Roma in talks for Daley Blind, Mangala close to Everton switch

Daley Blind has been a peripheral figure at Manchester United since Jose Mourinho arrived

Roma have been in contact with Manchester United regarding 27-year-old Netherlands defender Daley Blind. (Mirror)

Manchester City will have to pay £70m to sign Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez, 26. (Daily Star)

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Serie A leaders Napoli have opened talks with Everton in an attempt to sign Dutch midfielder Davy Klaassen, 24, on loan until the end of the season. (Liverpool Echo)

Everton are close to signing defender Eliaquim Mangala on loan from Manchester City.(Sky Sports)

Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez has held crisis talks with owner Mike Ashley and remains “hopeful” of making a signing before the transfer window shuts. (Mirror)

But Benitez insists his position is unlikely to change even if late moves for targets such as Leicester striker Islam Slimani and Manchester City defender Eliaquim Mangala fail. (Northern Echo)

Arsenal will allow defender Mathieu Debuchy, 32, to join Saint-Etienne on a free transfer. (L’Equipe – in French)

West Ham have approached Lille over the signing of their captain Ibrahim Amadou. Crystal Palace have already made two bids for the 24-year-old French defender. (Sky Sports)

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Wolfsburg are trying to persuade Liverpool’s Serbian international midfielder Lazar Markovic, 23, to join them rather than Premier League side Swansea. (Mail)

Liverpool midfielder Ovie Ejaria, 20, is set to join Sunderland on loan for the rest of the season with fellow English defender Lloyd Jones, 22, poised to make a permanent move to Luton Town. (Liverpool Echo)

Leeds United are closing in on the signing of forward Tyler Roberts from West Brom in a deal worth up to £4m. The 19-year-old Welshman has six months left on his contract. (Mail)

Swansea are in advanced talks with West Ham to bring Ghana forward Andre Ayew, 28, back to the Liberty Stadium, but are holding off including South Korea midfielder Ki Sung-yueng, 29, in the move. (Wales Online)

Bordeaux are in talks with Norwegian side Rosenborg to sign former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner. The 30-year-old Dane could sign an initial loan deal with the French club. (TalkSport)

After signing French defender Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao, Manchester City’s ‘annual defence spending’ has exceeded the actual annual military defence budgets of 52 countries. (i News)

Plans have been announced to make a film of the life of former Everton striker Dixie Dean, with Toby Kebbell in line to play lead role. (Liverpool Echo)

Great Britain could have a women’s football team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after the four home nations reached an agreement. (Mail)