Arsenal have seen a bid of £30 million rejected by Leicester City for winger Riyad Mahrez, though the Gunners are set to improve their offer., Source: L'Equipe
Claudio Ranieri has agreed a new long-term contract with Premier League champions Leicester. (Sky Sports)
The new deal will double the Italian's salary to £3m a year. (Mirror)
And it will keep the 64-year-old at the club for another four years. (Times - subscription required)
Champions Leicester have made a £23m offer for Santos' 19-year-old Brazilian striker Gabriel Barbosa, known as Gabigol. (Daily Mail)
Arsenal will bid £30m for Manchester City's Ivory Coast striker Wilfried Bony, 27. (Daily Star)
Everton are discussing a £25m deal for Crystal Palace forward Yannick Bolasie, 27, which would see £13.5m striker Oumar Niasse, 26, go the other way on loan. (Daily Mail)
Crystal Palace have resumed negotiations with Liverpool over the transfer of Christian Benteke, 25, with the Belgium striker close to completing his move to Selhurst Park for a club record fee. (Guardian)
Palace are willing to pay £32m for Benteke, and Alan Pardew has also lined up Welsh free agent striker Hal Robson-Kanu, 27. (Mirror)
West Ham have enquired about Lyon winger Rachid Ghezzal, 24. The Algeria international is also a target for Everton. (Daily Mail)
Arsenal have failed to agree new contracts with their two biggest stars Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, both 27, over the summer. (The Times - subscription required)
Manchester United are confident of finding a buyer for Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, 32, before the transfer deadline. The Reds also want Spain midfielder Juan Mata, 28, to stay but are keen for Belgium forward Adnan Januzaj, 21, to leave on loan. (Manchester Evening News)
Sunderland are keeping an eye on Anderlecht's Senegal defender Kara Mbodji, 26, and Blackburn Rovers' Republic of Ireland defender Shane Duffy, 24, should they lose Ivory Coast centre-half Lamine Kone, 27, to Everton. (Chronicle)
But Chelsea are also interested in Kone after being rebuffed in their advances for Napoli's Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly, 25. Benfica's Sweden centre-half Victor Lindelof, 22, is another option. (Daily Mail)
And the Black Cats have agreed a fee with Manchester United for defenders Paddy McNair, 21, and Donald Love, 21. Northern Ireland's McNair will cost £5m while Scottish centre-half Love will cost £1m. (Sky Sports)
David Moyes is also eyeing up an £8m bid for Norwich's Scotland forward Steven Naismith, 29. (Daily Star)
Serie A sides Torino and Fiorentina are both keen on signing Hull City's striker Abel Hernandez, 26.(Gazzetta)
Leicester are targeting a move for Tottenham's head of recruitment Paul Mitchell, who has resigned after two years with the north London club. (Daily Star)
Manchester City had the chance to sign defender Eric Bailly, 22, for just £6m last summer but rejected it as he joined Villarreal. He has since signed for Manchester United. (The Sun)
Blackburn Rovers are close to signing Southampton's English striker Sam Gallagher, 20. (Lancashire Telegraph)
Sam Allardyce has axed highly-rated goalkeeping coach Dave Watson as part of his England backroom reshuffle, with Martyn Margetson leaving his role with Wales to replace him. (Daily Telegraph)
Via: BBC Sports
