Thursday’s transfer rumour roundup.
Inter Milan are willing to let Colombian midfielder Fredy Guarin, 28, leave the club and join Manchester United – Daily Star
And United have also been given hope in their bid to sign £30m-rated Roma defender Mehdi Benatia, 27, but they face competition from Chelsea and Real Madrid – Daily Express
But United are ready to move for Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen, 28, and they are prepared to pay £15m to beat off competition from Barcelona – Daily Mail
Manchester City expect to complete the £32m signing of Porto’s France international defender Eliaquim Mangala, 23, by the weekend – Daily Mirror
Arsenal could step up their pursuit of Shakhtar Donetsk attacking midfielder Douglas Costa, 23, after failing to land Porto’s Juan Quintero, 21 – Daily Express
West Ham want Stoke’s former England striker Peter Crouch, 33 – but have baulked at the London club’s £3m asking price – Telegraph
A tearful Daniel Agger has begged Brendan Rodgers to let him leave Liverpool, with Barcelona the 29-year-old central defender’s likely destination – Daily Mirror
Real Madrid want to sign Chelsea goalkeepers Petr Cech, 32, and Thibaut Courtois, 22 – Sun (subscription required)
Napoli boss Rafael Benitez will go back to former club Liverpool and try to sign midfielder Lucas Leiva, 27 – Sun (subscription required)
Swansea are preparing to move for 25-year-old Napoli centre-back Federico Fernandez – Daily Mirror
Tottenham are ready to offer £9m and Nacer Chadli, 25, to land PSV’s Dutch winger Memphis Depay, 20 – Daily Mail
Newcastle midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa, 27, is pondering a return to France this summer – Daily Star
West Brom manager Alan Irvine says he wants two or three more signings, despite the Baggies already having brought in eight players this summer – Birmingham Mail
Manchester City will offer captain Vincent Kompany a new £65m six-year contract worth £200,000 per week to stay with the club – Daily Mirror
Former Portsmouth and QPR defender Sam Magri, 20, looks set to find out on Thursday if he will be offered a contract by Crystal Palace after spending the last three weeks with the club on trial – Croydon Advertiser
Arsenal are said to be the front runners to sign Marco Reus from Borussia Dortmund with Arsene Wenger ‘desperate’ to land the player – Metro
Karim Benzema has ended speculation over his future after agreeing a contract extension with Real Madrid, keeping him at the Bernabeu until 2019 – Sky Sports
QPR have made an offer of €2m for Guingamp midfielder Younousse Sankhare, in the hopes of tempting him to Loftus Road – Inside Futbol
Everton boss Roberto Martinez is hoping to add a winger to his squad to complete his summer transfer dealings – Sky Sports
Nottingham Forest last night smashed their transfer record to sign Britt Assombalonga from Peterborough for £5 million – Daily Mirror
Liverpool are reportedly confident of signing Radamel Falcao this summer after opening talks with Monaco over a deal – Metro
Southampton have continued their rebuilding process by signing Inter Milan creative midfielder Saphir Taïder – talkSPORT
Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has confirmed that the Bavarians have fielded enquiries from clubs in England and Italy about winger Xherdan Shaqiri – Inside Futbol
Arsenal have moved a step closer to signing Liverpool defender Daniel Agger after he reportedly begged the Reds to let him leave this summer – Metro
Juventus have made bids to sign Javier Hernandez, Stevan Jovetic and Ezequiel Lavezzi as they attempt to bolster their forward line ahead of the new season – Daily Mirror