Everton have made an approach for Wolfsburg's Germany winger Julian Draxler, who also interests Arsenal. The 22-year-old has a £63m release clause. (Independent)
>The Merseyside club will refuse to budge on their £50m valuation of 22-year-old England defender John Stones, who is a target for Manchester City. (Sky Sports)
Paul Pogba's world-record transfer from Juventus to Manchester United is complete, and will be announced when the 23-year-old France midfielder returns from holiday. (Manchester Evening News)
>Arsenal and Chelsea are both interested in German defender Shkodran Mustafi, 24, with the Gunners also considering a bid for West Brom's Jonny Evans, 28, to ease their defensive injury problems. (Daily Mail)
Chelsea are watching Brazil's Thiago Maia, 19, during the Olympics, as they consider making a £15m bid to take him from Santos. (Daily Mirror)
>Diego Costa, 27, is likely to stay at Stamford Bridge, after Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo said the Spain striker's "place is with Chelsea". (Marca,via ESPN)
However, Chelsea will have to work to re-sign former striker Romelu Lukaku's signature, after Everton offered the 23-year-old £135,000 a week to stay at the club. (Daily Mirror)
>Real Madrid are prepared to offer £55.1m to sign Bayern Munich's 24-year-old Austria midfielder David Alaba. (AS)
Former England captain Rio Ferdinand, 37, says that he would be interested in working under national team manager Sam Allardyce with a view to stepping up to take charge in the future. (Times)
>Sporting Lisbon striker Islam Slimani has put in a transfer request after the Portuguese side received a £16.75m bid from an unnamed English club. Everton and Southampton are both interested in the 28-year-old. (Sun)