Wednesday's transfer gossip: Caicedo, Osimhen, Rice, Bellingham, Rabiot, Mount, Messi
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Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool remain interested in Moises Caicedo despite the 21-year-old Ecuador midfielder signing a new contract with Brighton last week. (Football Insider), external
Napoli's Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, 24, and West Ham's England midfielder Declan Rice, 24, are Arsenal's main transfer targets this summer. (Sun), external
Osimhen says he is "working hard" to achieve his dream of one day playing in the Premier League. (Sky Sports), external
Real Madrid head of recruitment Juni Calafat held a meeting with the father of Borussia Dortmund's England midfielder Jude Bellingham, 19, at a London hotel on Tuesday. (Footmercato - in French), external
Former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino wants to return to the London club if current Spurs boss Antonio Conte leaves in the summer. (Times - subscription required), external
Bayern Munich are unlikely to exercise a 70m euro (£59.2m) option to turn 28-year-old Portugal defender Joao Cancelo's loan move from Manchester City into a permanent switch. (Calciomercato - in Italian), external
Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham have asked to be kept informed of 27-year-old France midfielder Adrien Rabiot's contract situation at Juventus. (90min), external
Newcastle United have joined the race to sign Chelsea and England midfielder Mason Mount, 24. (Mail), external
Manchester City are in pole position to re-sign 19-year-old Belgian midfielder Romeo Lavia from Southampton after they included a buy-back clause in his deal. (Football Insider), external
Barcelona president Joan Laporta recently met with Paris St-Germain and Argentina forward Lionel Messi's father, and has left open the possibility of a summer return to the Nou Camp for the 35-year-old. (Goal), external
Laporta is also planning to extend the contract of Barcelona manager Xavi and is set to offer Spanish midfielder Sergio Busquets, 34, a new deal beyond this summer. (Marca), external
Barcelona are aware that Spain attacking midfielder Marco Asensio, who will be out of contract at Real Madrid in the summer, would be willing to listen to an offer from them, while Arsenal and AC Milan have spoken to the 27-year-old's camp. (Sport - in Spanish) , external
Liverpool and Tottenham have sent scouts to watch Benfica's Portuguese defender Antonio Silva, 19, and midfielder Florentino Luis, 23. (90min), external
Talks between Manchester United and potential buyers of the club will begin this week, with a Qatari group fronted by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani thought to be the frontrunner. (Times - subscription required), external
Ajax and the Netherlands defender Jurrien Timber, 21 - a former Manchester United target - says he will consider his options this summer. (Ajax Life, via Mirror), external
Brighton and Nice are interested in signing 23-year-old English winger Reiss Nelson when his Arsenal contract expires this summer. (CBS Sports), external
Liverpool owner John W Henry says his commitment to the club is "stronger than ever", but adds any transfer spending this summer will be done in a "responsible manner". (Liverpool Echo), external
Chelsea technical director Christopher Vivell is a big admirer of RB Leipzig's 22-year-old Hungary attacking midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. (Caught Offside), external
Chelsea have entered the race to sign Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona and are ready to pay 80m euros (£71.3m) for the 25-year-old Netherlands midfielder. (Fichajes - in Spanish), external
Juventus have already made 23-year-old Italy striker Moise Kean's loan deal from Everton into a 28m euros (£24.9m) permanent transfer. (Goal), external
England hope to convince Newcastle's 20-year-old midfielder Elliot Anderson to switch from Scotland. (Sun), external
Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has decided against selling the club as he is concerned that could attract scrutiny from the government because of his links with sanctioned oligarch Alisher Usmanov. American investment fund MSP Sports Capital is expected to take a minority stake instead. (Mail), external
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