The January transfer window may seem like a distant memory, but that doesn't mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here.
TOP STORY: Liverpool and Chelsea eye Gravenberch
Liverpool are looking to replace Georginio Wijnaldum this summer and are stepping up interest in Ajax midfielder Ryan Gravenberch, says Gazzetta dello Sport.
Gravenberch, 18, is one of the top young players in Europe and has become a regular in the Ajax first XI with eight goals in 50 games. He signed a new contract last June until 2023 and has also picked up three caps for the senior Netherlands side.
Wijnaldum's contract expires this summer and the 30-year-old looks likely to move to Barcelona on a free transfer at the end of the season.
Gazzetta claims that Gravenberch's transfer is valued at around €35m and that Chelsea are also interested in signing him. The Blues' new boss Thomas Tuchel reportedly wants to add more youth to their midfield.
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have also been linked with the Dutchman, but are unable to spend a lot of money this summer due to their financial situations.
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21.09 BST: With Sebastian Haller having been sold to Ajax and Michail Antonio's history of injuries, West Ham figure to be in the market for a striker this summer.
The top-four hopefuls unsuccessfully moved for Youssef En-Nesyri in January, but are reportedly set to renew their search after the season. Goal.com claims that one name to watch is Jordan Larsson, son of the great Swedish striker Henrick Larsson. The younger Larsson, 23, has scored 12 goals this season for Spartak Moscow and is tipped for a move to one of Europe's top leagues.
Bought for €4 million from Swedish side FK Norrköping, Larsson is also reportedly on the radar of Borussia Dortmund as a potential Erling Haaland replacement.
20.36 BST: Top-of-the-table Norwich are looking good in their quest for immediate promotion back to the Premier League, and should look to strengthen their ranks if they do indeed go back up.
TEAMtalk understands that VVV Venlo striker Giorgos Giakoumakis could be the man to spearhead their attack in the Premier League. The 26-year-old Greek is top of the Eredivisie scoring charts with 24 goals in 26 games, and has been linked with Norwich, Brighton and Southampton.
Current Canaries No. 9 Teemu Pukki is second in the Championship in goals so far this season with 25 in 36 games.
19.57 BST: Atletico Madrid are eyeing Villarreal's Gerard Moreno to replace Alvaro Morata, claims Marca.
Morata, who is on loan at Juve, would leave Atleti on a permanent basis in this scenario, while Moussa Dembele, on loan from Lyon, would return to France.
The 29-year-old Moreno has scored 37 La Liga goals over the last two seasons, while also breaking into the Spain setup.
19.02 BST: Graham Potter and Brighton want to keep Danny Wellbeck, but will wait until after the season to have those talks.
"Yeah. I think Danny has been really, really good for us," Potter said when asked.
"Frustrated to lose him in the middle part of the season but regardless of that he's been fantastic around the group.
"He has the respect of everybody in the club and if you look at his goals when he's been on the pitch, his return has been really positive."
Welbeck, 30, will be a free agent after the season and has so far contributed four goals and two assists in 17 games for the Seagulls.
18.22 BST: Is Chelsea's Jorginho soon headed back to Italy?
With rumours linking the 29-year-old midfielder with both Juventus and AC Milan, the player's agent Joao Santos weighed in to Radio Kiss Kiss:
"Jorginho would like to come back to Italy, and there is the desire to play in Serie A.
'If Napoli should need Jorginho, then it could happen. He still has two years left on his contract at Chelsea. As things stand today, his price-tag is €50m and he has quite high wages in London. It's unlikely that (Napoli President Aurelio) De Laurentiis would spend so much.
'Besides, in my view, Marina Granovskaia and Chelsea will offer him a contract renewal over the next few months.'
Chelsea paid Napoli £50 million in 2018 for the Brazilian, ball-playing midfielder.
17.33 BST: The Los Angeles Galaxy have signed French winger Kevin Cabral!
The 21-year-old joins on a five-year Designated Player contract, after spending three years with the first team at Ligue 2 side Valenciennes.
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"Kevin is a young and dynamic player who will give us versatility in the attack," said LA Galaxy General Manager Dennis te Kloese. "He is an emerging talent and has shown to be a bright prospect in France. At 21 years of age, he will continue to grow and develop as a player within our club. We are excited that such a young talent has chosen the Galaxy as the next destination in his career. We look forward to welcoming him to Los Angeles and for his contributions as a member of our organization."
LA previously traded FC Cincinnati €250,000 in General Allocation Money and a first-round draft pick for Cabral's discovery rights. The youngster has scored 13 goals and 10 assists in 70 games with Valenciennes, including 10 goals and five assists in 32 games so far this season.
16.41 BST: Manchester United are in action shortly, but will goalkeeper David de Gea still be at the club next season?
15.30 BST: Romanian assistant referee Octavian Sovre's decision to ask Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland to autograph his yellow and red cards raised some eyebrows but the charity that is set to benefit from a cash boost are not complaining.
The signed cards were donated to the SOS Autism Bihor centre and Simona Zlibut, who oversees a therapy centre set up by parents, said they will be auctioned later this month on Facebook.
"The red and yellow-signed cards which my kindergarten classmate Octavian donated to our SOS Autism Bihor centre will be used for a noble cause," she told Reuters.
Zlibut's 21-year-old daughter is autistic and she said the centre depends on donations.
15.03 BST: Fiorentina defender Nikola Milenkovic has been on the radar Manchester United and various other top clubs for months.
Milenkovic, 23, is out of contract in 2022 and the club were reportedly ready to sanction a €40m move.
However, that price is now around €25m according to Gazzetta dello Sport and that could tips the scales for a club to make their move.
14.29 BST: Granada's Diego Martinez has Man United in his sights in the Europa League after working his magic at the tiny La Liga club. Sid Lowe chats to him.
Granada are Spanish football's great revelation and as the youngest coach in primera, Diego Martínez brought Granada from the second division to the Europa League quarterfinals. Born in Vigo in 1980, he has come a long way, and now he's going back again to where it all started, which may be the best way to explain how all this happened and why.
There is a moment when he is talking about not joining in the rondos in training, even though he played once. "That's their moment," he says. "And anyway, I prefer to watch. You get a lot of information too. When it's fun, when people are enjoying themselves, you discover who people are. There are no masks there. That's where you see it, where you see them..."
As he says those words, words that ring true, it falls into place: it is where you see him too. In the fun, the football, the moments. The people. The enjoyment. The memories.
13.50 BST: Could FC Salzburg's Patson Daka be the next big African star in the Premier League?
12.55 BST: AS reports that Liverpool, AS Roma, Inter Milan, Napoli and Sevilla are all scouting AZ Alkmaar midfielder Teun Koopmeiners.
Koopmeiners, 23, could replace Georginio Wijnaldum at Anfield (if the club don't land Gravenberch). Around €20m would be enough to sign him, claims the report, despite the fact he has a contract until 2023.
The Dutchman is a versatile midfielder who can occupy a number of roles in midfield and has 17 goals in 37 games for AZ this season already.
12.19 BST: Calciomercato reports that Manchester United are keen to sign Juventus forward Dejan Kulusevski.
Kulusevski, 20, is one of the top young players in Europe and signed for Juve from Atalanta for around €35m in the January 2020. He was sent to Parma on loan for the rest of the 2019-20 season and has managed five goals in 36 games for Juve this campaign.
The Italian giants are keen to keep the Sweden international in Turin but United's power in the transfer market has won them players before.
11.43 BST: ICYMI - Kevin De Bruyne has signed a new long-term contract at Manchester City that will keep him at the Etihad Stadium until 2025.
11.10 BST: Ghana captain Elizabeth Addo has terminated her contract with NWSL side North Carolina Courage, just days before the U.S seasons starts, and has signed for Djurgarden in Sweden's Damallsvenskan.
Addo, 27, was set to play for the Courage in the NWSL Challenge Cup on April 10, after signing with the club as recently as January this year.
Addo, who played for the then-Seattle Reign in 2018, signed a deal that is set to expire at the end of the season, but according to Goal, there is an option to extend for one additional year.
10.52 BST: The Daily Express says that Southampton's Jannik Vestergaard is on Tottenham's radar.
Tottenham are looking for a new defender and have previously been keen to land £60m-rated Inter Milan star Milan Skriniar.
However, the 28-year-old Vestergaard is a proven Premier League performer and his transfer would cost considerably less to complete.
10.09 BST: Bild reports that FC Salzburg striker Patson Daka has caught the eye of RB Leipzig.
Daka, 22, netted an 11-minute hat trick this weekend and has 64 goals in 115 games for the club. The Zambia international has been linked with Man United, Dortmund and Liverpool but may been keen to move to Salzburg's parent club.
Having let striker Timo Werner join Chelsea in the summer, Leipzig, who have managed just 48 goals this season, also have Stuttgart striker Sasa Kalajdzic on their radar.
09.34 BST: The Erling Haaland transfer roadshow suggests a summer move could happen, but economics and his release clause say not until 2022, writes Gab Marcotti.
Borussia Dortmund have fixed Haaland's transfer fee at €180 million ($213.8m). Given that's the asking price, you would imagine Dortmund might settle for a little less, particularly if they fail to qualify for next season's Champions League and therefore have to settle for Europa League revenue, which would likely be some €60m less. (Dortmund are seven points from a top-four spot with seven games to go.)
So call it €150m ($180m). The problem is that there are very few clubs who can make that sort of commitment right now, without either a) taking their debt and losses to unsustainable levels b) shedding talented players to raise cash and cut their wage bill or c) some combination of the above. Never say never, because football clubs have taken huge risks in the past and will continue to do so in the future, but it's hard to see how anyone with the exception of Manchester United, Manchester City or possibly Real Madrid can even contemplate such a move. (Maybe Barcelona, too, but only if Lionel Messi's near-€100m contract, which expires in June, isn't renewed.)
Even then, that only covers the transfer fee. You need to then pay Haaland's salary and commissions to the agents and intermediaries to make it happen. Raiola took to Twitter to describe as "fake news" reports that he was demanding €20m ($24m) each for himself and for Haaland's father, plus an additional €30m net (which is around €55m/$65m gross) a year for the player. Maybe so. But even if it's half that, assuming a five-year deal, you're still looking at another $180m, give or take, through 2027.
08.30 BST: Arsenal are considering another move for Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha this summer, says 90min.
Zaha, 28, almost moved to the Emirates in 2019 when he handed in a transfer request but Palace wanted £70m to sign him. Arsenal had a £40m bid plus add-ons rejected, a source told ESPN, and didn't take their interest any further as they signed Nicholas Pepe for £72m instead.
The Gunners would need to raise funds this summer by letting Alexandre Lacazette depart, and sources said Sevilla, Roma and Atletico Madrid are keen on him.
Zaha left Palace to join Manchester United in 2013 but endured a tough spell at Old Trafford and returned to the London club on a permanent deal months later. He has nine goals and two assists this season
PAPER GOSSIP (by Nick Judd)
- Andrea Pirlo outlined his intentions to keep striker Paulo Dybala at Juventus in a postmatch interview following the 2-1 victory over Napoli on Wednesday, says Calciomercato. The 27-year-old Argentine played a crucial role for Juve -- scoring his side's second -- in the win that saw the club move up to third. Dybala still has one more year on his contract in Italy, but clubs could soon be circling should he run down his contract.
- AC Milan met with Lorenzo Insigne's agent, according to reports from Gianluigi Di Marzio. The Napoli captain has one year left on his deal, but is set to sit down with the management at the end of the season to discuss the possibility of a renewal. The 29-year-old Italian forward has been at Napoli since his youth career in 2006, scoring over 200 goals for the club. It is suggested that his intentions will be clearer come the conclusion of the Serie A season.
- Leicester City will not be signing winger Cengiz Under on a permanent basis at the end of the season, according to reports from the Daily Telegraph's John Percy. The loanee from AS Roma arrived with a £20m-plus transfer option in the summer but, after making just nine appearances in the Premier League this season due to a spell on the sidelines, the Midlands club are not set to trigger the clause for the 23-year-old.
- Celtic have identified 29-year-old Josh King as an option to replace striker Odsonne Edouard this summer, according to The Sun. The Norway striker joined Everton
- Chelsea, Barcelona, and Manchester City are in a race to sign Internazionale frontman Romelu Lukaku this summer, according to Calciomercato. For Manchester City, it would be a move forced by Sergio Aguero's decision to leave at the end of the season, though Dortmund's Erling Haaland is their No. 1 choice. A move to Barcelona would see Lukaku reunited with old boss Ronald Koeman, as the duo crossed paths at Everton in 2016-17. However, it is believed Chelsea are in the best financial position to win the race for 27-year-old Lukaku, who made 10 league appearances for the Blues in his previous stint from 2011-2014.