Manchester United are reluctant to meet the £68m buyout clause for Sevilla’s 22-year-old French centre-back Jules Kounde. (Mail)external-link
Manchester City are considering offering Borussia Dortmund in excess of £100m for Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, 20, and USA midfielder Giovanni Reyna, 18, in the summer. (90min)external-link
Dortmund could be willing to sell Haaland this summer – a year before his £70m release clause becomes active – but would demand up to £150m. (Star)external-link
Chelsea’s England striker Tammy Abraham, 23, is unwilling to enter contract talks while the club continues to be linked with Haaland. (Metro)external-link
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted he keeps in touch with Haaland, who he coached during his time at Molde. (Sky Sports)external-link
Meanwhile, agent Jorge Mendes is ready to offer United a £30m-rated striker to replace Edinson Cavani, 34, amid ongoing uncertainty over the Uruguayan’s future. (Mirror)external-link
West Ham will face competition from Leicester City if they try to make Manchester United’s 28-year-old English midfielder Jesse Lingard’s move permanent. (Express)external-link
Manchester United value English goalkeeper Dean Henderson at £40m should they decide to sell the 23-year-old. (Express)external-link
Henderson has become increasingly frustrated at a lack of playing time at Old Trafford. (Sky Sports)external-link
Norwich City hope to receive up to £35m for English full-back Max Aarons, 21, who is a target of Manchester United. (Metro)external-link
Everton are also considering a move for Aarons. (Sky Sports)external-link
Everton are yet to make contact with Norwich over a deal for Aarons and anticipate competition from Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Barcelona. (Mail)external-link
Norwich rejected a bid from Roma for defender Aarons in the January transfer window. (Sun)external-link
Crystal Palace’s Dutch full-back Patrick van Aanholt has opened talks with an unnamed Champions League club. The 30-year-old is out of contract at Palace in the summer. (Football Insider)external-link
Manchester United will not trigger the one-year extension in 32-year-old Spanish midfielder Juan Mata’s contract. (MEN)external-link
Serie A sides Juventus, Inter Milan and Roma are keen on signing Mata once he becomes a free agent at the end of the season. (Sun)external-link
Sunderland will attempt to sign Wolves’ English defender Dion Sanderson, 21, on a permanent basis at the end of the season. (Mail)external-link
Tottenham plan to sell goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga on a permanent deal this summer. The Argentina international, 29, joined Spanish club Elche on loan at the end of the January window. (Football Insider)external-link
Scotland manager Steve Clarke, 57, and former Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe, 43, are among the favourites to replace sacked Neil Lennon at Celtic. (The Sun)external-link
Huddersfield Town are hopeful they can finalise a deal for former Everton striker Oumar Niasse. The Senegalese, 30, is currently a free agent. (Yorkshire Live)external-link
Borussia Dortmund are to sign French centre-back Soumaila Coulibaly, 17, from Paris St-Germain. (Sport Bild – in German)external-link
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