Gallagher set for Atletico Madrid – Thursday’s gossip

Atletico Madrid “extremely confident” of signing Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher, Fulham bid for Arsenal’s Emile Smith Rowe and Trent Alexander-Arnold to stay at Liverpool despite interest from Real Madrid.

Atletico Madrid are “extremely confident” of securing a deal to sign Chelsea and England midfielder Conor Gallagher, 24. (Team Talk)

Crystal Palace are targeting a move for Marseille and Senegal winger Ismaila Sarr, 26. (Standard)

Inter Milan are hopeful Arsenal‘s pursuit of Bologna and Italy defender Riccardo Calafiori, 22, will force them to sell 24-year-old Poland defender Jakub Kiwior. (Standard)

Manchester United are considering a move for 25-year-old Denmark midfielder Morten Hjulmand from Sporting Lisbon. (FootballTransfers)

Chelsea are closing in on a deal to sign Villarreal and Denmark Under-21 goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen, who has also attracted interest from Marseille. (Athletic – subscription required)

Chelsea have offered £17m plus add-ons for the 22-year-old Jorgensen in a bid to strengthen their goalkeeping options. (Mail)

Trent Alexander-Arnold, 25, wants to stay with Liverpool despite the English full-back attracting interest from Real Madrid. (Mirror)

Real Sociedad president Jokin Aperribay has denied there are any talks ongoing with Liverpool over a potential deal for Japan winger Takefusa Kubo, 23. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)

Newcastle are eager to push through a move for AC Milan and Germany defender Malick Thiaw, 22, for about £35m. (Times – subscription required)

Fulham will make an improved offer for Arsenal’s Emile Smith Rowe. The Cottagers and Crystal Palace have both had transfer bids for the 23-year-old English midfielder turned down by the Gunners this month. (Sky Sports)

Leicester City are rivalling West Ham for Arsenal’s 24-year-old English winger Reiss Nelson. (Times – subscription required)

Arsenal are willing to listen to bids for England forward Eddie Nketiah, with Marseille emerging as a potential destination for the 25-year-old. (Mirror)

Manchester United are set to intensify their search for a full-back with Bayern Munich‘s Moroccan international Noussair Mazraoui, 26, thought to be a potential option. (Telegraph)

Manchester United must wait to sell Aaron Wan-Bissaka before recruiting a replacement full-back, with West Ham interested in the 26-year-old English defender. (Manchester Evening News)

Everton are closing in on a loan deal for Napoli attacking midfielder Jesper Lindstrom. The 24-year-old Dane would be the Premier League club’s fourth summer signing. (Liverpool Echo)

Nottingham Forest have held talks with Argentine club Talleres about the possibility of signing 24-year-old Paraguay winger Ramon Sosa. (Nottingham Post)

Liverpool’s Dutch defender Sepp van den Berg is set to leave Anfield this summer amid interest from Hoffenheim and Mainz. (Florian Plettenberg)