Chelsea to make move for Sancho - Wednesday's gossip

Chelsea might make a late move for Jadon Sancho, Liverpool improve their bid for goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, while Paris St-Germain offer Manchester United midfielder Manuel Ugarte on loan.

Chelsea may make a late approach to sign Manchester United and England forward Jadon Sancho, 24. (Athletic - subscription required)

Liverpool have submitted an improved £34m offer for Valencia and Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, 23. (Relevo - in Spanish)

Paris St-Germain have offered Manchester United the chance to sign Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte, 23, on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Manchester City are frontrunners to re-sign former Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan from Barcelona, with the 33-year-old prioritising a return to the Premier League. (Athletic - subscription required)

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is keen for Gundogan to return to the club. (Fabrizio Romano)

Barcelona are unwilling to re-sign Manchester City and Portugal full-back Joao Cancelo, 30, because of his £12m wage demands. (Sport - in Spanish)

Manchester United have agreed a deal worth about £5m for Uruguay winger Facundo Pellistri, 22, to join Greek club Panathinaikos. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Burnley are interested in signing Manchester United and Tunisia midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, 21. (Athletic - subscription required)

Wolves and Brentford are keen on Burnley's Dara O’Shea, 25, but must pay £15m to sign the Republic of Ireland defender. (Mirror)

Fulham have agreed a £30m fee with Crystal Palace for 28-year-old Denmark defender Joachim Anderson. (Athletic - subscription required)

Nottingham Forest are set to sign 31-year-old Spanish defender Alex Moreno from Aston Villa on loan with the option to buy. (Birmingham Mail)

Marseille are interested in signing Norwich City's 21-year-old England Under-21 winger Jonathan Rowe. (Mail)

Arsenal are holding out for more than £30m for England striker Eddie Nketiah, 25, after rejecting a £25m bid from Nottingham Forest. (Football Insider)

Bayer Leverkusen have made contact with Liverpool about a potential deal for Sepp van den Berg with the Reds set to demand £25m for the Dutch defender. (Florian Plettenberg)

Brentford hope to scupper Xabi Alonso's efforts to sign Van den Berg from former club Liverpool. (Times - subscription required)

Manchester United are set to sell Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay, 27, to Napoli in order to comply with Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian)

Barcelona want to sign AC Milan and Portugal forward Rafael Leao before this summer's transfer deadline. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)

Aston Villa's 20-year-old English winger Samuel Iling-Junior is exploring potential loan options before the transfer window deadline. (Athletic - subscription required)

Brazil forward Endrick, 18, will ask to leave Real Madrid on loan in January if he does not get sufficient minutes on the pitch in the early part of the season. (Sport - in Spanish)

Manchester United have not given up hope of signing 22-year-old England centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite from Everton, but accept it is unlikely to happen this transfer window. (Mail)

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has shelved plans to let Brazil midfielder Casemiro leave after being impressed by the 32-year-old in pre-season and the start of the new campaign. (Sun)

Chelsea are preparing for a clearout which could land them a £200m transfer windfall, with eight players set to leave Stamford Bridge. (Mirror)