- Nottingham Forest are targeting Manchester City’s Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, 28, in a £55m move (Mail).
- Tottenham have been offered Monaco’s 25-year-old US striker Folarin Balogun via intermediaries, with his future uncertain (Sun).
- Spurs are in talks with Manchester City over 22-year-old Brazil winger Savinho and also admire Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo, 27, and Eintracht Frankfurt’s French attacker Jean-Matteo Bahoya, 21 (The Athletic).
- If Savinho chooses Spurs, Man City will pivot to Chelsea’s 26-year-old Portuguese winger Pedro Neto and have already made initial contact with his camp (Fabrizio Romano).
- Real Madrid will resume talks this week over a new deal for 26-year-old Vinicius Jr but are not increasing their latest offer, amid links to Arsenal (ESPN).
- Chelsea are close to sealing a move for Rayo Vallecano’s 28-year-old left-back Pep Chavarría after agreeing personal terms (The Athletic).
- Tottenham are interested in Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson, 25, though no formal bid has been made; Chelsea value him at £65m (Mail).
- Chelsea are considering a move for Porto and Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa, 26, who has a €60m (£51m) release clause (Mirror).
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