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Manchester United are considering a move for Emi Martinez but may be put off by Aston Villa's £40m valuation of the 32-year-old Argentina goalkeeper.

Colombia winger Luis Diaz, 28, remains determined to leave Liverpool during the summer transfer window and is hoping Bayern Munich will make a new offer in the coming days to try to convince the English club.

Newcastle United are in danger of losing out to Manchester City in their attempt to buy 22-year-old Burnley and England goalkeeper James Trafford.

Trafford is "very keen" to return to City this summer after they hijacked his Newcastle deal.

Newcastle will offer Tino Livramento a new contract to try and ward off interest from Manchester City, who are prepared to pay £65m for the England full-back, 22.

Manchester City are not planning a move for Livramento and are looking at other targets for the position.

Tottenham are set to rival Liverpool for the signing of Crystal Palace's 25-year-old England centre-back Marc Guehi.

Manchester United's hopes of signing Nicolas Jackson have received a boost after the Chelsea and Senegal striker, 24, rejected AC Milan and Napoli because he wants to stay in the Premier League.

Aston Villa, Chelsea and Tottenham are monitoring the situation of 21-year-old Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho, with clubs believing the Argentina international could be available for about £40m.

Juventus will step up their efforts to sign England winger Jadon Sancho, 25, from Manchester United when Belgium winger Samuel Mbangula, 21, and 25-year-old USA striker Timothy Weah leave the club.

Manchester United are set to compete with Manchester City for the signature of 26-year-old Sporting and Denmark midfielder Morten Hjulmand.

Chelsea are interested in RB Leipzig midfielder Xavi Simons, 22, but may need to sell some players first to make room for the Netherlands international in their squad.

West Ham are interested in Leicester City goalkeeper Mads Hermansen, with a formal approach expected soon for the 25-year-old Dane.

Nottingham Forest are working on a deal to sign Bologna's 22-year-old Switzerland winger Dan Ndoye.

Liverpool and England Under-20s midfielder James McConnell, 20, is close to signing a new long-term deal with the club and going out on loan for the season.

Sunderland and Fenerbahce remain interested in Granit Xhaka despite Bayer Leverkusen rejecting both their bids for the 32-year-old Switzerland midfielder.

Napoli, AC Milan, Roma, Juventus and Inter Milan are interested in Liverpool's 27-year-old Italy winger Federico Chiesa.

Everton have spoken to Real Sociedad over a deal for 24-year-old Japan winger Takefusa Kubo.

Fulham are expected to complete the signing of Montpellier's 34-year-old French goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte in the next few days.

Galatasaray are targeting a move for 26-year-old Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who has one year left on his Paris St-Germain contract and has yet to agree to a new deal with the French Club.