Thursday's transfer gossip: Messi, Mbappe, Felix, Martinez, Ronaldo

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Argentina forward Lionel Messi has agreed a one-year contract extension with Paris St-Germain which will keep the 35-year-old with the French champions until summer 2024. (Le Parisien - in French), external

PSG will not let France forward Kylian Mbappe, 24, leave in January and only sell him in the summer at the right price. (Ben Jacobs, Twitter), external

Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has fuelled talk that Portugal striker Joao Felix, 23, is up for sale by saying "no-one is indispensable" at the club. (Goal), external

Arsenal wanted Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez in the summer but the 24-year-old opted instead to reunite with former Ajax boss Erik ten Hag at Manchester United. (VI via Manchester Evening News), external

Chelsea have reached an agreement worth £17.5m with Vasco da Gama to sign 18-year-old Brazilian midfielder Andrey Santos. (Globo, via Metro), external

Tottenham are leading the race to sign 27-year-old Juventus and France midfielder Adrien Rabiot. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian), external

Manchester United are interested in signing 30-year-old Aston Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez, who played a key role in helping Argentina win the World Cup. (Football Insider) , external

Al-Nassr's offer of a £160m contract to Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, is being backed by the Saudi Arabia government. (Ben Jacobs via Express), external

German club Eintracht Frankfurt have claimed they were offered the chance to sign Ronaldo by Manchester United before he left Old Trafford. (DAZN, via Mail), external

Barcelona manager Xavi has convinced his captain, Spain midfielder Sergio Busquets, 34, to remain at the club until the summer, rather than push through a move to a Major League Soccer side in January. (Sport - in Spanish), external

Former Leeds United forward Raphinha, who made five appearances for Brazil at the Qatar World Cup, has been tipped for a possible return to the Premier League as the 26-year-old has failed to make an impact in his first season at Barcelona. (Sport), external

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says the "transfer window is an option" as he looks at ways of covering the loss of Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus, 25, to a knee injury. (Mirror) , external

Veteran Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, 37, will land in Italy today before being unveiled as a Salernitana player. (Fabrizio Romano), external

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