Manchester City’s high asking price for striker Alvaro Negredo, 28, has prompted Atletico Madrid to look elsewhere and the Spanish club have made a £14m offer for Bayern Munich forward Mario Mandzukic, 28 – Marca (Spanish)
Monaco have asked Real Madrid to pay £63m if they want to sign Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez, 22 – AS.com (Spanish)
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi is concerned he will not get the right price for Arsenal target Mario Balotelli following the 23-year-old Italian striker’s lacklustre performance at the World Cup – Bild (German)
Former Swansea boss Michael Laudrup, who has recently taken over at Qatari club Lekhwiya, wants to sign Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez, 34 – Marca (Spanish)
Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 21, says he has a decision to make about his future at Chelsea this summer – Guardian