Tottenham Hotspur have rejected a £1.5m loan offer from Paris St-Germain for England midfielder Dele Alli and the 24-year-old is set to stay at the north London club. (Guardian)external-linkSpurs have also made a loan bid for Chelsea and Germany defender Antonio Rudiger, 27, with talks ongoing. (Nicolo Schira, via Express)external-linkArsenal have agreed a deal for Uruguay midfielder Lucas Torreira, 24, to join Atletico Madrid on loan and that will allow them to sign 22-year-old midfielder Houssem Aouar from Lyon. (AS – in Spanish)external-linkPSG could hamper the Gunners’ pursuit of Aouar after also entering into negotiations over a deal for the Frenchman. (L’Equipe – in French)external-linkLeicester City are open to offers for 24-year-old English winger Demarai Gray, who is in the final year of his contract with the club. (Mirror)external-linkMeanwhile, the Foxes are set to offer winger Harvey Barnes a new contract following the 22-year-old earning his first call-up to the England squad. (Telegraph – subscription required)external-linkInter Milan are preparing a bid for Chelsea’s 29-year-old Spanish left-back Marcos Alonso. (Sky Sports)external-linkBayern Munich are in talks with Chelsea over a loan deal for Callum Hudson-Odoi, having failed to sign the 19-year-old England winger on a permanent deal last year. (Bild – in German, subscription required)external-linkManchester United are trying to sign Atalanta and Ivory Coast winger Amad Traore, 18. (Manchester Evening News)external-linkRoma are close to a permanent deal for Chris Smalling. Manchester United want about £20m for the 30-year-old England centre-back, who spent last season on loan at the Italian club. (The Athletic – subscription required)external-linkTwo clubs have contacted Liverpool about a possible deal for Switzerland midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, 28. (Liverpool Echo)external-linkFulham are trying to bring in two centre-backs before the transfer window closes on 5 October, with the club monitoring PSV Eindhoven’s German defender Timo Baumgartl, 24. (Telegraph – subscription required)external-linkThe Cottagers have also made a bid of about 15m euros (£13.7m) for Barcelona centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo, with the 20-year-old Frenchman now deciding whether to move. (ESPN Deportes – in Spanish)external-linkBarcelona are hoping to use the money raised by selling Todibo on a move for Manchester City centre-back Eric Garcia and the Catalan club have submitted another offer for the 19-year-old Spain international. (SER Catalunya, via AS)external-linkLeeds United have pulled out of a deal for Bayern Munich midfielder Michael Cuisance after the 21-year-old failed his medical. (The Athletic – subscription required)external-linkThursday’s gossip columnFriday’s Scottish gossip The back page of the Daily Express How Do You Cope?: Fabrice Muamba on the night that changed his lifeFootball Daily: All the reaction from some heavyweight EFL Cup ties
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