Tuesday’s transfer rumour gossip.
Angel Di Maria has been given permission to sign for Manchester United this summer as the Red Devils close in on a £50million deal – (Metro)
Manchester United are prepared to offer £16m and winger Nani, 27, to Sporting Lisbon for Argentina World Cup defender Marcos Rojo, 24 – (Daily Mirror)
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus, 25, could yet join Manchester United next summer, according to Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer – (Bild)
Arsenal are targeting a £6m deal to buy Greece defender Kostas Manolas, 23, from Olympiakos – (Daily Telegraph)
Southampton are set to reject a new offer of £17m for France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 24 – (Sun – subscription required)
Liverpool are continuing to hold talks with Radamel Falcao’s agents over a big money switch to Anfield from French club Monaco – (Metro)
However, the Reds still face competition from Italian side Juventus for Falcao’s signature – (Daily Mail)
Barcelona are willing to let midfielder Alex Song leave on a season-long loan without receiving any fee. Everton, Manchester United and Tottenham could be interested in the 26-year-old – (Daily Telegraph)
Tottenham will allow Cameroon defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto, 30, leave for nothing because he has fallen down the pecking order at White Hart Lane – (Daily Mail)
Hull have struggled in their attempts to sign Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck, 23, and Watford forward Troy Deeney, 26, so manager Steve Bruce has switched his attentions to Lorient’s Vincent Aboubakar, 22, who could cost £9m – (Daily Mirror)
QPR are close to beating Sunderland to the loan signing of 24-year-old Chile winger Eduardo Vargas from Italian side Napoli – (The Times – subscription required)
Swansea are on the verge of completing the £8m capture of Napoli centre-back Federico Fernandez, 25 – (South Wales Evening Post)
Former England boss Glenn Hoddle has emerged as a surprise contender to take charge at managerless Crystal Palace – (Independent)
And Martin Jol – sacked by Fulham last season – is also in the frame to become the new man in charge at Selhurst Park – (Croydon Advertiser)
Malky Mackay is in pole position to take over at Crystal Palace after a second round of talks with co-chairman Steve Parish – (Daily Star)
Manchester United target Juan Cuadrado will be staying at Fiorentina this summer, according to his manager Vincenzo Montella – (Metro)
Chelsea’s Petr Cech will battle for the No 1 jersey, says boss Jose Mourinho, after losing his spot to Thibaut Courtois – (Sky Sports)
Leicester are set to sign Marseille’s axed France international defender Rod Fanni for £1m.The right-back flew in for a medical yesterday – (Daily Star)
Aston Villa are being strongly tipped with a move for Argentine midfielder Sebastian Blanco. The 26-year-old currently plays for Ukrainian side Metalist Kharkiv and has two full international caps – (Express & Star)
Manchester United have joined Tottenham in the hunt for Colombia international Fredy Guarin – (talkSPORT)
Wolfsburg midfielder Luiz Gustavo insists he is happy where he is, despite attracting interest from a number of clubs in the summer – (Sky Sports)
Sao Paulo have confirmed that they are close to reaching an agreement with Barcelona over the sale of Douglas for an initial fee of €6 million [£4.8m], potentially rising to €8m [£6.4m] – (Goal.com)
Chelsea have sent Marko Marin and Josh McEachran out on loan for the rest of the season to Fiorentina and Vitesse, respectively – (Daily Mirror)
Liverpool defender Tiago Ilori has joined Bordeaux on a season-long loan – (Goal.com)
AS Roma officials are poised to meet Mehdi Benatia’s agent and offer an improved contract to the Moroccan defender, as they bid to keep him amid interest from Bayern Munich and Manchester United – Inside Futbol