Italian clubs target Casemiro & Hojlund - Wednesday's gossip

Manchester United duo Casemiro and Rasmus Hojlund attracting interest from Italian clubs, Wolves braced for Matheus Cunha offers, Evan Ferguson can leave Brighton, plus more.

Roma want to sign Manchester United's Brazil midfielder Casemiro, 32, on loan until the end of the season, but a move is dependent on the Italian club selling Argentina international Leandro Paredes, 30. (Mail)

Napoli and Juventus are monitoring Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund, 21, with the Denmark forward yet to impress new boss Ruben Amorim. (Talksport)

Al-Hilal are favourites to sign Liverpool's Egypt winger Mohamed Salah, 32, this summer after the Saudi Pro League side cancelled the contract of Brazil forward Neymar, 32. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Wolves are expecting one or more offers for Brazil forward Matheus Cunha before the transfer deadline, with Aston Villa, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest interested in the 25-year-old. (Football Insider)

Manchester United are close to signing Lecce and Denmark wing-back Patrick Dorgu, 20, for a fee in the region of £30m. (Sky Sports)

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, 27, has hired the brother of Brighton forward Danny Welbeck as his new agent to help him find a move away from Old Trafford. (Star)

As it stands, Rashford's only option to leave United this month would be a loan move to Juventus. (Independent)

Bayern Munich and France Under-21 attacker Mathys Tel, 19, wants to leave the club this month and Chelsea are in talks with the Bundesliga side. (Mail)

Manchester United will also enter the race for Tel but only if Rashford or Argentina winger Alejandro Garnacho, 20, are sold. (Florian Plettenberg)

Manchester City midfielder James McAtee, 22, is no longer a target for Bayer Leverkusen, with the Bundesliga side set to sign Argentina playmaker Emiliano Buendia, 28, from Aston Villa. (Florian Plettenberg)

Manchester City face a race against time to sign Andrea Cambiaso, 24, as Juventus will only make a final decision on the Italy full-back's future after Wednesday's Champions League match against Benfica. (Give Me Sport)

Bayern Munich and Manchester United both hold an interest in Chelsea and France attacker Christopher Nkunku, 27, who is valued at about £70m. (Mail)

Manchester City are interested in signing Juventus and Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz, 26, on loan, but the Serie A club want to insert a purchase obligation clause in any temporary deal. (Mail)

La Liga president Javier Tebas says he is against the Spanish national sports council allowing Spain forward Dani Olmo, 26, to be registered by Barcelona and a process is under way to reverse the decision. (Marca - in Spanish)

Real Madrid have been unable to sign 26-year-old Liverpool and England right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold in January and have concluded their business from a signings front for January. (Marca)

Brighton are open to selling Republic of Ireland striker Evan Ferguson, 20, before the transfer window closes next week. (Athletic - subscription required)

Bayer Leverkusen are in talks with Brighton to sign Ferguson. (Sky Sports)

Leverkusen's Nigeria striker Victor Boniface, 24, was excused from training on Tuesday amid a potential move to Al-Nassr. (Athletic - subscription required)

Liverpool will recall Spain Under-21 midfielder Stefan Bajcetic from his loan spell at Red Bull Salzburg and send the 20-year-old to Las Palmas for the rest of the season. (Atlantico Hoy - in Spanish)

Wolves are in talks with Ajax about terminating the loan of 20-year-old Portugal winger Carlos Forbs. (Athletic - subscription required)

Sheffield Wednesday have submitted a loan offer for Ipswich Town's 23-year-old English defender Harry Clarke. (Sheffield Star)

Udinese are interested in signing Southampton and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu, 22, on loan. (Irish Independent - subscription required)

Watford close in on Iheanacho - EFL gossip

Watford are close to an agreement with La Liga club Sevilla to bring in former Leicester striker Kelechi Iheanacho, 28, on loan until the end of the season. (The 72)

The Hornets are also trying to hijack Hull City's deal to sign 31-year-old Southampton defender Charlie Taylor, who already has an agreement in place with the Tigers. (Football League World)

Coventry City have submitted a third bid for Swansea City captain Matt Grimes, 29, who is valued at around £4m by the Welsh club. (WalesOnline)

Bristol City have rejected a bid from Stoke City for Republic of Ireland midfielder Mark Sykes, 27, after the Potters failed to meet the Robins' valuation. (Sky Sports)

Leeds United are eyeing a late move to sign 19-year-old Red Bull Salzburg winger Adam Daghim in this transfer window but face competition from Leicester and Brentford. (Daily Mail)

Sheffield United have joined the race to sign Swansea defender Harry Darling, 25, who has also been linked with a move to Birmingham City. (The Star)

Middlesbrough have agreed a deal with Bournemouth to bring in goalkeeper Mark Travers on loan and he is due to have a medical on Wednesday morning. (Sky Sports)

Boro are also set to sign Celtic youngster Josh Dede and the 19-year-old right-back will complete his medical before the end of the transfer window. (Football Insider)

Middlesbrough are also keen to bring in ex-Leeds midfielder Glen Kamara, 29, on loan from French Ligue 1 club Rennes. (The Yorkshire Post)

Sunderland face competition from Leicester and French Ligue 1 club Marseille in the race to sign Ajax's former Boro striker Chuba Akpom, 29. (The 72)

QPR will bring in Tottenham's new forward Min-Hyeok Yang on loan until the end of the season after the 18-year-old South Korean was signed by Spurs last summer but arrived in December. (Sky Sports)

The Hoops are also set to battle Swedish club AIK for the signing of Hull City midfielder Xavier Simons after the 21-year-old has fallen down the pecking order since Tigers boss Ruben Selles arrived. (Football League World)

Leyton Orient attacker Sonny Perkins, 20, is set to make his loan move from Leeds United permanent before the end of the January transfer window. (LeedsLive)