Grealish among Napoli targets - Thursday's gossip

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Manchester City winger Grealish among Napoli targets, Real Madrid are ready to offer £100m for Rodri and Javi Guerra rejects Valencia contract amid Manchester United interest

Manchester City and England winger Jack Grealish, 29, is one of several left-sided players being considered by Napoli. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian), external

Real Madrid are ready to offer £100m for Manchester City's 29-year-old Spain midfielder Rodri. (Sun), external

Javi Guerra has rejected an offer to renew his contract with Valencia, with Manchester United said to be monitoring the 22-year-old Spanish midfielder. (Marca - in Spanish), external

Tottenham are closely monitoring Kobbie Mainoo, with the Manchester United midfielder yet to agree a long-term extension to his contract, which expires in 2027. (tbrfootball.com), external

West Ham will rival Everton in the race to sign Douglas Luiz from Juventus after Aston Villa pulled out of the race to re-sign the 27-year-old Brazil midfielder. (Sun), external

Atalanta plan to make a move for Liverpool and Italy winger Federico Chiesa, 27, if Juventus meet their €50m (£43m) valuation to sign Nigeria forward Ademola Lookman, 27. (Football Italia), external

Spurs are monitoring the contract situation of Bayern Munich's Joao Palhinha. The Bavarian club are open to talks should an offer arrive for the 30-year-old Portuguese international. (Florian Plettenberg), external

RB Leipzig have named attacking midfielder Xavi Simons in their training camp squad, despite the 22-year-old being linked with a move to Chelsea and the Dutch international holding talks over personal terms with the Blues. (Standard) , external

Borussia Dortmund are interested in signing 20-year-old Brighton midfielder Facundo Buonanotte. The Argentina international spent last season on loan at Leicester City and has three years left on his contract. (Sky Sports), external

Talks between Marseille and Feyenoord for Brazilian winger Igor Paixao are at a standstill after the French club's £24m bid fell short of the asking price. (RMC - in French), external

Leeds United now retain hope of signing the 25-year-old. (Yorkshire Evening Post), external

Turkey midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu has been linked with a move away from Inter Milan but the 31-year-old says he wants to stay at the Italian club. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian), external

Manchester City want to keep Ederson despite Galatasaray expressing an interest in the 31-year-old Brazil goalkeeper, who is about to enter the final year of his contract. (The Independent), external

Fulham are confident of keeping hold of academy midfielder Seth Ridgeon despite Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea showing interest in the 16-year-old England Under-17 captain. (Standard), external

Wrexham to snap up former Swan - Thursday's EFL gossip

Wrexham have agreed a three-year deal for Nottingham Forest midfielder Lewis O'Brien, 26, after the Englishman spent the second half of last season in Wales on loan to Swansea City. (Football Insider), external

Hull City and Trabzonspor forward Enis Destan, 23, have agreed personal terms for the Turkish forward to join the Tigers as the club await a response to their appeal to have their transfer embargo lifted. (Inside Futbol), external

Birmingham City are favourites to sign Brighton's Eiran Cashin, 23, in a loan deal that would see the former Derby County and Republic of Ireland Under-21 defender return to the Championship. (The Mirror), external

Middlesbrough are keeping an eye on Swansea defender Josh Key but will need to meet the Swans' valuation of £5m for the 25-year-old Englishman. (Alan Nixon via Patreon - subscription required), external

English striker Devante Cole, 30, is set to depart West Bromwich Albion a year after joining from Barnsley. (Darren Witcoop via X), external

Charlton Athletic have confirmed their triallist during a friendly victory over Wealdstone was Wolves and Jamaica right-back Dexter Lembikisa, 21. (Louis Mendez via X), external

Queens Park Rangers midfielder Elijah Dixon-Bonner, 24, has attracted interest from National League side Carlisle United following the Englishman's week-long trial with Walsall. (West London Sport), external

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