Man City ready to meet Chelsea's Fernandez demand - Monday's gossip

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Manchester City are ready to make Enzo Fernandez move, Liverpool consider a third bid for Yankuba Minteh, and a Barcelona full-back pushes to join Manchester United.

Manchester City are ready to meet Chelsea 's asking price for Enzo Fernandez, with the Blues wanting £120m for the 25-year-old Argentina midfielder. (Football Insider), external

Liverpool and Brighton were expected to hold fresh talks on Sunday over Gambia winger Yankuba Minteh, 22, as the Reds consider whether to make a third bid. (Ben Jacobs via TeamTalk), external

Barcelona and Spain left-back Alejandro Balde, 22, has given the green light to his agent Jorge Mendes to negotiate a move to Manchester United . (Sport - in Spanish), external

Aston Villa have made contact with Belgian side Club Brugge over the possible signing of 22-year-old Ecuador centre-back Joel Ordonez. (David Ornstein), external

Brentford are preparing an improved £37m bid for West Ham United's Senegal defender El Hadji Malick Diouf, 21. (Football Insider), external

Manchester United will not sell Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee, 25, for less than £40m amid interest from Juventus, Napoli and Aston Villa . (Sun), external

Juventus head coach Luciano Spalletti is adamant Turkey forward Kenan Yildiz, 21, will not be sold to Arsenal . (Metro), external

Barcelona are playing down reports linking them with a move for Sporting's Portugal centre-back Goncalo Inacio, 24. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Sporting head coach Rui Borges refused to rule out a move for Inacio to either Barcelona or AC Milan after leaving him out of his starting line-up in their victory over Alverca on Saturday. (Goal), external

RB Leipzig have reached a verbal agreement with AC Milan to re-sign France forward Christopher Nkunku, 28, on a season-long loan with an option to buy. (Sky Sports Germany), external

Palace to test Hammers' resolve over Bowen?

West Ham skipper Jarrod Bowen, 29, is a £50m target for Crystal Palace , despite having pledged to remain with the Hammers after relegation. (Sun, external )

Preston are lining up a loan offer for Southampton striker Cameron Archer, 24, who has not featured in Saints' opening two matches. (Daily Echo, external )

Derby are keen on a loan move for West Brom and Republic of Ireland winger Mikey Johnston, 27, and Ipswich and Albania attacking midfielder Anis Mehmeti, 25. (Alan Nixon, via subscription, external )

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