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Man City close to Ake deal, Chelsea to pay £110m for Oblak
Manchester City are close to completing the signing of Bournemouth and Netherlands defender Nathan Ake, 25. (Guardian)
Manchester United will make a take-it-or-leave it offer of £80m to Borussia Dortmund for England winger Jadon Sancho, 20. (Star)
Chelsea are in talks with Bayer Leverkusen over a £70m deal to sign Kai Havertz, with all other suitors for the 21-year-old Germany forward thought to be out of the race. (Sky Sports)
But Bayer Leverkusen want a fee worth potentially more than £90m – they expect £63m up front with more than £27m in additional clauses. (Sun)
Rangers boss Steven Gerrard is still Bristol City’s number one target to become their new manager, despite reports he had turned them down. (Bristol Post)
Former Newcastle and Brighton boss Chris Hughton, 61, is in talks with Championship side Bristol City over becoming their next manager. (Mail)
Spain midfielder Dani Ceballos, 23, would be happy to return to Arsenal next season after helping the Gunners reach the FA Cup final during his loan spell from Real Madrid. (Sky Sports)
Chelsea will have to pay Slovenia international Jan Oblak’s 120m euro (£110m) release clause to force talks with the 27-year-old Atletico Madrid goalkeeper. (Goal)
Arsenal’s German midfielder Mesut Ozil, 31, has rejected an approach from Turkish side Fenerbahce. (Bild)
But Ozil could still yet move to Turkey as newly crowned champions Istanbul Basaksehir are ready to make a move. (90min)
Former Southampton and Leicester boss Claude Puel is the early favourite to take over as Watford’s next manager after the Hornets sacked Nigel Pearson. (Mirror)
Relegation-threatened Watford face a potential financial problem as their biggest earners would not see their salaries drop if they fell into the Championship. (Mail)
Fulham are considering a £22.5m bid from La Liga club Villarreal for midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa. The 24-year-old Cameroon international has been on loan at Villarreal this season. (Sky Sports)
Arsenal could trigger the £40m release clause in the contract of Sporting Lisbon’s 17-year-old Portuguese forward Joelson Fernandes in the next 24 hours. (A Bola)
West Ham have no plans to discuss a new contract with captain Mark Noble, 33, whose current deal expires in the summer of 2021. (Football Insider)
Despite two rejected bids, Tottenham are confident of completing the signing of 23-year-old Beijing Guoan and South Korea defender Kim Min-jae, who has been dubbed ‘the South Korean Virgil van Dijk’. (90min)
Southampton have agreed the £10.9m signing of Ghanaian Mohammed Salisu, 21, from Real Valladolid after finalising personal terms with the defender on a deal worth £35,000 per year. (Football Insider)
Newcastle have been monitoring Motherwell’s Scottish midfielder David Turnbull, 21, who has also been linked with Celtic. (Newcastle Chronicle)
Burnley have targeted Southampton midfielder Harrison Reed, 25, who has impressed on loan at Fulham. (Football Insider)
Brighton boss Graham Potter says he will be more focused on mentality than just experience when it comes to signing new players this summer. (Argus)
Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo says lockdown has affected him “a lot” as he has not seen his immediate family for more than two months. (Express & Star)
Manchester United are hopeful of announcing the academy signings of Spanish defenders Marc Jurado, 16, and Alvaro Fernandez, 17, and Norwegian forward Isak Hansen-Aaroen, 15. (Manchester Evening News)
