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Newcastle United close in on a move for Nottingham Forest winger Anthony Elanga, Real Madrid open to selling Rodrygo and AC Milan among clubs interested in Marco Asensio.

Newcastle have made an improved £55m offer for Sweden winger Anthony Elanga, 23, and are on the verge of agreeing a deal with Nottingham Forest. (Mail), external

Real Madrid and manager Xabi Alonso are in agreement over the sale of Brazil forward Rodrygo, who has been linked with Arsenal, if a suitable offer is made for the 24-year-old. (Athletic - subscription required), external

Fenerbahce have made a 15m euros (£12.9m) offer for Paris St-Germain forward Marco Asensio but the 29-year-old is waiting on other options to emerge, with AC Milan and Villarreal interested in the Spain international. (L'Equipe - in French), external

Brentford are refusing to lower their asking price of at least £63m for Cameroon international Bryan Mbeumo and, if a deal for the 25-year-old cannot be agreed with Manchester United, they will expect the forward to report for pre-season training on Monday. (Standard), external

Como have agreed an initial £16.5m fee for Celtic's German winger Nicolas Kuhn, 25. (Sky Sports), external

Rangers are on the verge of completing a deal for Luton Town's Norway midfielder Thelo Aasgaard, 23. (Daily Record), external

Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea are among the sides chasing AZ Alkmaar's 19-year-old Dutch midfielder Kees Smit. (TBR Football), external

Al-Nassr could turn their attention to Arsenal's Brazilian winger Gabriel Martinelli, 24, after struggling to land their top target - Liverpool's Colombia forward Luis Diaz, 28. (GiveMesport), external

Inter Milan and Netherlands defender Denzel Dumfries, 29, has a 25m euros (£21.5m) release clause in his contract which is valid until mid-July and can only be triggered by a non-Italian club. (Calciomercato - in Italian), external

Portugal international Antonio Silva, 21, has turned down a move to Saudi Pro league side Al-Hilal, but the centre-back is still expected to leave Benfica. (A Bola - in Portuguese) , external

Arsenal have lost their under-21s manager Mehmet Ali to Brentford. (Football London), external

Bayer Leverkusen are set so sign United States international Malik Tillman, 23, for €35m (£30m) from PSV Eindhoven as a replacement for Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz, who the Bundesliga club sold to Liverpool for an initial £100m. (Sky Sports Germany), external

Birmingham City are in talks to bring Japan forward Kyogo Furuhashi back to the UK from Ligue 1 side Rennes. The 30-year-old cost the French club £10m when he joined from Celtic in January. (Birmingham Live), external

Birmingham have also reportedly joined the chase for SC Braga right-back Joe Mendes but face competition from Championship rivals Sheffield United and Southampton for the Swede's signature. (Expressen), external

Preston North End are set to beat Charlton Athletic and QPR to the signing of Brighton defender Odeluga Offiah. (London World, external)

Czech Republic international midfielder Lukas Cerv is attracting the interest of Norwich City. The 24-year-old is under contract at Viktoria Plzen until 2027, with Belgian giants Anderlecht also monitoring the situation. (TeamTalk), external

Parma are interested in signing Watford midfielder Tom Dele-Bashiru.

Ipswich Town have also been linked with the 25-year-old. (Football League World), external

Sheffield Wednesday could lose another of their academy stars to Manchester City, with defender Romario Collins being linked with a move to the Premier League club. He could join ex-Owl Caelan-Kole Cadamarteri in moving to City. (Sheffield Star), external