Premier League clubs are circled around Morgan Rogers like he's the last warm pie in the tray. Aston Villa's midfield man carries a price tag north of £100 million, and Manchester City want him badly enough to shop Arsenal and Chelsea out of the conversation entirely.
The Rogers situation sums up the current windowpretty neatly: everyone's looking at the same players, everyone's got similar money to spend, and nobody wants to finish second.
United's Portuguese pursuit
Manchester United hold pole position for West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes. Arsenal, Aston Villa and Chelsea are all lurking nearby, which is exactly how the se chases tend to go. Nobody's committing until someone's holding a pen.
Hayden Hackney at Middlesbrough is next on United's list, brought in at Carrick's quiet insistence. Tottenham and Crystal Palace will both give it a go for the 23-year-old as well.
Camp Nou crossroads
Ferran Torres faces an uncertain Barcelona future. Arsenal, Aston Villa and Chelsea have all shown interest in the forward, though nobody's putting pen to paper just yet.
Marcus Rashford's own Camp Nou puzzle has attracted genuine attention from Arsenal, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. His people think offers will materializeprovided the fee lands somewhere reasonable. That's a fairly large "if" attached to a player still finding his best form.
Keeper moves
Chelsea hosted Reims goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen at the ir Cobham base, trying to edge out Newcastle and Real Madrid for the 20-year-old. The French side want around €25 million.
Aston Villa and Tottenham are both eyeing Lucas Chevalier's PSG exit. He's due to leave after never quite securing the number one jersey.
Villa were also keen on Almería's Dion Lopy, but the ir €17 million offer came up slightly short of what the Spanish club wanted.
Continental chatter
Tottenham are tracking Dinamo Zagreb centre-back Sergi Dominguez, who's barely old enough to rent a car in most countries but already catching eyes at 21.
Real Madrid have Désiré Doué figured out as a possible addition after his public praise following PSG's Champions League run. Barcelona's attempt to move Bernardo Silva along depends entirely on someone else walking out the Camp Nou door first.
Ajax lead the race for Roony Bardghji on loan, though Barcelona would want a buy-back option baked in. Everyone's waiting for the domino to fall.