Thursday's gossip: Caicedo, Guehi, Raphinha, Saint-Maximin, Diaby, Doucoure, Pedro, Fresneda

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Chelsea are working on an improved offer of £80m plus add-ons for Brighton's 21-year-old Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo. (Mail), external

Chelsea are also considering bringing Marc Guehi back to the club, two years after selling the England defender, 23, to Crystal Palace. (Guardian), external

Crystal Palace have put a £60m valuation on Guehi, who still has three years remaining on his contract. (Mail), external

Manchester City have targeted Barcelona's Brazil winger Raphinha, 26, as a replacement for their Al-Ahli-bound Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez, 32. (Foot Mercato - in French), external

Newcastle are on the brink of selling French winger Allan Saint-Maximin, 26, to Saudi Arabian club Al-Ahli for about £30m. (Telegraph - subscription required), external

Al-Nassr have improved their proposal for Bayer Leverkusen's Moussa Diaby, with Aston Villa having also submitted a second bid for the France winger, 24. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Crystal Palace will place a minimum £70m valuation on 23-year-old Mali midfielder Cheick Doucoure, who has emerged as a target for Liverpool. (Mail), external

Tottenham are considering a move for 26-year-old Brazil striker Pedro, who plays for Flamengo. (Independent), external

A bid of £15m could be enough for Bournemouth to beat the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and Real Madrid to the signing of Spanish right-back Ivan Fresneda, 18, from Real Valladolid this summer. (Football Insider), external

Fulham have made an initial offer to Ajax of about £15m for Nigeria defender Calvin Bassey, 23. (Athletic - subscription required), external

Serbia striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, 28, has said he will never play for Fulham again after they turned down two bids from Al-Hilal. (Sky Sports), external

Atletico Madrid have given Portugal forward Joao Felix, 23, the go-ahead to complete a "dream" transfer to Barcelona. (AS - in Spanish), external

Atletico have contacted Paris St-Germain about the availability of Marco Verratti but are yet to make an offer for the Italy midfielder, 30. (L'Equipe - in French), external

Chelsea could complete a move for Montpellier's Elye Wahi but Atletico Madrid are also in the running for the French forward, 20. (L'Equipe - in French), external

Tottenham have joined West Ham in the race to sign Conor Gallagher this summer from Chelsea, who are believed to be holding out for a fee of at least £40m for the England midfielder, 23. (Football Insider), external

Arsenal are tracking Dinamo Zagreb's 20-year-old midfielder Martin Baturina, who impressed for Croatia at the European Under-21 Championship. (Express), external

Villarreal are interested in signing Portugal full-back Cedric Soares, 31, from Arsenal. (Sport - in Spanish), external

Real Betis are interested in West Ham's Spain midfielder Pablo Fornals, 27, as well as Tottenham's Argentina midfielder Giovani Lo Celso, 27. (Relevo - in Spanish), external

Tottenham have given Colombia defender Davinson Sanchez, 27, permission to hold talks with Strasbourg and Spartak Moscow. (90min), external

Wolves are in talks to sign former England left-back Aaron Cresswell, 33, from West Ham. (Athletic - subscription required), external

Napoli and Torino are in contention to sign French midfielder Boubakary Soumare, 24, from Leicester. (L'Equipe - in French), external

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