Transfer Gossip – 26th August

Jim White at Sky Sports News will be busy preparing for Transfer Deadline Day, picking which colour tie to wear as clubs look to make last minute signings to boost their squads for the winter haul. Here are some latest transfer rumours and gossip, so take a look to see if your club is looking to pick up a last minute bargain.

Premier League/European

• West Brom are interested in signing £15 million rated QPR striker Charlie Austin should Saido Berahino’s move to Spurs go through (Daily Express)
• Besiktas have agreed a deal to sign Manchester United goalkeeper Victor Valdes who has fallen out of contention at Old Trafford (Inside Futbol)
• Spurs are looking to offload full-back DeAndre Yedlin on a season long loan to enable the United States international to get more playing time (Teamtalk)
• Russian side Zenit St Petersburg have insisted that Argentine centre-back Ezequiel Garay is not for sale despite interest from Chelsea (Vital Football)
• Arsenal are reported to have made a €21 million bid for Sevilla midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak, though the Polish international reportedly has a €25 million release clause (Football Espana)
• Spurs are looking to tie up a £22 million deal for Bayer Leverkusen’s South Korean striker Heung-Min Son to bolster there attacking options (Shoot)
• Arsenal look set to miss out on Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema and have turned their attention to Russian striker Alexander Kokorin (Daily Star)
• Bournemouth will need to meet Norwich City’s valuation of their former striker Lewis Grabban if they want him to return to the Premier League new boys (Guardian)
• Mario Ballotelli has reportedly had to agree to a strict code of conduct to force through his loan move to Italian side AC Milan, who are keen to see the striker return to past glories (Liverpool Echo)
• West Ham are looking to pull off a double deal for Simone Zaza and Burak Yilmaz as they look to add firepower to their forward line (Express)
• Manchester City centre-back Jason Denayer is looking to go out on loan to either Marseille or Galatasaray after falling down the pecking order at the Etihad Stadium (Daily Record)
• PSG are the latest club behind Manchester City and Manchester United to show an interest in the signing of Wolfsburg’s Kevin De Bruyne with a €80 million bid planned (Daily Star)
• Leicester City are looking to make a bid for the highly rated Birmingham youngster Demarai Gray after having him watched by scouts (Daily Mail)