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Newcastle United midfielder Bruno Guimaraes

Arsenal and Manchester City are considering a summer move for Newcastle United’s Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 26. (Telegraph – subscription required)external-link

Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva has decided to leave Manchester City and the 30-year-old, who has a release clause of £50m, is keen to make a switch to Barcelona. (Sport – in Spanish)external-link

Chelsea are enquiring about RB Leipzig and France centre-back Castello Lukeba, 21, who has a £60m release clause in his contract with the Bundesliga club. (FootMercato – in French)external-link

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is keen for the club to bring in another striker in the summer to bolster his attack. (Goal)external-link

Manchester United are at least £13m apart from Newcastle United in their attempts to agree a compensation deal for sporting director Dan Ashworth, who has been placed on gardening leave by the Magpies. (Telegraph – subscription required)external-link

Chelsea defender Thiago Silva, 39, has reached a verbal agreement with Fluminense, with the Brazilian out of contract at the end of the season. (Goal)external-link

Former Arsenal and Manchester United striker Robin van Persie is close to taking up his first managerial post, after holding talks with Dutch top-flight club Heerenveen. (Algemeen Dagblad – in Dutch) external-link

Real Madrid plan to extend the contract of 32-year-old Spanish defender Lucas Vazquez, whose current deal runs out in June. (AS – in Spanish)external-link

Paris St-Germain are in pursuit of Barcelona’s 16-year-old Spain prodigy Lamine Yamal. (Le Parisien – in French)external-link

Manchester United are interested in Inter Milan and Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni, 25, and are prepared to offer about £52m. (Fichajes – in Spanish)external-link

Dutch club Feyenoord are interested in Tottenham’s 23-year-old Spain winger Bryan Gil, who is expected to leave Spurs in the summer. (Standard) external-link

France striker Olivier Giroud, 37, will sign a contract with Major League Soccer (MLS) club Los Angeles FC and will join them on a free transfer in the summer when his AC Milan deal comes to an end. (RMC Sport – in French)external-link

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