TRANSFER RUMOURS

• Arsenal have reportedly identified Brentford goalkeeper David Raya as a replacement for Emiliano Martinez.
  (Daily Mirror)



• Republic of Ireland right-back Matt Doherty, 28, will have a medical with Tottenham on Saturday after they agreed to pay an initial £12m to Wolves.
  (Football London)



• Leeds have signed Spain international Rodrigo for a club-record transfer fee from Valencia on a contract that will run until the summer of 2024.
  (Sky Sports)



• Leicester City are leading the transfer race to sign Monaco defender Fode Ballo-Toure.
  (Daily Mail)



• Chelsea are interested in signing Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, 21, who is valued at nearly £50m but has entered the final year of his contract at AC Milan.
  (Football Insider)



• However, AC Milan are in talks over re-signing Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic after having the 33-year-old Bosnian on loan as cover for Donnarumma for the second half of last season.
  (Daily Telegraph)



• Brighton are considering a move for Brentford star Rico Henry, but they face competition from Leeds and Aston Villa.
  (Sun)



• Chelsea could also push their summer spending over £250m after considering making £80m offer for West Ham and England midfielder Declan Rice, 21.
  (Sun)



• Liverpool and Netherlands midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, 29, is wanted by Barcelona.
  (Goal)



• Senegal forward Sadio Mane, 28, is open to leaving Liverpool and rejoining former Southampton boss Ronald Koeman at Barcelona.
  (Mundo Deportivo)



• Aaron Mooy has completed a transfer from Brighton to Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG for an undisclosed fee, subject to international clearance.
  (Sky Sports)



• Freiburg and Germany defender Robin Koch, 22, has agreed personal terms with Leeds United.
  (Football Insider)



• West Ham are preparing to challenge Leeds in the race for Shakhtar Donetsk defender Mykola Matviyenko. The 24-year-old was one of the key players in the Shakhtar side that reached the Europa League semi-finals this summer.
  (Daily Express)



• Manchester United are close to completing deals for young Spanish full-backs Marc Jurado, 16, and Alvaro Fernandez, 17, who would join from Barcelona and Real Madrid's youth set-ups respectively. The pair have already been pictured in United training gear with squad numbers 88 and 90.
  (Sky Sports)



• West Brom are interested in signing Watford captain Troy Deeney.
  (Sky Sports)



• Aston Villa are set to beat off competition from Sheffield United and Fulham to complete a £12m deal for Nottingham Forest right-back Matty Cash, 23.
  (Daily Telegraph)



• Nottingham Forest have rejected a £10m bid for defender Matty Cash from Aston Villa.
  (Sky Sports)



• Real Betis are closing in on the signing of Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, 37, who has been released by Manchester City.
  (Marca)



• Thiago Silva has completed a move to Chelsea on a one-year deal after passing a medical on Thursday.
  (Sky Sports)



• Lionel Messi's father has told Paris St-Germain that the Barcelona and Argentina forward, 33, wants to join Manchester City.
  (L'Equipe)



• Messi called Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola last Tuesday - before telling Barcelona he wants to leave - and told him 'I want to win the next two Ballon d'Or awards, and I can only do that with you'.
  (Marca)



• Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has rejected a meeting with Messi to negotiate his departure and is clinging to a £624m termination clause.
  (El Periodico)



• Inter Milan are in the final stages of negotiating a £1.34m deal to sign Roma's Serbia left-back Aleksandar Kolarov, 34.
  (Gazzetta dello Sport)



• Spain Under-21 midfielder Brahim Diaz, 21, is close to joining AC Milan from Real Madrid.
  (Marca)

MANAGEMENT STUFF

• Mikel Arteta insists redundancies were required at Arsenal to protect the future of the club as he moved to defend the transfer business which followed the job cuts.
  (Sky Sports)

INTERNATIONAL STUFF

• Gareth Southgate will discover on Sunday night how severely his England squad will be hit by the Premier League's coronavirus outbreak.
  (Daily Mail)



• Nemanja Matic has decided to end his international career in order to make way for younger players, the Serbian Football Association (FSS) said on Friday.
  (Sky Sports)

OTHER STUFF

• The young Chelsea mascot responsible for pranking Steven Gerrard in the Stamford Bridge tunnel almost 15 years ago has joined Billericay Town.
  (Sky Sports)