Transfer news LIVE: Liverpool make new £50m bid, Alvarez misses training

Manchester United are keeping tabs on Stuttgart centre-back Finn Jeltsch as the club continues planning for the long-term future of its defence, according to CaughtOffside.

The Red Devils have been scouting the 20-year-old and are considering making official contact.

Brentford have agreed a deal with West Ham to sign El Hadji Malick Diouf, according to Sky Sports.

The Bees will pay an initial fee of £35m plus £5m in add-ons for the Senegal defender, who was relegated with the Hammers last term.

Chelsea defender Axel Disasi has joined Crystal Palace on loan for the season.

The 28-year-old has been part of a group training separately from the main Chelsea squad having spent last season on loan at West Ham.

Big development in Liverpool’s winger saga!

Liverpool have submitted a £50m bid to sign Crystal Palace winger Ismaila Sarr, according to Fabrizio Romano.

It comes after talks over a move for Brighton’s Yankuba Minteh fell through due to a gap in valuation.

The Senegal winger, who has an outrageous scoring record against the Reds, wants to move and has previously been interest of Galatasaray this window, this Palace rejecting two bids.

The Athletic reported earlier this week that Everton were braced for bids for defender Jake O’Brien and could be willing to sell, with interest coming in from England and across Europe.

Now, Football Insider have named Leeds and former club Crystal Palace as potential suitors, who have both registered an interest in the Irishman.

Newcastle United are set to make a final offer for Matias Fernandez-Pardo, according to Belgian football journalist Sacha Tavolieri.

The Magpies are preparing to submit a final £51m bid including bonuses today to convince Lille to sell up.

It comes after L’Equipe said the Magpies had tabled a £35m offer.

Tottenham have already spent big on midfielders this summer but they could go back into the market for reinforcements if James Maddison’s shoulder injury is serious.

There are currently fears that the Englishman, who missed most of last season with a serious knee injury, could be shelved for four months.

It has been a goodbye to the greats in Manchester City’s summer of change, adios to Pep Guardiola and Bernardo Silva and John Stones and Rodri, with tributes reflecting their importance in the club’s history. Nathan Ake, another Champions League winner, was afforded less of a fanfare, but then he always did tend to fly under the radar.

But there is a different kind of farewell: to the men who have come and gone at some speed, often with sizeable sums of money changing hands, but without the longevity of Guardiola, Silva and Stones, who all gave either nine or 10 years of service. Some may have been designed as the successors to the Treble team, but are leaving in the same summer as a couple of them, barely a year after others. Which, in turn, can show the difficulty of coming after legends; anyone else can look a downgrade.

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RB Leipzig have re-signed Christopher Nkunku from AC Milan on loan with an option to buy.

The Paris Saint-Germain youth product made his name at Leipzig, scoring 70 ​goals ⁠and winning two DFB Pokals during a four-year stint, leading Chelsea to spend big on the Frenchman.

He has since struggled with form and injuries and returns to Leipzig in a bid to reignite his career.

Head coach Keith Andrews believes the recruitment of Callum Wilson and Jaidon Anthony in the summer proves there are value-for-money deals to be done.

Wilson scored his first goal following a free transfer from West Ham in the 6-1 Carabao Cup win at Birmingham while Anthony, whose move from another relegated side in Burnley cost an initial £15m, provided three assists.

“He’s a proven goalscorer so he’s always hungry to score goals,” Andrews said of Wilson, whose sixth-minute, first-time strike began the rout of their Championship hosts.

“We were very confident he would slot in and give us more options in that area of the pitch, where we were probably a bit light last season, and the way he has impacted the group – his personality, his nous, the edge he plays with – and I really like the way he goes about his business as a professional.”

On Anthony, he added: “I was so keen to get him to the club and with the fees being thrown around at the moment when you look what we got him for, pound for pound he’s a brilliant deal.

“He scored eight Premier League goals last season, he’s Premier League ready, proven, and I don’t think he has hit his ceiling yet.”