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A Bellingham could transfer to Germany while Manchester City makes a £55 million move for a midfielder, Manchester United and Newcastle are eyeing Premier League forwards.

Tijjani Reijnders, 26, is expected to cost more than £55 million, and Manchester City are now pursuing him more aggressively. (Mail)

As Manchester United look to significantly reduce their squad for the following season, they want to add Brazil’s Casemiro, 33, and Argentina’s Alejandro Garnacho, 20, to their list of players. (Telegraph requires a subscription)

Brentford’s 25-year-old forward Bryan Mbeumo, who is valued at around £50 million, has been in talks with Manchester United. (Talksport)

As they try to persuade England Under-21 player Liam Delap, 22, to join them instead of Everton, Manchester United, or Chelsea, they are holding showdown talks with Newcastle United. (TeamTalk)

Brighton’s 23-year-old Brazil international Joao Pedro also has a big interest in Newcastle. (i Paper-subscription required)

Hugo Ekitike, 22, a French international, has been discussed by Chelsea. Viktor Gyokeres, 26, and Ipswich’s Delap are both highly interested in them, as are they in particular. (Independent)

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Two days after helping his club advance, Sunderland’s 19-year-old English midfielder Jobe Bellingham is currently in Germany for transfer talks with Eintracht Frankfurt. Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund, who brother Jude played for, are both interested. (Sky Sports)

Nelson Semedo and Nelson Semedo are both wanted by Manchester United. This summer, the 31-year-old will be a free agent. Transfers of football

Florian Wirtz, a 22-year-old attacking midfielder from Germany, has been confirmed by Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes. (Sky Sport Germany, German)

Giovanni Manna, the head of Napoli‘s sports division, claims they have been working on a deal to sign 33-year-old Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne. His contract at Manchester City expires the following month. (Rai News – Italian)

AC Milan and Portugal’s Rafael Leao, 25, have all expressed interest in signing the 25-year-old’s summer signing. Chelsea, Bayern Munich, and Manchester United have all shown interest. (Teamtalk)

Newcastle have entered negotiations over a new incentive-based deal despite the fact that they have decided against exercising the option to extend Callum Wilson’s 33-year contract. (Athletic requires a subscription)

Jefferson Poirot, a Bordeaux-Begles prop, has been charged with allegedly grabbing Northampton’s Henry Pollock by the throat following Saturday’s Champions Cup match in Cardiff.

Shortly after Bordeaux won the match with a score of 28-20, Poirot, 32, was caught altercating with the England flanker.

According to European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), Poirot was charged with “acting in contravention of good sportsmanship in violation of law 9.27,” according to commissioner Tim Lowry.

The EPCR claimed in a statement that Poirot’s alleged behavior was “dangerous and had the potential to cause serious harm.”

Northampton and England fly-half Fin Smith added, “They were after him (Pollock),” in a statement after the game. They didn’t seem to like him, in my opinion.

They (Bordeaux players) appeared to be trying to get hold of him all the time, I recall.

Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Lancashire Thunder 172-6 (20 overs): Kesteven 77, Moore 4-27

Surrey 140-7 (20 overs): Franklin 41, Ecclestone 4-12

Lancashire won by 32 runs

Lancashire Thunder became the first winners of the new Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup with a 32-run victory over Surrey in the final at Taunton.

Opener Tilly Kesteven hit 77 off 60 balls, putting on 86 for the first wicket with Emma Lamb (27), while Fi Morris made a rapid 27 as Lancashire posted 172-6.

Chasing the highest total on a day which also saw the two semi-finals played, Surrey made a fast start through openers Bryony Smith (25) and Kira Chathli (21).

Earlier Lancashire beat The Blaze by seven wickets in a rain-affected second semi-final to set up a showdown with Surrey who edged to a three-wicket win over Warwickshire, with two balls to spare, in a low-scoring game.

After showers had delayed their successful semi-final chase, Lancashire soon found themselves batting again after Surrey skipper Smith won the toss and opted to field first.

She may have regretted the decision when 20-year-old Kesteven raced to her first senior fifty, off just 37 balls, as the Red Rose raced to 86-0 after 10 overs.

Lamb fell the very next ball to Tilly Corteen-Coleman, but Lancashire continued to attack.

Off-spinner Kalea Moore removed Seren Smale for a brisk 19 and three balls later knocked back Kesteven’s off-stump.

Yet Morris maintained the tempo with some late hitting, striking three fours and a huge six in a 12-ball 27, before falling to Moore (4-27) who picked up two more wickets in the final over.

In an explosive start to the chase, Chathli launched Kate Cross for two sixes, but was castled next ball by the England seamer, and Smith then hit four successive boundaries off Grace Potts before holing out going for a fifth.

Ecclestone – who sent down 15 dots – removed Paige Scholfield and Emma Jones in successive balls to pull back Surrey to 75-4 at the halfway mark.

As the run rate required climbed above 10, Franklin holed out for an enterprising 41 off 36 balls to give a third wicket to Ecclestone as Surrey slipped to 105-6.

There was defiant hitting from Moore (22 not out) and Ryana Macdonald-Gay (18), but it was too little, too late as Ecclestone had the final word by removing the latter.

On Friday, Surrey will return to action at Taunton against Somerset in the women’s T20 Blast competition, which will also feature the men’s.