Aston Villa have agreed a £35m deal to sign Spain defender Pau Torres, 26, from Villarreal. (Guardian)

West Ham are still waiting for Arsenal to present an acceptable payment plan for the £105m purchase of England midfielder Declan Rice, 24. (Sun)

Chelsea are pushing for an agreement with Brighton over the signing of Moises Caicedo, with the Ecuador midfielder, 21, having already agreed personal terms. (Fabrizio Romano)

Bayern Munich’s France defender Lucas Hernandez, 27, is on the cusp of a transfer to Paris St-Germain. (Fabrizio Romano)

Celta Vigo’s Spanish midfielder Gabri Veiga, 21, has been identified by Chelsea as the ideal replacement for Manchester United-bound England midfielder Mason Mount, 24. (Standard)

Aston Villa are considering a loan move for Barcelona’s Spain winger Ferran Torres, 23, with a purchase option of 25m euros (£21.5m). (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)

Former England midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 27, is in Italy to finalise a permanent move from Chelsea to AC Milan, who will next target Chelsea’s USA winger Christian Pulisic, 24. (Standard)

Chelsea’s Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 30, has rejected a second offer from Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal – worth £45m (£39m) a year – as he only wants to leave for Inter Milan. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)

Juventus, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen are interested in Sheffield United’s England Under-20 forward Daniel Jebbison, 19. (90min)

Manchester United and Chelsea are both interested in Aston Villa’s Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, 30. (Football Transfers)

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has blocked English goalkeeper Tom Heaton, 37, from moving to Luton Town, amid continued uncertainty over the future of Spanish keeper David de Gea, 32. (Telegraph – subscription required)

Wilfried Zaha will become a free agent on Friday, but the Ivory Coast forward, 30, remains in dialogue with Crystal Palace so could agree a new deal. (Mail)

Arsenal’s Portuguese left-back Nuno Tavares, 23, is the subject of interest from West Ham. (iNews – subscription required)

Arsenal have succeeded in convincing English midfielder Ethan Nwaneri, 16, to commit his future to the club, despite interest from Chelsea and Manchester City. (Telegraph – subscription required)

Roma manager Jose Mourinho is eyeing a double swoop on Leicester City for Nigeria striker Kelechi Iheanacho, 26, and Zambia forward Patson Daka, 24. (Express)

Leicester’s former England striker Jamie Vardy, 36, has rejected interest from Saudi Arabian side Khaleej FC. (Guardian)

Daniel Farke is on the brink of becoming the new Leeds United manager, with the club hoping to have the German, 46, in place for the start of pre-season training next week. (Mail)

Former Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira, 47, has emerged as favourite to become boss of Ligue 1 side Strasbourg. (Mail)