Manchester United are considering a move for 36-year-old Inter Milan and Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko, who spent four years at Manchester City. (Mail)
Arsenal are interested in 19-year-old Barcelona defender Alejandro Balde, who is yet to sign a contract extension. (Sport – in Spanish)
Newcastle are preparing for a summer move for Bayer Leverkusen’s 23-year-old France forward Moussa Diaby. (Bild – in German)
Aston Villa are close to a breakthrough in talks to sign 29-year-old Spanish defender Alex Moreno from Real Betis. (Football Insider)
Southampton are considering a move for Celtic’s 25-year-old Japan forward Daizen Maeda. (Sky Sports)
Racing Club have rejected Southampton’s bid for 20-year-old Argentine midfielder Carlos Alcaraz. (The Athletic – subscription)
Southampton have had a £15m bid rejected by Lorient for 23-year-old Nigeria striker Terem Moffi. (Mail)
Manchester United have dismissed speculation linking England defender Harry Maguire with Aston Villa and do not expect him to leave the club in the January transfer window. (Manchester Evening News)
Qatar Sports Investments, owners of Paris St-Germain, are looking to make a minority investment in another team and have held exploratory talks with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy. (CBS Sports)
Manchester City expect to complete the £6.5m signing of 19-year-old Argentina Under-20 midfielder Maximo Perrone from Velez Sarsfield this week. (Mail)
Roma director Tiago Pinto is confident England defender Chris Smalling, 30, will sign a new contract. (Football Italia)
Manchester United, Newcastle, Arsenal and Chelsea remain interested in 28-year-old Netherlands forward Memphis Depay, who could be on his way out of Barcelona in January. (Sport – in Spanish)
Atletico Madrid want to re-sign former academy graduate and Manchester United forward Alejandro Garnacho, but United are unlikely to let the 18-year-old Argentine leave. (Fichajes – in Spanish)
Manager Ruben Amorim says Sporting Lisbon do not fear interest from Tottenham in 23-year-old Spain defender Pedro Porro and 23-year-old English ex-Spurs midfielder Marcus Edwards. (Standard)
Tottenham are tracking Brentford’s Spain goalkeeper David Raya, 27, as they seek a long-term successor to 36-year-old France’s Hugo Lloris in the summer. (Telegraph – subscription)
