Football transfer rumours: Chelsea plot Mbappe bid; Arsenal eye Kvaratskhelia

Chelsea are looking to negotiate a cash-plus-players deal to sign Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain, with the French side understood to be encouraging an offer. (Record)

Real Madrid hope to sign midfielder Nicolo Barella from Inter and have been warned it will cost them around €80m to get a deal done. (Calciomercatoweb)

Manchester City believe they will sign centre-back Josko Gvardiol from RB Leipzig before the summer transfer window closes. (Football Insider)

Arsenal are looking into the signing of Brentford goalkeeper David Raya, who has already been the subject of a rejected loan bid from Bayern Munich. (The Athletic)

But City face real competition from a number of Premier League rivals and Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United have all submitted offers to try and hijack the deal for Gvardiol. (Fichajes)

Liverpool officials have met with Celta Vigo manager Rafa Benitez over the signing of midfielder Gabri Veiga, who would be sent straight out on loan if a deal can be struck. (Ben Jacobs)

Arsenal have expressed an interest in signing Napoli winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia this summer. (Football Transfers)

Just £2.5m separates Tottenham and Roma in negotiations over centre-back Roger Ibanez, with another meeting between the two sides set for this week. (Roma Giallorossa)

Barcelona plan to pursue a new right-back with the money raised from Ousmane Dembele‘s potential move to Paris Saint-Germain. Joao Cancelo and Ivan Fresneda are both on their radar. (Fabrizio Romano)

A third bid from Wolves is expected to land on the table of Bristol City over midfielder Alex Scott, after offers of £18m and £20m were already rejected. (Dean Jones)

Source: 90mins