Chelsea are interested in signing Lille goalkeeper Mike Maignan.
The 25-year-old is seen as a credible candidate to challenge Kepa Arrizabalaga for the number one position at Stamford Bridge.
However, Chelsea are yet to make an official bid for the player.
Oxford United winger Joel Cooper has earned his maiden Northern Ireland call-up as part of Ian Baraclough’s first squad since becoming manager.
The 24-year-old winger has represented the U21s five times but could now make his senior debut away to Romania on September 4 or at home to Norway three days later as Northern Ireland begin their Nations League campaign.
Anthony Martial says there is no rivalry between himself and fellow Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford and insists the duo’s „great connection“ can be a major positive for the club going forward.
Martial ended the 2019/20 season as the club’s top scorer with 23 goals – one more than England forward Rashford – as two United players scored more than 20 goals in the same campaign for the first time since 2010/11.
Jude Bellingham is being primed by the FA’s coaches to jump four age groups, and looks set to be selected for the England under 21s when Aidy Boothroyd names his squad in mid-week.
Bellingham became the world’s most expensive 17-year-old when he joined Borussia Dortmund from Birmingham City for £25m last month.
Paul Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola says the Manchester United midfielder will be staying at Old Trafford this summer.
In an interview with Sky in Italy, Raiola says Pogba is a key player for United and is „100 per cent included“.
Pogba has less than a year left on his United contract and – prior to the coronavirus lockdown – had been linked with European heavyweights Real Madrid and his former club Juventus.
Chelsea are close to signing defender Thiago Silva on a one-year deal.
The Brazilian centre-back, 35, became a free agent following PSG’s Champions League final defeat to Bayern Munich on Sunday.
Silva, who spent eight years with PSG after joining from AC Milan in 2012, will become Frank Lampard’s third signing of the summer following the arrivals of Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner.
There is no stopping it when that happens and Paris Saint-Germain are just the latest side to find that out. Bayern came into the final having won 20 consecutive games in all competitions. Now they have won 21. Now they are European champions for the sixth time in their storied history.
No one can argue that they do not deserve it. PSG threatened, particularly early on. Kylian Mbappe had chances and so too did Neymar. But Bayern held their ground at one end and then found a way through at the other.
Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel says Lionel Messi would be welcome at the club if he ever decided to leave Barcelona, but he does not expect the Argentine forward to do so.
Messi, who joined Barcelona aged 13, has scored a record 634 goals for the club in 730 games and is also their most decorated player with 33 trophies, but the 33-year-old is into the final year of his contract at the Nou Camp.
Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick joked that Thiago Alcantara has decided to stay at the club following their Champions League success, before admitting the midfielder’s future is still undecided.
Thiago played a starring role as Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday to win their sixth European Cup, but the match could prove to be his final appearance for the club.
As Danny Loader turns 20, the next challenge for one of English football’s new golden generation looms large. His move to Porto brings with it the prospect of Champions League football. It is an exciting opportunity for a young man who found himself on the fringes at Reading.
Loader’s reputation survived a season in which, on the face of it, he failed to kick on. There are those still confident that this member of England’s U17 World Cup winning squad
