Liverpool battle for Italy defender - Monday's gossip

Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea oculus Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori, Brighton spot target gaffe away, while Manchester United cool liking successful Barcelona defender.

Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham are each willing successful 22-year-old Italy defender Riccardo Calafiori but will person to salary successful excess of £40m to prise him distant from Bologna. (Express), external

A number of Barcelona's board stay unconvinced astir nan merits of signing Spain's Euro 2024 prima winger Nico Williams, 21, from Athletic Bilbao. (Sport - successful Spanish), external

Brighton person been near disappointment aft Chelsea agreed a woody to motion midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, 25, from Leicester moreover though nan subordinate had undergone a aesculapian pinch nan Seagulls and a interest was agreed betwixt nan 2 clubs. (Telegraph - subscription required), external

Leicester are adjacent to agreeing a woody to motion 18-year-old midfielder Michael Golding from Chelsea. (The Athletic - subscription required), external

Newcastle are trying to discuss a woody to motion Nottingham Forest's Greek goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos, 30, arsenic portion of 21-year-old Scotland midfielder Elliot Anderson's move to nan City Ground. (Daily Mail), external

Manchester United are improbable to prosecute a woody for Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo contempt long-standing liking successful nan 25-year-old Uruguay international. (Football Transfers), external

Newcastle leader Eddie Howe has made it clear successful talks pinch nan club's committee that they should not look to rate successful connected Sweden striker Alexander Isak, 24, this summertime amid liking from Chelsea. (Fabrizio Romano via Teamtalk), external

Tottenham are group to trigger an action to widen 31-year-old South Korea guardant Son Heung-min's statement pinch nan nine until 2026. (Football Insider), external