Football transfer rumours: Ferran Torres to swap Barcelona for Aston Villa? | Transfer window

Fresh from promoting their girls’s staff to their wholly separate, er, father or mother firm, Aston Villa really feel within the temper for waving their wedge about, with Ferran Torres their goal. The Spanish web site Fichajes says that Barcelona, no strangers themselves to imaginative accountancy flexes, have been sounded out for a £43m transfer for the ahead.

Eberechi Eze to Arsenal appears to have acquired some momentum because the Mill first mulled it over on Tuesday, and the Solar is now touting the Gunners as clear favourites to gazump their rivals Tottenham to the Crystal Palace attacking midfielder’s signature. Palace are holding out for £68m however Arsenal’s sporting director, Andrea Berta, has apparently held talks with Eze’s folks as curiosity is stepped up.

Liverpool have been busy shopping for forwards this summer season however one huge title heading out the door may be Luis Díaz. Objective.com experiences that the Colombian is weighing up his choices and being notably noncommittal amid curiosity from Bayern Munich, Barcelona and the Saudi Professional League, although he has additionally insisted he stays glad on Merseyside. Darwin Núñez is a likelier departure, with Napoli lodging a £42m bid for the Uruguay frontman.

If Bayern don’t land Díaz, they could have a greater probability of snapping up Chelsea’s Christopher Nkunku. The Bundesliga champions have sounded out a mortgage transfer for the 27-year-old French ahead up to now however Chelsea need a straight sale and Bayern stay .

Wednesday’s Jadon Sancho information has the winger being ready to take a pay minimize to facilitate a transfer from Manchester United to Juventus. United are nonetheless holding out for a £25m switch payment however the wage invoice on prime of that may be substantial. Il Corriere dello Sport experiences that Sancho is able to settle for a £7m-a-year deal however Juve need not more than €6m (£5.2m) plus add-ons.

Everton, keen to spice up a threadbare squad, have been linked with the extremely regarded Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney, although they might face competitors domestically from Brentford, Fulham, Crystal Palace and West Ham, to not point out overseas from Porto and Stuttgart.

Sunderland are closing in on a deal for Membership Brugge’s Chemsdine Talbi, experiences switch information guru Fabrizio Romano. The winger is poised to finish a €23m (£19.8m) transfer to Régis Le Bris’ newly promoted facet. Their fellow promotees Burnley might be dropping Maxime Estève to Tottenham. Based on L’Equipe, Spurs have “resumed discussions” with Burnley over a transfer for the 23-year-old French centre-back, who was an ever-present in Scott Parker’s facet final time period.

And Saudi Arabia’s Al-Qadsiah have made a £45.7m supply for Mateo Retegui however Atalanta are having none of it apparently, and wish round £6m extra for his or her valued Italy striker.