Tottenham lead race to sign Chiesa - Saturday's gossip

Tottenham lead the race to sign Federico Chiesa, Newcastle remain confident Anthony Gordon will stay with the club, West Ham consider improved offer for Jhon Duran.

Tottenham lead Liverpool and Arsenal in the race to sign Juventus and Italy winger Federico Chiesa, 26. (Football Transfers), external

Newcastle United are confident England winger Anthony Gordon will remain at St James’ Park this summer despite interest from Liverpool. (Team Talk), external

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has told 33-year-old England full-back Kieran Trippier, who has one year left on his contract and has been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia, that he wants him to stay at the club. (Times - subscription required), external

West Ham are considering an improved offer for Jhon Duran, with Aston Villa holding out for £40m for the 20-year-old Colombia striker. (Standard), external

Manchester United are back in the race to sign Bayern Munich and Morocco defender Noussair Mazraoui after the 26-year-old's move to West Ham collapsed. (Sky Germany), external

Mazraoui may look for guarantees over playing time before agreeing to move to Old Trafford. (Manchester Evening News), external

Tottenham are in talks with Girona to sell Spain forward Bryan Gil, 23, who has agreed personal terms with the La Liga club. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Manchester United have discussed the possibility of swapping English defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka, 26, with Inter Milan's Netherlands full-back Denzel Dumfries, 28. (Telegraph - subscription required), external

Manchester United are set to compete with Fulham and Crystal Palace to sign Chelsea's English defender Trevoh Chalobah, 25. (Football Insider), external

Barcelona have reached an agreement in principle to sign Athletic Bilbao and Spain winger Nico Williams, 22, on a five-year deal with the option of an additional year. (Nicolo Schira)

Arsenal are holding out for a fee of at least 50m euro (£42m) for their England forward Eddie Nketiah, 25, who has attracted interest from Marseille. (La Provence - in French), external

Los Angeles FC have made progress in their talks to sign Atletico Madrid and France forward Antoine Griezmann, 33. (L'Equipe - in French), external

The Major League Soccer side are also close to signing English midfielder Lewis O'Brien, 25, on loan from Nottingham Forest. (Football Insider), external

Manchester City see Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder Jamal Musiala, 21, as a potential successor to Belgium playmaker Kevin de Bruyne, 33. (CaughtOffside), external

Bayern Munich have increased their offer for 28-year-old Germany centre-back Jonathan Tah, who has one year left on his Bayer Leverkusen contract, to €20m (£16.9m) plus €5m (£4.2m) in add-ons. (Sky Sports Germany), external

Juventus are set to make an offer to Atalanta for 26-year-old Dutch midfielder Teun Koopmeiners. (Gazetta dello Sport - in Italian), external

Borussia Dortmund have approached Manchester City over a deal for 22-year-old Brazilian right-back Yan Couto, who has spent the past two seasons on loan at Spanish side Girona. (Sky Sports), external

Chelsea are prepared to let 12 more players leave this summer after 25-year-old French defender Malang Sarr's contract was ended to allow him to join RC Lens. (Sun), external