Sunday’s gossip: Salah, Carvalho, Mbappe, Toney, Bellingham, Van de Beek, Lenglet
The Saudi Pro League will make renewed attempts to sign Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah next summer with the 31-year-old the main target in the competition’s next phase of expansion. (Mail)
Portugal winger Fabio Carvalho is open to a return to Fulham if Liverpool are able to recall the 21-year-old from his loan spell at RB Leipzig. (Mirror)
Brentford and England striker Ivan Toney, 27, is said to be excited about the possibility of joining Arsenal. (Fabrizio Romano via Mail)
Saudi Pro League director of football Michael Emenalo says a conversation remains “open” with regard to pursuing a deal for Paris St-Germain and France forward Kylian Mbappe, 24. (Marca – in Spanish)
Chelsea and Manchester City have joined Barcelona in the race to sign River Plate’s 17-year-old Argentine midfielder Claudio Echeverri. (Mirror)
Scouts from Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, have reportedly watched Sunderland’s English winger Jobe Bellingham, 18. (Ekrem Konur)
Eintracht Frankfurt will have the option to buy Manchester United’s Netherlands midfielder Donny van de Beek, 26, for less than 10m euros (£8.5m) in the summer, after an initial loan. (Sky Germany via Florian Plettenberg)
AC Milan have asked Barcelona for information about 28-year-old France centre-back Clement Lenglet’s situation at Aston Villa. (Caughtoffside)
Manchester City wanted Everton to pay a £7.5m loan fee for 28-year-old England midfielder Kalvin Phillips in the most recent summer transfer window. (Football Insider)
Barcelona are scouting Djurgarden‘s17-year-old Swedish midfielder Lucas Bergvall. (Football Transfers)
