Rumour Mill: Spurs join Hector race; Everton in £17m bid
Tottenham are the latest club to show an interest in Jonas Hector, while Everton turn to Leicester in their search for a new goalkeeper – according to today’s rumours.
Arsenal
– Manchester United, Arsenal and West Ham are in the hunt for £5million-rated Slovakia star Ondrej Duda. (Daily Star)
– Arsenal have made contact with the agent of Gonzalo Higuain. (Emanuele Giulianelli)
Burnley
– West Brom have joined Burnley in the chase to sign defender Liam Cooper from Leeds United. (talkSPORT)
Chelsea
– Chelsea manager Antonio Conte’s assistant Gabriele Oriali is considering staying with the Italian national team despite an offer to join the Blues backroom staff this summer. (Gazetta dello Sport)
– Saints striker Graziano Pelle has been linked with a £12m move to Chelsea. (Daily Mail)
Crystal Palace
– Crystal Palace have made an improved club-record £31.5m bid for Liverpool striker Christian Benteke
Everton
– Everton believe they have won the race to sign £28.5m Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel from Zenit (Daily Mirror)
– Everton boss Ronald Koeman is targeting a reunion with Graziano Pelle and is also considering a move for Wales hero Hal Robson-Kanu (Daily Mail)
– Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has been linked with a £17 million move to Everton. (Liverpool Echo)
– Everton defender John Stones has made his mind up about joining Manchester City during the summer (BBC journalist Richard Askham)
Leicester
– Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has been linked with a £17 million move to Everton. (Liverpool Echo)
Liverpool
– Liverpool and Besiktas haven’t given up hope on signing Thomas Vermaelen from Barcelona (Fotospor)
– Crystal Palace have made an improved club-record £31.5m bid for Liverpool striker Christian Benteke
– Liverpool have accepted a £2.5m offer from Norwich for Sergi Canos (Daily Express)
– Napoli have given up hope on signing Zenit’s Axel Witsel to instead step up their chase of Liverpool target Piotr Zielinski (Gazzetta dello Sport)
Manchester City
– Everton defender John Stones has made his mind up about joining Manchester City during the summer (BBC journalist Richard Askham)
Manchester United
– Manchester United, Arsenal and West Ham are in the hunt for £5million-rated Slovakia star Ondrej Duda. (Daily Star)
– Jose Mourinho has made the signing of France international midfielder Paul Pogba his top priority. (Telegraph)
– Hirving Lozano says he is happy to be linked with a move to Manchester United – but won’t push to quit Pachuca. (ESTO)
Southampton
– Everton boss Ronald Koeman is targeting a reunion with Graziano Pelle and is also considering a move for Wales hero Hal Robson-Kanu (Daily Mail)
– Saints striker Graziano Pelle has been linked with a £12m move to Chelsea. (Daily Mail)
Stoke
– Stoke are signing Al Ahly teenager midfielder Ramadan Sobhi (Reports from Middle East)
Sunderland
– Former Aston Villa forward Charles N’Zogbia, 29, is trying to resurrect his career by training with Sunderland (Birmingham Mail)
Tottenham
– Tottenham are set to finally wrap up the £16million transfer of striker Vincent Janssen this week. (Mirror)
– The club are also keen on 20-year-old Roma striker Antonio Sanabria and £11.3million River Plate striker Lucas Alario. (Mirror)
– England striker Harry Kane will agree a new record £5m-a-year contract with Tottenham this week (The Sun)
– Tottenham have joined Liverpool in the battle to sign £20m-rated Germany defender Jonas Hector. (Express, Germany)
West Brom
– West Brom have joined Burnley in the chase to sign defender Liam Cooper from Leeds United. (talkSPORT)
West Ham
– Manchester United, Arsenal and West Ham are in the hunt for £5million-rated Slovakia star Ondrej Duda. (Daily Star)