Transfer rumours: Nunez, Saka, Bastoni, Leao, Tchouameni, Rashford, Eriksen

Liverpool have been told it will take a club-record fee of about £85m to sign Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez, 22, from Benfica. (Times – subscription required)

Liverpool are prepared to break their transfer record to beat off competition from Atletico Madrid and Manchester United for Nunez. (Mail)

Or, Manchester United and Newcastle are the two teams closest to signing Nunez. (Sebastian Giovanelli via Star)

Manchester City have denied suggestions they are set to move for Arsenal and England forward Bukayo Saka, 20. (Mirror)

Manchester United and Tottenham are both interested Inter Milan’s Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni, 23. (Daily Mail)

Real Madrid have agreed a deal worth 100m euros (£85m) with Monaco for 22-year-old France midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni. (Athletic)

Chelsea, Newcastle and Paris St-Germain are all interested in 22-year-old Portugal and AC Milan forward Rafael Leao. (La Repubblica via Football London)

Chelsea and Tottenham are set to rival each other for the signature of 27-year-old Inter Milan and Slovakia defender Milan Skriniar. (Daily Mail)

Tottenham have opened discussions with Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford, 24, over a move to north London. (Caught Offside)

Arsenal are confident they can sign Leicester City and Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans with no Champions League-qualified club interested in the 25-year-old. (Daily Mail)

Everton have earmarked Tottenham and England midfielder Harry Winks, 26, as a possible summer signing. (the Telegraph)

West Ham sent scouts to watch Denmark and Brentford midfielder Christian Eriksen, 30, plus his international team-mate, Atalanta right-back Joakim Maehle, 25, in Nations League action on Monday with a view to a double transfer. (Star)

Leeds are set to announce the signing of 24-year-old Denmark right-back Rasmus Kristensen from Red Bull Salzburg. (Fabrizio Romano on Twitter)

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has been promised he can take the lead on transfer business by new owner Todd Boehly in a move designed to model Manchester City and Liverpool. (Telegraph – subscription required)

Brighton and Mali midfielder Yves Bissouma, 25, is no longer on Aston Villa’s list of transfer targets. However, Villa boss Steven Gerrard may still look for a new central midfielder this summer. (Athletic)

Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 33, has told a Polish podcast he is leaving Bayern Munich because he wants “more emotions” in his life and the German champions “didn’t want to listen to me to the end”. (Bild – in German)

AC Milan are hoping to complete the signing of Dutch defender Sven Botman, 22, and Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches, 24, from Lille. (90min)

Newcastle are closing in on a £12m deal to make 26-year-old English left-back Matt Targett’s loan move from Aston Villa permanent. (Daily Mail)

Leeds United have joined Southampton and West Ham in their interest of 20-year-old Red Bull Salzburg and Austria striker Junior Adamu. (Sky Sports Austria)

Former Manchester United and Netherlands forward Robin van Persie, 38, says he turned down the opportunity to join Erik ten Hag as his assistant at Old Trafford. (Mirror)

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