Man Utd make Osimhen top target – Wednesday’s gossip

Manchester United make Victor Osimhen their number one striking target but face competition for Matheus Cunha, while Aston Villa look set to win the race for 18-year-old Sverre Nypan.

Manchester United have made Napoli’s 26-year-old Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, currently on loan at Galatasaray, their top striking transfer target this summer. (Mirror)

Manchester United are hoping to pay Matheus Cunha’s £62.5m release clause in instalments, with Wolves open to splitting the payments for the 25-year-old Brazil forward. (Telegraph)

Arsenal, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest have all registered an interest in Cunha. (Talksport)

Aston Villa are set to beat Arsenal and Manchester City to the signing of Rosenborg’s 18-year-old Norway Under-21s midfielder Sverre Nypan. (Times – subscription required)

Manchester United also plan to trigger the £30m release clause in the contract of Ipswich‘s 22-year-old English striker Liam Delap. (Mail – subscription required)

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola, Fulham’s Marco Silva and Scott Parker of Burnley are potential candidates to succeed Postecoglou. (Mail)

Bayer Leverkusen have held talks with Manchester City over a deal for 22-year-old English forward James McAtee. (Florian Plettenberg)

Lee Carsley, Danny Rohl and Russell Martin are on Leicester‘s shortlist should they sack manager Ruud van Nistelrooy. (Sky Sports)

Chelsea have joined the race for Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa, 25, and will challenge Manchester United for the signature of the Portugal international. (Teamtalk)

Manchester City are also eyeing Costa as a replacement for Brazil goalkeeper Ederson, 31, who is in talks with clubs in Saudi Arabia. (Florian Plettenberg)

Newcastle are interested in Strasbourg’s 22-year-old Dutch forward Emanuel Emegha. (L’Equipe – in French, subscription required)

Everton are interested in Feyenoord’s Slovakia centre-back David Hancko, 27, but face competition from Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen. (Tuttomercatoweb – in Italian)

West Ham and Ghana winger Mohammed Kudus, 24, is a top target for Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr. (Football Insider)

Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal are interested in Barcelona’s 28-year-old Brazil forward Raphinha. (Sport – in Spanish)

Nottingham Forest have set their sights on Scottish defender Dara Jikiemi, 15, who has caught the eye in Celtic’s academy. (Football Insider)

Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal are eyeing Bayer Leverkusen’s 21-year-old Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz, who is valued at about £103m. (CaughtOffside)

Bournemouth and Spain defender Dean Huijsen, 20, is one of the top targets for Real Madrid this summer. (AS – in Spanish)

Tottenham could move for winger Marcus Rashford, 27, this summer if Aston Villa decide against making his loan move from Manchester United permanent. (Football Transfers)