Newcastle have offered Bruno Guimaraes a lucrative £200,000-a-week deal in order to fend off interest from Liverpool, Real Madrid and Barcelona, making the 25-year-old Brazil midfielder their highest-paid player. Meanwhile, Liverpool are in talks with Argentina midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, 24, over personal terms and hope to complete his signing from Brighton next week. Additionally, Joao Felix has been offered to Newcastle on a loan deal by parent club Atletico Madrid, just days after Chelsea opted not to sign the 23-year-old Portugal forward on a permanent transfer. Elsewhere, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 27, has agreed to leave Chelsea for AC Milan as the Serie A club prepare a £13m offer for the England midfielder.
England captain Harry Kane, 29, is reportedly only interested in signing for Manchester United this summer, rather than move abroad, but is willing to run down his contract and leave Tottenham as a free agent next year. Real Madrid could move for Kane should French striker Karim Benzema, 35, accept a big-money offer to play in Saudi Arabia. Tottenham will step up their interest in managerial target Ange Postecoglou after his Celtic side have played in Saturday’s Scottish Cup final.
Chelsea are looking to sell Senegal centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly, 31, who was a £33m signing from Napoli last summer. The Blues have also given permission for Manchester City to open talks with their Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic, 29. Manchester United, Barcelona and Inter Milan are interested in signing France full-back Benjamin Pavard, 27, who does not want to renew his contract at Bayern Munich when it expires in 2024. Yasser Al-Misehal, president of the Saudi Arabia FA, has expressed his desire to see Argentine Lionel Messi, 35, play in their Pro League and “complete the great leap” made by Cristiano Ronaldo, 38, following the Portugal forward’s move to Al Nassr in January.
Finally, Sam Allardyce’s tenure as Leeds manager is expected to end on Thursday when he is due to meet with the club’s hierarchy. Arsenal have offered to triple William Saliba’s wages in a new contract worth £120,000 a week, but fear losing the 22-year-old France centre-back to Paris St-Germain.