TRANSFER RUMOURS
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Sporting CP midfielder Joao Palhinha has held positive talks with Fulham boss Marco Silva as Fulham are now confident to hijack Wolves' deal for the Portugal international in a deal worth around £20m. 
 (Sun)
 
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Arsenal are close to agreeing a deal for Manchester City and Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus, 25. 
 (Times)
 
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Tottenham are preparing a 90m euro (£77m) offer for Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez but the 24-year-old Argentina international wants to stay with the Serie A side, who have no intention of selling him. 
 (Alfredo Pedulla)
 
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Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma has completed his Tottenham medical ahead of a £35m move to north London. 
 (Sky Sports)
 
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Newcastle United are monitoring Burnley's England goalkeeper Nick Pope, 30. 
 (Daily Mail)
 
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West Ham are pushing to complete a deal for 'keeper Alphonse Areola amid interest from Newcastle. 
 (Sun)
 
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Liverpool remain interested in 18-year-old Borussia Dortmund and England midfielder Jude Bellingham. 
 (Daily Mirror)
 
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AC Milan have become favourites ahead of Newcastle to sign Lille's Netherlands Under-21 defender Sven Botman. 
 (Football Insider)
 
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Aston Villa have stumped up £350,000 to land Rory Wilson from Rangers and avoid FIFA stepping in to solve a transfer fee row. 
 (Daily Mirror)
 
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Manchester City are preparing to make a bid for Brighton and Spain left-back Marc Cucurella, 23. 
 (Guardian)
 
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Liverpool will wait until next summer for Jude Bellingham as Liverpool finished their transfer business early with the signing of Calvin Ramsay. 
 (Sun)
 
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Nottingham Forest are in talks to sign 26-year-old French centre-back Moussa Niakhate from German club Mainz. 
 (Daily Mail)
 
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Manchester City will attempt to keep hold of prized academy asset Romeo Lavia, with Southampton and Leeds both reportedly interested in signing the Belgian midfielder. 
 (Daily Mail)
 
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Southampton are set to announce the signing of Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu, 20, from Manchester City in a deal worth up to £15m. 
 (Daily Telegraph )
 
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English defender James Tarkowski, 29, has agreed to join Everton once his current deal at Burnley expires this summer. 
 (Sky Sports)
 
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Juventus have changed their offer to Argentina winger Angel di Maria, who is available on a free transfer following his departure from Paris St-Germain, as they compete with Barcelona to sign the 34-year-old. 
 (Gianluca di Marzio)
 
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France midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni moved to Real Madrid from Monaco after the 22-year-old turned down a higher salary from PSG. 
 (Marca)
MANAGEMENT STUFF
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Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper, who led the club to promotion to the Premier League last season, is close to signing a new contract at the club. 
 (Daily Telegraph )
 
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New Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson is already locked in a bitter battle with Burnley chief Vincent Kompany - over a luxury Lancashire flat. 
 (Sun)
OTHER STUFF
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Southampton have made a bold move to overhaul their player recruitment by approaching one of the leading figures at Manchester City's academy - Joe Shields - to take charge of first-team player trading. 
 (Daily Telegraph )
 
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Mike Ashley has launched a legal claim against Carl Jackson of Derby County's administrators Quantuma as the former Newcastle owner prepares to submit an offer for the club. 
 (Daily Telegraph )
 
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Former Watford owner Laurence Bassini expects his proposed takeover of Championship side Birmingham to go through within the next week. 
 (Daily Mirror)
 
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Emmanuel Adebayor has won a FIFA tribunal that will pocket him almost half a million after an unfair sacking at Paraguayan side Olimpia.
 
 (Daily Mirror)
 
            Source BBCSport/SkySports