English Football
Al-Ittihad to submit £118m Salah bid, Man Utd make Hojbjerg contact
Al-Ittihad are preparing a £118m bid for Mohamed Salah, despite Liverpool insisting their 31-year-old Egypt forward is not for sale. (Mail)
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp would be “furious” if the Reds are tempted to accept Saudi side Al-Ittihad’s offer for Salah with the transfer deadline on Friday. (Star)
Bayern Munich have looking at 28-year-old Fulham midfielder Joao Palhinha, who is open to the switch and is valued at 90m euros (£77m) by the London club. (Sky Sports Germany)
Bayern are set to offer up to £50m for Palhinha and have turned to the Portugal international because there are doubts over their move for Chelsea’s 24-year-old English defender Trevoh Chalobah. (Telegraph – subscription required)
Borussia Dortmund have reached a verbal agreement to sign Southampton and Germany defender Armel Bella-Kotchap, 21, on a loan deal with an option to buy. (Sky Sports Germany)
Inter Milan are looking at making a move for Tottenham’s 26-year-old French midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, who spent last season on loan at Napoli. (Tuttomercatoweb – in Italian)
Tottenham Hotspur are also considering a move for Crystal Palace’s England forward Eberechi Eze, 25, after a move for Nottingham Forest’s Wales forward Brennan Johnson, 22, stalled. (Independent)
Manchester United want to sign a midfielder before the transfer deadline, with Fiorentina’s Morocco international Sofyan Amrabat, 27, their prime target. (Mirror)
Sofyan Amrabat has been dropped from Fiorentina’s first team
Fiorentina have rejected United‘s £1.7m loan offer for Amrabat but will consider a deal with an obligation to buy. (Mail)
Manchester United have also contacted Tottenham over a deal for 28-year-old Denmark midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. (Sky Sports)
Wolves have made an initial 25m euro (£21.5m) bid for Strasbourg’s 19-year-old French midfielder Habib Diarra but have yet to receive a response from the Ligue 1 club. (L’Equipe – in French)
Luton Town are set to sign Manchester United’s 21-year-old English defender Teden Mengi. (Mail)
Callum Hudson-Odoi failed to reignite his career at Bayer Leverkusen last season
Nottingham Forest are closing in on a deal to take 22-year-old England winger Callum Hudson-Odoi from Chelsea. (Guardian)
Sheffield United are leading the race to sign Manchester City’s Engalnd Under-21 midfielder James McAtee, 20, for a second loan spell at the club after spending last season at Bramall Lane. (Football Insider)
Al-Ittihad have sounded out Liverpool’s 24-year-old French defender Ibrahima Konate over a possible move. (RMC Sport – in French)
Arsenal agreed a 17.5% sell-on clause in the £35m deal that took 22-year-old United States forward Folarin Balogun to Monaco. (Mirror)
