Football transfer gossip: Morata, Rooney, Costa, Sanchez, Bellerin, Tuchel, Van Dijk

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Manchester United are set to make a new £60m offer for Real Madrid's 24-year-old striker Alvaro Morata after having an opening bid of £52m rejected. (Guardian)

United captain Wayne Rooney, 31, is considering seeing out the remaining year of his £250,000-a-week contract at the club instead of taking a pay-cut to join Everton. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea's Diego Costa, 28, is in talks over a £40m move to AC Milan after the Spain forward revealed the Premier League champions want to sell him. (Daily Mirror)

Blues boss Antonio Conte's decision to get rid of his top-scorer by text, and Costa going public on the private exchange, has shocked the Chelsea board and is set to cost the club millions. (Daily Mail)

Costa has pleaded with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to save his career at Stamford Bridge. (Sun)

Bayern Munich will offer Arsenal's 28-year-old Chile forward Alexis Sanchez £350,000 a week as they look to beat Manchester City to his signature. (Daily Mirror)

Sevilla's president says the Spanish club are in negotiations to sign Manchester City's 31-year-old winger Jesus Navas, and they would also like to sign City forward Nolito, 30. (Cadena Cope - in Spanish)

Southampton will not let Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk, 25, leave for less than £70m. Chelsea and Manchester City are interested after Liverpool pulled out of the race. (Daily Mail)

Saints legend Matt le Tissier has criticised Liverpool over their pursuit of Van Dijk. (Talksport)

Friday's Guardian looks at the future of Chelsea forward Diego Costa

Chelsea want to sign Everton's Senegal midfielder Idrissa Gueye, 27, but the Toffees are not interested in selling. (Bleacherreport.com)

Arsenal are confident Spain defender Hector Bellerin, 22, will stay at the club despite reports he could move to Barcelona this summer. (London Evening Standard)

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Newly promoted Brighton are looking to bring in Australian keeper Matthew Ryan, 25, who is at Valencia but spent last season on loan in Belgium at Genk. (The Argus)

Former Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel is wanted by Southampton, who are close to sacking Frenchman Claude Puel after one season in charge. (Independent)

Brighton, Newcastle, Watford and Stoke are interested in signing Arsenal's England defender Kieran Gibbs, 27, although the Gunners could be forced to lower their £15m asking price. (London Evening Standard)

Friday's Daily Telegraph celebrates England reaching the final of the Under-20 World Cup

Norwich City will sign Darmstadt's Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder Mario Vrancic, 28, for around £650,000. Vrancic made 23 appearances as Darmstadt finished bottom of the Bundesliga in 2016-17. (Bild - in German)

Wolves are close to signing Portuguese defender Roderick Miranda, 26, from Rio Ave for £2.5m. Miranda missed just one game as Rio Ave finished seventh in Portugal's top flight in 2016-17. (Express & Star)

Former Coventry City winger Steve Froggatt, 44, says he will "not step foot near that club again until the owners have gone", adding that the "people running the club are an embarrassment" after the Sky Blues were relegated to League Two. (Coventry Telegraph)

Leicester's Nigeria striker Ahmed Musa, 24, has agreed a deal with Fenerbahce and is expected to complete a £17.4m move to the Turkish club. (Skor - in Turkish)

Former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira, 40, is in pole position to take over as new manager of French club Saint-Etienne. (L'Equipe - in French, subscription required)

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A football fan spoiled his general election ballot paper by scrawling 'Wenger Out' on it in reference to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger. (Daily Mirror)