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Paris St-Germain are interested in 28-year-old Germany defender Antonio Rudiger, who has less than a year left on his Chelsea contract. 

Manchester United have identified West Ham’s England international Declan Rice, 22, as their first-choice midfield target in next summer’s transfer window. 

Real Madrid will target Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 33, if they fail to sign 21-year-old Norway forward Erling Braut Haaland from Borussia Dortmund next summer.

However, the La Liga club have reportedly come to a verbal agreement with Dortmund for Haaland’s transfer next summer. 

Real Madrid and a number of top Premier League teams are keeping close tabs on Fulham’s Fabio Carvalho, 19. The Portugal-born attacker, who has six caps for England Under-18s, has less than a year left on his contract at Craven Cottage. 

Borussia Dortmund have agreed a new contract with England midfielder Jude Bellingham and have no plans to sell the 18-year-old next summer, despite interest from Premier League clubs.

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Lionel Messi insisted his Paris St-Germain contract include a clause that sees the 34-year-old’s international duties with Argentina take precedence over playing for the Ligue 1 side before next year’s World Cup in Qatar. 

Barcelona will be forced to pay Liverpool a 20m euro (£17.1m) bonus if Brazil playmaker Philippe Coutinho makes more than 100 appearances for the La Liga side. The 29-year-old has played 90 games for Barca since joining them from the Reds in January 2018. 

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Manchester City are keeping tabs on AC Milan and France defender Theo Hernandez, as the 23-year-old could give Pep Guardiola’s side more options at left-back. 

Timo Werner is being tipped in German media for a return to his home country as the 25-year-old Chelsea forward is linked with a move to Bayern Munich, where he would link up with his former RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann.

Leicester midfielder Nampalys Mendy’s loan move to Galatasaray has fallen through because the 29-year-old Senegal international cannot reach Istanbul before the Turkish transfer deadline. 

Franck Kessie could leave AC Milan in January after the Ivory Coast midfielder, 24, rejected the Serie A club’s latest contract offer worth 6.5m euro (£5.9m) a year. 

Liverpool are among the clubs interested in Kessie, although Milan may seek a swap deal, with the Premier League club’s Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara, 30, moving to the San Siro. 

Donny van de Beek had agreed terms on a loan move to Everton in the summer transfer window but Manchester United blocked the 24-year-old Dutch midfielder’s exit. 

Tottenham’s Ryan Sessegnon could be set for another loan spell with the 21-year-old England U21 star set to be sent out on loan to Turkish side Fenerbahce. 

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Former Arsenal defender David Luiz, 34, is eyeing a return to his native Brazil after snubbing interest from Marseille. 

Another former Arsenal player, Mesut Ozil, is attracting interest from clubs in the MLS and Qatar with the German midfielder, 32, having fallen out of favour at Fenerbahce.