)