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BBC
Argentine forward Lionel Messi, 33, will sign a new contract at Barcelona on reduced terms, so that they can pursue targets such as Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland. Barca have told Messi they are set to begin negotiating for the Norway striker, 20. (Eurosport)
Manchester City are willing to sell England forward Raheem Sterling, 26, this summer to help finance potential moves for Borussia Dortmund's Haaland and Aston Villa's England midfielder Jack Grealish, 25. (Football Insider)
Real Madrid can afford to sign Haaland this summer despite club president Florentino Perez's claims to the contrary, says the forward's agent Mino Raiola. (AS - in Spanish)
Barcelona have made contact with Paris St-Germain over a potential move to bring Brazil forward Neymar, 29, back to the Nou Camp. (RAC1, via Sport - in Spanish)
Chelsea are set to challenge Barcelona for the signing of Adrien Rabiot from Juventus this summer, with the France midfielder, 26, available for £17m. (Calciomercato - in Italian)
West Ham, Aston Villa and Newcastle are among the clubs interested in English striker Tammy Abraham, 23, with Chelsea willing to accept £40m this summer. (ESPN)
Arsenal's Uruguay midfielder Lucas Torreira, 25, will not return for a second season on loan with Atletico Madrid but would like to join Boca Juniors. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
Leicester, AC Milan and Wolfsburg are monitoring Le Havre's Guadeloupean forward Josue Casimir, 19. (Foot Mercato - in French)
Newcastle could make a summer move for Huddersfield midfielder Lewis O'Brien, 22, as a cheaper alternative to on-loan Arsenal midfielder Joe Willock, 21. (Sun)
Meanwhile, Newcastle want to beat Celtic to the signature of Crystal Palace and Republic of Ireland midfielder James McCarthy, 30. (Teamtalk)
Aston Villa will sign a new centre-back this summer as part of a defensive makeover, with the club looking to offload Belgian defender Bjorn Engels, 26. (Football Insider)
Juventus will ask Massimiliano Allegri, 53, to return this summer and replace fellow Italian coach Andrea Pirlo, 41. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian, subscription required)
Arturo Vidal's wage demands have stalled discussions over a potential move from Inter Milan to Marseille for the Chile midfielder, 33. (Calciomercato - in Italian)
Spain forward Lucas Vazquez is close to agreeing a new deal with Real Madrid, despite Bayern Munich and Paris St-Germain making offers to the 29-year-old, who is out of contract this summer. (AS - in Spanish)
C&H
Hammers summer transfer kitty could reach £111m
David Moyes could have nearly £111m available in his summer transfer kitty if he offloads six players.
Earlier this week Claret and Hugh suggested Michail Antonio, Arthur Masuaku and Issa Diop could be sold in addition to Manual Lanzini, Andriy Yarmolenko and Felipe Anderson.
Accurate valuations can be difficult at the best of times but often website transfer market undervalue players.
The current market value as per www.transfermarkt.com of the potential outbound sales adds up to £60.75m broken down as Issa Diop £16.2m Felipe Anderson £13.5m Michail Antonio £10.8m Manual Lanzini £9m Arthur Masuaku £6.75m Andriy Yarmolenko £4.5m.
Hammers manager David Moyes has been promised all proceeds from outbound sales meaning together with a £50m summer transfer kitty that could total up to £110.75m if those valuations could be realised.
West Ham stars Declan Rice and Tomas Socuek will be off-limits with West Ham rejecting any approaches over the summer.
Portugal journalist Pedro Almeida claims that West Ham will make an initial offer of€28 million (£24m) to Blackburn for striker Adam Armstrong saying that talks are ongoing.
Armstrong scored a second hat-trick of the season in the 5-2 win over Huddersfield Town and now has 25 goals this season for the Championship club.
The 24-year-old will move into the final year of his deal this summer, which unless he extends that beyond 2022, means the upcoming window offers Rovers’ best chance of recouping a big fee for the striker.
Asked if Rovers still held hopes of holding onto Armstrong, Blackburn manager Mowbray told the Lancashire Telegraph: “Let’s wait and see. Footballers are always in charge of their contractual situation, they sign the deals or they don’t.
Rovers’ top scorer signed for the club from boyhood side Newcastle United in 2018 for around £1.75m, taking a pay cut in the process when penning a four-year deal.
Caught Offside
West Ham open talks with exciting striker who has 29 goals already this season
It’s always fun to watch a player rise through the divisions, but it appears that Ivan Toney hasn’t found a level that’s beyond him yet.
He had a couple of outstanding seasons with Peterborough as he scored 49 goals in two seasons, but his figures have actually improved this season after the step up with Brentford as he’s scored 29 goals and assisted 10 more.
That proves he’s an all-round striker who has more than just goals to his game, and it should be exciting for West Ham fans to hear a report from Goal which has indicated that talks have been opened about signing him this summer.
The report does claim that there is other interest so it makes sense to try and get this over the line as soon as possible, but Brentford will fancy their chances of going up in the playoffs so it’s possible that they’ll look to wait until the end of the season before approving anything.
Toney is still only 25 and he’s a player who’s still improving and he’s on an upwards trajectory so he looks like an excellent prospect for any Premier League club, and he could help take this West Ham team to the next level if they can complete his signing.
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