The latest rumours and gossip from Wednesday's back pages, including reports of Arsenal rejecting Chelsea's initial approach for Emile Smith Rowe.
Al-Ittihad are preparing a £118m bid for Mohamed Salah, despite Liverpool insisting their 31-year-old Egypt forward is not for sale. (Mail)
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp would be "furious" if the Reds are tempted to accept Saudi side Al-Ittihad's offer for Salah with the transfer deadline on Friday. (Star)
Tottenham Hotspur are in talks with Barcelona over a season-long loan deal for 20-year-old Spain forward Ansu Fati. (Fabrizio Romano)
Brighton have also made an approach for Fati, with Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund among other interested clubs. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
Spurs are also considering a move for Crystal Palace's England forward Eberechi Eze, 25, after a move for Nottingham Forest's Wales forward Brennan Johnson, 22, stalled. (Independent)
Manchester United want to sign a midfielder before the transfer deadline, with Fiorentina's Morocco international Sofyan Amrabat, 27, their prime target. (Mirror)
Fiorentina have rejected United's £1.7m loan offer for Amrabat but will consider a deal with an obligation to buy. (Mail)
Manchester United have also contacted Tottenham over a deal for 28-year-old Denmark midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. (Sky Sports)
Bayern Munich have held talks with Chelsea in a bid to sign their 24-year-old English defender Trevoh Chalobah. (Athletic - subscription required)
Luton Town are set to sign Manchester United's 21-year-old English defender Teden Mengi. (Mail)
Nottingham Forest are closing in on a deal to take 22-year-old England winger Callum Hudson-Odoi from Chelsea. (Guardian)
Sheffield United are leading the race to sign Manchester City's England Under-21 midfielder James McAtee, 20, for a second loan spell at the club after spending last season at Bramall Lane. (Football Insider)
Al-Ittihad have sounded out Liverpool's 24-year-old French defender Ibrahima Konate over a possible move. (RMC Sport - in French)
Bayern Munich are set to launch a bid to sign Fulham's 28-year-old Portugal international Joao Palhinha. (Standard)
Arsenal agreed a 17.5% sell-on clause in the £35m deal that took 22-year-old United States forward Folarin Balogun to Monaco. (Mirror)
What late-night wars? Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver are all joining forces for a new Spotify podcast as their shows remain off the air due to the writers strike. The podcast, titled "Strike Force Five," will be about the Hollywood strikes themselves. "This past May, the hosts of five major late-night talk shows had an idea: to meet every week to discuss the complexities behind the ongoing Hollywood strikes," Spotify said. "What ensued was a series of hilarious and compelling conversations." Fans can now listen to these "once-private chats" via this podcast, which will run "at least" twelve episodes beginning Aug. 30, and the hosts' proceeds will go to the staff of their shows who are out of work. Get ready for plenty of confusion whenever someone tries to get "Jimmy's" attention.
Celtic face a race against time to work through a visa, work permit and international clearance paperwork for imminent arrival Luis Palma to face Rangers on Sunday. (Football Scotland)
Read all of Tuesday's Scottish gossip.
Manchester United are considering a surprise move for Tottenham's 28-year-old Denmark midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. (Telegraph - subscription required)
Al-Ittihad are ready to test Liverpool's resolve amid their insistence Egypt forward Mohamed Salah is not for sale with a $162m (£129m) bid for the 31-year-old. (CBS Sports)
Manchester United have enquired about Brentford's English defender Rico Henry, 26, as they ponder options to replace injured English left-back Luke Shaw, 28. (Mail)
But United are set to reject the latest offer from West Ham for England defender Harry Maguire, with manager Erik ten Hag keen to keep the 30-year-old amid the club's mounting injury problems. (talkSPORT)
Chelsea are considering a late move for 23-year-old Arsenal and England midfielder Emile Smith Rowe, with Barcelona pair - Spanish forward Ferran Torres, 23, and Brazilian winger Raphinha, 26 - also being considered by the Blues. (Mail)
Tottenham have entered talks with Nottingham Forest over a deal for their Wales forward Brennan Johnson, but a formal bid is yet to be submitted for the 22-year-old. (Sky Sports)
Barcelona expect to complete a loan deal for Manchester City's 29-year-old Portugal full-back, Joao Cancelo, in the coming days. (ESPN)
Nottingham Forest are closing in on the signing of Leicester's 26-year-old Nigeria midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi. (talkSPORT)
But Bayern Munich are also interested in Ndidi. (Football Insider)
Liverpool are pushing to sign PSV Eindhoven's Belgian winger Johan Bakayoko, with Everton, Burnley and Crystal Palace also interested in the 20-year-old. (Football Insider)
Nottingham Forest have submitted a bid close to 9m euros (£7.7m) for Benfica and Greece goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos, 29. (Fabrizio Romano)
Forest are also close to completing a swap deal for Bologna's 25-year-old Argentina midfielder Nicolas Dominguez, which will see Switzerland midfielder Remo Freuler, 31, move the other way. (Sky Sports)
Leeds have made an approach for Tottenham's England Under-21 right-back Djed Spence, 23, on a season-long loan deal. (Athletic - subscription required)
Saudi side Al-Ittihad are also interested in Liverpool's England defender, Joe Gomez, but the Reds have no intention of selling the 26-year-old. (Fabrizio Romano)
Brazil midfielder Fred, 30, appears to have confirmed 25-year-old Turkey goalkeeper Altay Bayindir's imminent move to Manchester United by wishing his Fenerbahce team-mate well at Old Trafford. (Manchester Evening News)
He may be "Dune" it all over again. Director Denis Villeneuve told Empire he hopes to make one more "Dune" film after "Part Two." The upcoming sequel adapts the second half of Frank Herbert's original 1965 novel, the first half of which was covered in 2021's "Dune." But there's also a second "Dune" book, "Dune Messiah," and Villeneuve hopes to turn this into a third movie. "If I succeed in making a trilogy, that would be the dream," he said, teasing that there are already "words on paper" for "Part Three." Villeneuve isn't interested in adapting the "Dune" books after "Messiah," though, noting that they're "more … esoteric. Still, when Chani said that this is only the beginning, she wasn't kidding.
Manchester City are close to signing Wolves and Portugal midfielder Matheus Nunes after submitting an improved offer for the 25-year-old. (Express)
Atletico Madrid's Portugal forward Joao Felix, 23, has been identified by Liverpool as a possible replacement for Egypt's Mohamed Salah, should the 31-year-old move to Saudi Arabia. (A Bola - in Portuguese)
Manchester United target Marcus Alonso has "made his decision" on a potential transfer to Old Trafford from Barcelona, with the Red Devils seeing the 32-year-old Spaniard as a replacement for the injured Luke Shaw. (Express)
Alonso is on a United shortlist that also includes 25-year-old Chelsea and Spain full-back Marc Cucurella. (Daily Star)
Tottenham Hotspur defender Sergio Reguilon, 26, is another name on that list, but Fulham are ahead of Manchester United in the pursuit of the Spaniard. (Telegraph - subscription required)
Portuguese striker Beto, 25, is on the cusp of completing a £24m move from Serie A side Udinese to Everton, with the Toffees keen to do more business before Friday's transfer deadline. (iNews)
AS Monaco are back in talks to sign English defender Tosin Adarabioyo, 25, from Fulham and negotiations are underway. (Fabrizio Romano)
Everton are in talks to sign 26-year-old Borussia Dortmund and Switzerland defender Nico Elvedi. (Gianluca di Marzio)
Roma have emerged as leading contenders to take Chelsea and Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 30, on loan. (Fabrizio Romano)
Tottenham Hotspur are set to launch a £50m move for Nottingham Forest and Wales forward Brennan Johnson, 22. (Evening Standard)
Marco Verratti is on the verge of moving from Paris St-Germain to Al-Arabi, after the Saudi Arabian club agreed a fee with the French side for the 30-year-old Italy midfielder. (Football Italia)
Nottingham Forest are interested in Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa, 30, as long-term target Dean Henderson nears a move to Crystal Palace. (Football Insider)
Fulham are looking to sign Belgium full-back Timothy Castagne, 27, from Leicester City. (Fabrizio Romano)
Napoli will rival Manchester United for Fiorentina's Morocco midfielder Sofyan Amrabat, 27. (Marca - in Spanish)
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