Football gossip: Fred, Pogba, Mbappe, Thiago, Batshuayi

Football gossip

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho wants to sign Brazilian midfielder Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk as a replacement for Paul Pogba. Manchester City are also interested in signing the 24-year-old. (Mirror)external-link

Real Madrid are interested in signing France international Pogba but president Florentino Perez will not sign the 25-year-old unless he lowers his wage demands and has a strong World Cup performance. (Express)external-link

Manchester City have set their sights on bringing Paris St-Germain's French striker Kylian Mbappe, 19, and Bayern Munich's 27-year-old Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara to the Etihad this summer. (Sky Sportsexternal-link)

Norwich City's English midfielder James Maddison, 21, is wanted by several Premier League clubs, including Tottenham, Arsenal, Everton and Manchester City. (Telegraph)external-link

Borussia Dortmund want to sign Michy Batshuayi, who is on loan at the club from Chelsea, permanently in the summer. Chelsea want in excess of £50m for the 24-year-old Belgian striker. (Evening Standard)external-link

Chelsea want to sign Nice midfielder Jean Michael Seri for a fee of £35m, but the 26-year-old Ivory Coast international is expected to wait and see who is Blues boss next season. (Mirrorexternal-link)

Left-back Luke Shaw has yet to make a decision about his future at Manchester United. The 22-year-old will consider his options at the end of the season, after having a difficult relationship with manager Jose Mourinho. (ESPN)external-link

Barcelona are lining up a £60m move for Manchester United's French striker Anthony Martial, 22, with Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon, 17, also reportedly on their radar. (Mailexternal-link)

Liverpool and Tottenham were among a host of Premier League sides to send scouts to watch Benfica's Serbian winger Andrija Zivkovic in Sunday's top-of-the-table Primeira Liga clash with Porto. (Sunexternal-link)

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino believes the shorter summer transfer window will be a "massive advantage" to Spurs' ability to make a fast start to the season. (ESPN)external-link

Huddersfield will offer manager David Wagner a new, improved two-year deal. The 46-year-old has been linked with a return to Borussia Dortmund. (Sun via Huddersfield Examiner)external-link

Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish is wanted by Leicester City, with the 22-year-old expected to leave Villa Park if the club fail to win promotion to the Premier League. (Mirrorexternal-link)

Southampton want to sign Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Keiren Westwood, 33, as a replacement for Fraser Forster, 30, who looks set to leave the Saints this summer. Celtic and Leeds are also reportedly interested in Republic of Ireland international Westwood. (Sunexternal-link)

Fulham will offer head coach Slavisa Jokanovic a new deal but will wait until the end of the season to do so. (Evening Standardexternal-link)

Manchester United's 28-year-old defender Matteo Darmian says he misses Italy and is happy Juventus are interested him. (Sky Sports Italia)external-link

Barcelona and Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta, 33, is a target for Chinese Super League clubs Tianjin Quanjian and Chongqing Dangdai. (Mirror)external-link

Manchester City's 20-year-old Venezuela midfielder Yangel Herrera, who is on loan at affiliate club New York City FC, says he is "ready for Europe". (AS, via ESPN)external-link

Former Sunderland loanee Yann M'Vila would not rule out leaving Saint-Etienne, with the 27-year-old France midfielder open to a second spell in the Premier League. (SFR Sport, via Goal.com)external-link

West Ham are lining up a summer move for 19-year-old Derby County attacking midfielder Luke Thomas. (Gloucester Live)external-link

A Manchester United fan won £7,000 after betting that his side would win the Manchester derby 3-2 and that Chris Smalling would score the winner. (Manchester Evening Newsexternal-link)

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