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Everton hopeful of signing Manchester City’s Jack Grealish for less than £50m, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea chase Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton, while Fulham consider Harry Wilson future.

Everton are hopeful they can sign England winger Jack Grealish from Manchester City for a figure lower than the £50m fee they agreed as part of the 30-year-old’s loan deal with the Toffees. (Telegraph – subscription required)

Manchester United are one of the clubs weighing up a January transfer window move for Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton, with Liverpool and Chelsea also interested in the 21-year-old England international. (Caughtoffside)

Chelsea tried to sign Ghana winger Mohammed Kudus, 25, before he joined Tottenham in the summer, but could not persuade West Ham to accept a player-plus-cash deal. (Fabrizio Romano)

Nottingham Forest will have an obligation to buy on-loan Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz, 27, for 25m euros (£21.6m) if the Brazil international plays 45 minutes of 15 Premier League matches this term. (La Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)

Liverpool and Manchester United are among a number of clubs keeping tabs on Ajax’s 17-year-old teenage star Jorthy Mokio, who has already been capped by Belgium and can play at the back or in midfield. (Teamtalk)

Borussia Dortmund could try to permanently sign Argentine defender Aaron Anselmino, 20, if he impresses on loan from Chelsea. (Bild – in German)

Manchester United’s 21-year-old English winger Sam Mather is in talks to make a permanent move to Turkish club Kayserispor. (Manchester Evening News)

Chelsea, Everton and Brighton all made summer enquiries with Barcelona about 18-year-old Spanish midfielder Marc Bernal. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)

Chelsea are interested in signing 20-year-old Juventus and Turkey striker Kenan Yildiz, but will have to pay £86m (100m euros). (Fichajes – in Spanish)

Fulham will look to cash in on midfielder Harry Wilson in January to avoid losing the 28-year-old Wales international for free in the summer. (Football Insider)

Everton hopeful of signing Manchester City’s Jack Grealish for less than £50m, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea chase Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton, while Fulham consider Harry Wilson future.

Everton are hopeful they can sign England winger Jack Grealish from Manchester City for a figure lower than the £50m fee they agreed as part of the 30-year-old’s loan deal with the Toffees. (Telegraph – subscription required)

Manchester United are one of the clubs weighing up a January transfer window move for Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton, with Liverpool and Chelsea also interested in the 21-year-old England international. (Caughtoffside)

Chelsea tried to sign Ghana winger Mohammed Kudus, 25, before he joined Tottenham in the summer, but could not persuade West Ham to accept a player-plus-cash deal. (Fabrizio Romano)

Nottingham Forest will have an obligation to buy on-loan Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz, 27, for 25m euros (£21.6m) if the Brazil international plays 45 minutes of 15 Premier League matches this term. (La Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)

Liverpool and Manchester United are among a number of clubs keeping tabs on Ajax’s 17-year-old teenage star Jorthy Mokio, who has already been capped by Belgium and can play at the back or in midfield. (Teamtalk)

Borussia Dortmund could try to permanently sign Argentine defender Aaron Anselmino, 20, if he impresses on loan from Chelsea. (Bild – in German)

Manchester United’s 21-year-old English winger Sam Mather is in talks to make a permanent move to Turkish club Kayserispor. (Manchester Evening News)

Chelsea, Everton and Brighton all made summer enquiries with Barcelona about 18-year-old Spanish midfielder Marc Bernal. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)

Chelsea are interested in signing 20-year-old Juventus and Turkey striker Kenan Yildiz, but will have to pay £86m (100m euros). (Fichajes – in Spanish)

Fulham will look to cash in on midfielder Harry Wilson in January to avoid losing the 28-year-old Wales international for free in the summer. (Football Insider)

Great Britain took a big step towards next year’s Davis Cup qualifiers as Cameron Norrie and Arthur Fery both won to give them a 2-0 lead over Poland.

World number 34 Norrie survived a scare against world number 545 Tomasz Berkieta to win his nation’s opening World Group 1 match 7-6 (11-9) 6-4 in Gdynia, Poland.

Fery, ranked 227 in the world, then battled to a 6-4 6-2 victory over Olaf Pieczkowski.

The 23-year-old was making an unexpected Davis Cup debut after British number three Jacob Fearnley pulled out with a rib injury.

Britain need one more win on Saturday to reach February’s first round and therefore have a shot at winning the title in 2026.

The world’s number one doubles pair, Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash, will make their debut in Saturday’s doubles, which will be followed by two reverse singles.

Britain lost 3-2 in Japan in the first round of this year’s Davis Cup, and so must win this tie to maintain their status among the elite. Defeat would mean a February play-off, which could result in relegation to World Group 2.

Fery’s call up to replace the injured Fearnley came just 24 hours before he stepped out on court to make his Davis Cup debut.

But there were no signs of nerves from the Briton as he produced a mature display against Pieczkowski, ranked 484 in the world.

“I didn’t really think it [a debut] was going to be this early on in my career, and with my ranking,” Fery, whose mum flew in from London just in time for the match, said.

“Very, very proud to be playing for Great Britain, and hopefully I can do it for many years to come.”

Fery had the better of his 21-year-old opponent in the clutch moments, converting four of his 11 break points and minimising his errors, despite some signs of fatigue.

Injury had caused him to drop out of the top 400 in the world but a monumental win over top-50 player Alexei Popyrin at Wimbledon and a first title on the Challenger tour – the rung below the ATP tour – helped him climb the rankings.

“I’ve managed to play well, when I’ve been on court,” he said. “I’ve struggled with injuries the past year and a half, but this year has been good when I have been able to play.”

Norrie had put Britain’s first point on the board earlier on Friday but was made to work for his victory over 19-year-old Berkieta, ranked 511 places below him.

The British number two was immediately on the back foot, saving two break points in his opening service game before saving set points in a tense tie-break then sealing the set with a pinpoint serve.