Arsenal to make second bid for Watkins - Thursday's gossip

Arsenal to make second bid for Ollie Watkins, Manchester United hold talks with Barcelona over Marcus Rashford loan move, Tottenham, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund want Tyler Dibling.

Arsenal are expected to make an improved second attempt to sign 29-year-old Aston Villa and England striker Ollie Watkins, who grew up as an Gunners fan. (Mail)

Manchester United are in tentative talks with Barcelona over a loan move for England forward Marcus Rashford, 27, but there are doubts over whether the Spanish club will be able to complete a deal before Monday's deadline. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Ajax are interested in Barcelona and Spain midfielder Ansu Fati, 22, which could free up a spot in the Catalans' squad to register Rashford (De Telegraaf - in Dutch)

German clubs Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have joined Tottenham in the race to sign Southampton's 18-year-old English winger Tyler Dibling. (Sun)

Colombia striker Jhon Duran, 21, is expected to undergo a medical in London on Thursday before a proposed 77m euro (£64m) plus add-ons move from Aston Villa to Al Nassr. (Athletic - subscription required)

Arsenal are ready to make Bayern Munich an offer for France Under-21 attacker Mathys Tel, 19, before the close of the January transfer window. (Football Transfers)

Both the Gunners and Chelsea are investigating a move for Tel, while Manchester United are also monitoring the player's situation. (Independent)

Tottenham are also interested in signing Tel on loan this month. (Mail)

Napoli have rejected a 65m euro (£54.5m) bid from Galatasaray to make 26-year-old Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen's loan move permanent. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian)

Newcastle United are set to beat several Premier League clubs to the signing of 18-year-old Republic of Ireland youth international winger Kyle Fitzgerald from Galway United. (Football Insider)

Napoli have informed 20-year-old Argentina winger Alejandro Garnacho's representatives that they would be open to try to sign him again if Manchester United reduce their demands. (Fabrizio Romano)

Steven Gerrard has reportedly requested to leave Saudi Pro League side Al Ettifaq after 18 months, according to reports in Saudi Arabia. (Mirror)

Torino are the favourites to sign Chelsea's Italian midfielder Cesare Casadei, 22, with Lazio now out of the running. (Gianlucadimarzio - in Italian)

Whites close on transfer Targett, Clarets eye winger, Hornets bring in keeper - Thursday's EFL gossip

Leeds are set to sign Newcastle left-back Matt Targett, with Junior Firpo out of contract at the end of the season. (Northern Echo)

Leeds boss Daniel Farke could get a transfer fund boost by selling Sonny Perkins to Leyton Orient and Rasmus Kristensen to Eintracht Frankfurt. (Leeds Live)

Burnley are keen on 22-year-old NEC Nijmegen winger Sontje Hansen for a fee of around £3.5m. (Sky Sports)

Watford are set to sign Udinese keeper Egil Selvik, with the 27-year-old Norwegian expected in London on Thursday. (Tutto Mercato - in Italian)

Middlesbrough's move for former Leeds midfielder Glen Kamara could be off, with the Finland international, who has also been linked with Sunderland and Burnley, now reportedly ready to move to Saudi side Al Shabab. (Northern Echo)

Sheffield United could pip Steel City rivals Wednesday to the capture of Scotland midfielder Stuart Armstrong, who has been playing in Canada since leaving Southampton. (Sheffield Star)

Sunderland's ambitious bid to sign Brighton striker Evan Ferguson on loan could be scuppered by West Ham (Football League World)

QPR are in talks with Chelsea over the signing of England Under-20 international Harvey Vale on loan. (Sky Sports)