Transfer rumours: Gomez

Aston Villa boss and former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is interested in Reds and England defender Joe Gomez, 24.

Manchester United were among the clubs who scouted Colombia winger Luis Diaz playing for Porto over the weekend. Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund are also monitoring the 25-year-old, who has scored 14 goals in 18 Primeira Liga games this season.

Meanwhile, United have stepped up their search for a new manager, with Paris St-Germain head coach Mauricio Pochettino, Ajax manager Erik ten Hag, Spain boss Luis Enrique and Sevilla‘s Julen Lopetegui all under consideration. 

Newcastle United are interested in Manchester United‘s England forward Jesse Lingard, 29, and Brighton’s Mali midfielder Yves Bissouma, 25. 

Bayern Munich are interested in Chelsea’s Danish centre-back Andreas Christensen, 25, after Germany defender Niklas Sule, 26, rejected an offer to extend his contract.

Manchester City and Liverpool have held talks about signing 22-year-old Netherlands winger Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven.

Arsenal are considering Real Sociedad’s Sweden forward Alexander Isak, 22, Lille’s Canadian striker Jonathan David, 22, and Everton’s England forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin, 24, as their hopes of landing Vlahovic fade.

The Gunners, though, will have to meet a £70m release clause if they want to sign Isak before next Monday’s transfer deadline. 

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is a big fan of Calvert-Lewin but any attempt to sign him will not be made until the summer. 

Six European clubs are interested in signing Arsenal’s Gabon forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 32, who remains out of Arteta’s first-team plans.

Transfer rumours: Gomez

Aubameyang has made it clear he is not interested in moving to Saudi Arabia where he has been linked with two clubs.

Tottenham are confident of completing the £20m signing of Wolves’ Spain winger Adama Traore, 25. Wolves want £25m for the player, whose contract expires in the summer of 2023.