Arsenal and Spurs vying to sign Eze - Friday's gossip

Arsenal and Tottenham compete to sign Eberechi Eze, Spurs place £60m price tag on Cristian Romero, and Napoli and Juventus eye Manchester United's Jadon Sancho.

Arsenal will take on north London rivals Tottenham for the signing of Crystal Palace and England midfielder Eberechi Eze, 26, who is priced at £68m. (Sun)

The Gunners are targeting Eze who would be a cheaper alternative to Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Rodrygo, 24. (Talksport)

Tottenham value Argentina centre-back Cristian Romero, 27, at over £60m and are unwilling to sell him for a cut-price fee to Atletico Madrid. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Napoli and Juventus are willing to pay Manchester United £25m for Jadon Sancho, 25, but cannot meet the £250,000 weekly wages of the England winger. (Metro)

Manchester United are exploring an ambitious move for Paris St-Germain and France midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery, 19. (Teamtalk)

Fulham have no interest in offloading 24-year-old Brazilian forward Rodrigo Muniz despite interest from Leeds. (Sky Sports)

Liverpool have opened talks with Crystal Palace over a deal to sign their captain Marc Guehi, with the 24-year-old England defender said to favour a move to Anfield this summer. (Teamtalk)

Newcastle have launched bids to sign Brighton's 23-year-old Brazil forward Joao Pedro, Burnley's English goalkeeper James Trafford, 22, and Nottingham Forest's 23-year-old Sweden winger Anthony Elanga. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Trafford has agreed terms with Newcastle and talks between the two clubs are ongoing. (Fabrizio Romano)

Manchester United are back in pole position to sign Sporting striker Victor Gyokeres with the 27-year-old Sweden international reportedly ready to reunite with his former manager Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford (Mirror)

Fulham are interested in Brazilian forward Romulo, 23, who scored 17 goals in 33 games for Turkish club Goztepe last season. (Athletic - subscription required)

West Ham are battling Wolves to sign £25m-rated Nice and Ivory Coast striker Evann Guessand, 23. (Mail)

Brentford have broadly agreed a deal to sign Feyenoord's 20-year-old attacking midfielder Antoni Milambo, who is a Netherlands Under-21 international. (Mirror)

Saints sell two, Rooney back in the dugout - Friday's EFL gossip

Southampton have agreed terms for striker Paul Onuachu, 31, to join Trabzonspor, ending his two-and-a-half year stay at St Mary's. (Sky Sports)

Atalanta have also agreed an £18.3m (€21.5m) deal with the Saints for Kamaldeen Sulemana. (Sky Sports)

Millwall are resigned to losing Japhet Tanganga this summer, though could sell him abroad with clubs in Germany, France and Turkey interested, as his £1.2m release clause only applies to Premier League clubs, with Sunderland and Wolves keen. (TeamTalk)

Amid rumours Sean Dyche might move to the King Power this summer, Leicester are plotting a move to sign Everton defender Michael Keane on a free transfer when his contract expires later this month. (Football Insider)

Watford are close to completing the signing of 20-year-old Portuguese striker Vivaldo Semedo from Udinese. (Watford Observer)

The Hornets are however braced for the departure of Morocco midfielder Imran Louza, 26, who has reportedly requested a transfer. (Watford Observer)

Derby and Wrexham have joined Rangers in the race to take Liverpool left-back Owen Beck, 22, on loan. (Pete O'Rourke)

St Mirren striker Owen Oseni has completed a medical with Plymouth ahead of a £60,000 move. (Sky Sports)

Bolton have failed with an initial £500,000 bid for Celtic striker Johnny Kenny. (The Bolton News)

Macclesfield want Wayne Rooney as manager to replace the Forest Green-bound Robbie Savage. (Alan Nixon)