The United States have made former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp their main candidate to replace Gregg Berhalter as the national coach. (Independent)
Klopp is not interested in the American plan and would like to rest as a coach. (Athletic – Subcsription Required)
Klopp also needs his country of Germany. (TeamTalks)
Al-Ittihad are about to capture Aston Villa’s French winger Moussa Diaby, 25. (Yahoo)
Al-Ittihad are in talks with Manchester United and Brazil midfielder Casemiro, 32. (L’Equipe – In French)
Bayern Munich Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt, 24, wants to join Manchester United immediately. (Sky Sports)
Bayern want €50m (£38.7m) for De Ligt. (90min)
Crystal Palace are determined not to sell England winger Eberechi Eze, 26, to Tottenham or Manchester United. (Football Insider)
Nice are interested in Luton Town’s 22-year-old defender Teden Mengi. (Foot Mercato – In French)
Arsenal have made a first bid for 18-year-old Ajax goalkeeper Tommy Setford (Fabrizio Romano).
Benfica have rejected offers from Paris St-Germain and Manchester United for Portuguese midfielder Joao Neves, 19. (A Bola – In Portugal)
AC Milan are interested in RB Salzburg’s Serbian defender Strahinja Pavlovic, 23, who is also wanted by Newcastle. (Calciomercato – IN Italy)
West Ham have fended off interest from Manchester City and are set to sign 16-year-old England midfielder Chinaza Nwosu at their academy. (Football Insider)
Chelsea have finished their pursuit of signing Atletico Madrid’s Spanish striker Samu Omorodion, 20. (Marca Spanish)
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