Manchester United and Paris St-Germain are emerging as frontrunners to sign Napoli and Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, 25, this summer. (Independent)
Newcastle United are close to agreeing a new contract with Joelinton, with the 27-year-old Brazil midfielder having little over a year left on his current deal. (Telegraph – subscription required)
Liverpool might have to pay Bayer Leverkusen a world-record fee for a manager of £21m to bring Xabi Alonso back to Anfield this summer – double what they paid to sign the Spaniard as a player. (Mirror)
Bayern Munich will part company with manager Thomas Tuchel in the summer and have had initial discussions with Alonso, who is leaning towards joining the Bundesliga club rather than Liverpool if he leaves Bayer Leverkusen.(Sky Sports Germany)
Chelsea have identified Brighton’s Roberto de Zerbi and Sporting’s Ruben Amorim as potential replacements for Mauricio Pochettino. (Guardian)
A number of Manchester United players believe Dutch manager Erik ten Hag will be replaced at the end of the season by new co-owners Ineos. (Mail)
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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou will reject any offers to leave this summer – including from Liverpool. (Football Insider)
Tottenham Hotspur have sent scouts to watch Sporting Lisbon’s Morten Hjulmand – a 24-year-old Denmark midfielder who has an Arsenal tattoo on his shoulder. (Record, via Sun)
Manchester United intend to sell England winger Jadon Sancho this summer following the 23-year-old’s loan spell with Borussia Dortmund, irrespective of whether Erik ten Hag is still United manager. (Football Insider)
Newcastle plan to send 19-year Gambia winger Yankuba Minteh out on loan for a second successive season. Minteh, who the Magpies signed from Danish club Odense Boldklub for £6m last summer, has been at Dutch side Feyenoord this season. (the i)
Real Madrid are willing to raise their offer for Bayern Munich’s Canada left-back Alphonso Davies, 23, to £43m. (Cadena Ser, via Mundo Deportivo)
Davies wants to leave Bayern, who are lining up a move for 26-year-old AC Milan and France left-back Theo Hernandez as his replacement. (Sky Sports Germany)
Burnley manager Vincent Kompany continues to retain the support of the club’s hierarchy, despite their hopes of Premier League survival being hit by another defeat against Bournemouth on Sunday. (Athletic)
Everton’s financial future will be put into major doubt by the end of the month if 777 Capital’s proposed takeover remains unresolved. (Telegraph – subscription required)
Chelsea sent scouts to watch 21-year-old English defender Archie Brown, who plays for Belgian side Gent, at the weekend. The former Derby County youngster is also being watched by Leeds United and West Ham United. (HITC)
Portugal forward Rafael Leao, 24, has played down speculation about a move to Chelsea or PSG by saying his “future is at AC Milan“. (Il Corriere della Sera, via Metro)
