Football Transfer Column

Wayne Rooney is struggling to find a new club with suitors unwilling to meet his transfer fee or salary demands.

Arsenal believe they have won the race for £44million Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette.

Everton boss Ronald Koeman is plotting a move for Andre Gray as striker enters final 12 months of his Burnley deal.

Huddersfield are prepared to offer a club-record £11.5m for Montpellier's Steve Mounie.

Luton midfielder Cameron McGeehan has flown back from holiday for his Barnsley medical.

Burnley boss Sean Dyche is planning an £8m raid for Huddersfield striker Nahki Wells.

Newcastle close on Benfica and Greece midfielder Andreas Samaris in a £17.5m deal as Rafa Benitez begins summer strengthening.

Chelsea put Thibaut Courtois contract talks on hold as the goalkeeper looks to double his £90,000 a week wages.

Watford are left upset as the FA reject a work permit for Venezuelan Adalberto Penaranda for a second time.

Chelsea will net £2.3m from Mohamed Salah's move to Liverpool after they inserted a sell-on clause into 2015 deal with Serie A side Roma.

Manchester United have dismissed suggestions they have agreed a deal with Chelsea's Nemanja Matic.

Chelsea are eyeing Swansea striker Fernando Llorente as a replacement for Michy Batshuayi.

Arsenal fringe players Lucas Perez, Kieran Gibbs and Wojciech Szczesny fear they are being priced out of a summer transfer switch.

Goalkeeper Steve Mandanda is refusing to return to Crystal Palace for pre-season training after losing his place to Wayne Hennessey.

Manchester United have received a Renato Sanches transfer boost with Bayern Munich slashing his price-tag from £30.5m to £23m.

Chelsea are ready to release Loic Remy for a nominal fee to allow the striker to relaunch his faltering career.

Liverpool are prepared to lead the bidding for Kylian Mbappe if they receive any encouragement from the France striker that he sees the next phase of his career in England.

Antonio Conte is prepared to sanction the sale of Nemanja Matic to Manchester United in order to accelerate the signing of Tiemoue Bakayoko in what will be the start of an extensive rebuild of the Chelsea squad.

Middlesbrough defender Ben Gibson is still keen to leave the club despite an attempt by new manager Garry Monk to keep him on Teesside.

Manchester City want a buy-back option on striker Kelechi Iheanacho, the Nigeria international who has become a target for West Ham and Leicester City and has attracted interest across the Premier League this summer.

Paris St Germain are determined to beat Arsenal and Real Madrid to the signature of Monaco sensation Kylian Mbappe by launching a world-record £119m bid for the striker.

Arsenal are ready to sell Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Liverpool with as many as eight other first-team players following him out the exit door.

RB Leipzig must "live with the fact they are destroying the dreams" of Emil Forsberg, according to his agent, as the midfielder pushes for a move to Arsenal.