Rashford camp holds Barca talks - Thursday's gossip

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford's camp meet Barcelona, Arsenal initiate move for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko, and Nottingham Forest prepare club record bid for Wolves forward Matheus Cunha.

Representatives of England forward Marcus Rashford met with Barcelona executives on Tuesday as the 27-year-old looks for a route out of Manchester United. (Sky Sports)

Arsenal have made a tentative enquiry about trying to sign 21-year-old Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko from German club RB Leipzig. (Talksport)

AC Milan have agreed a deal to sign 34-year-old England defender Kyle Walker from Manchester City which will be an initial loan but include an option to buy for 5m euros (£4.2m). (Sky Sports Italy)

Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho favours a move to Chelsea rather than Napoli, who have had a bid for the 20-year-old Argentina international rejected. (TyC Sports, via Metro)

Arsenal's talks with Juventus over signing 24-year-old Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic have broken down. (Football Transfers)

Napoli are also in talks about signing 23-year-old Germany winger Karim Adeyemi from Borussia Dortmund. (Fabrizio Romano)

A trio of Chelsea players could leave this month with Portugal defender Renato Veiga, 21, pushing to join Juventus, Italian midfielder Cesare Casadei, 22, the subject of an £11.5m bid from Lazio and England defender Ben Chilwell, 28, attracting interest from Everton. (Mail)

Nottingham Forest are preparing a club-record bid, possibly in the region of £60m, to try lure Brazil forward Matheus Cunha, 25, away from Wolves. (Sky Sports)

Juventus have offered Chelsea the opportunity to sign Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz, 26, who is also on the radar of Manchester City and Arsenal. (Teamtalk)

France midfielder Paul Pogba, 31, is considering several offers from teams inside Europe's top five leagues, but an agreement on a deal is not imminent. (ESPN)

West Ham technical director Tim Steidten's future at the club is in doubt after the Hammers finalised a deal to bring in Chelsea recruitment analyst Kyle Macaulay, who has previously worked with manager Graham Potter. (Guardian)

West Ham are in negotiations with Belgian club Leuven for 19-year-old Dutch midfielder Ezechiel Banzuzi. (Standard)

Everton have expressed an interest in Sporting's English winger Marcus Edwards, 26. (Caught offside)

The agent of AC Milan's Emerson Royal, 26, has spoken with Everton and Fulham, but the Brazil defender is also on the radar of Galatasaray. (Calciomercato - in Italian)

Manchester United are considering whether to make an improved bid for Lecce left-back Patrick Dorgu after having an initial bid for the 20-year-old Danish international rejected. (Star)

But Napoli are hoping to beat Manchester United to the signature of Dorgu. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian)

Aston Villa and Newcastle United are set to battle it out for 27-year-old England and AC Milan centre-back Fikayo Tomori. (Football Insider)

Lions eye Wolves midfielder, QPR in for Aberdeen defender - Thursday's EFL gossip

Millwall boss Alex Neil is preparing a bid for 22-year-old Wolves midfielder Luke Cundle, who has also been linked with Preston North End, Swansea City and Bristol City. (South London Press)

Hull City midfielder Xavier Simons, 21, could be allowed to leave the MKM this month, with Swedish side AIK said to be interested. (Hull Daily Mail)

QPR are set to win the race for highly rated 17-year-old Aberdeen defender Timothy Akindileni. (Football Insider)

Derby County's hopes of signing Borussia Monchengladbach's Danish midfielder Oscar Fraulo, 21, this month have hit a snag. (Derby Telegraph)

Luton Town boss Matt Bloomfield's move to sign 21-year-old striker Richard Kone from former club Wycombe Wanderers has been rebuffed by the Chairboys (Football Insider)

League Two high-fliers Walsall are set to beat Lincoln City to the capture of 19-year-old Nottingham Forest forward Joe Gardner on loan for the rest of the season. (Football Insider)

Notts County striker Alassana Jatta is attracting attention, with Plymouth said to have seen a £750k bid turned down, with Portsmouth and Bolton also interested. (The Guardian)