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Manchester United look at options in case Bryan Mbuemo deal falls through, Arsenal still keen on Viktor Gyokeres, Mathys Tel poised for permanent move to Spurs.

Manchester United will turn their attentions to signing Bournemouth’s Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo, 25, or Crystal Palace’s England midfielder Eberechi Eze, 26, if they fail to land Brentford’s Cameroon attacker Bryan Mbuemo, 25. (ESPN)

Arsenal are poised to return with another bid for Sporting’s Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 27, with Atletico Madrid also interested in the player. Gyokeres has already ruled out a move to Manchester United. (Record – in Portuguese)

Tottenham Hotspur are expected to make the signing of Bayern Munich forward Mathys Tel, 20, permanent following his loan spell, with the deal soon to be finalised. (Bild – in German)

AC Milan have made contact with Valencia over a move for 22-year-old midfielder Javi Guerra (Calciomercato – in Italian)

Inter Milan are ready to listen to offers for midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu, 31, with Galatasaray expressing interest in his signature. (Gazetta – in Italian)

Southampton are considering a move for Cologne’s United States striker Damion Downs, 20. (Sky Germany)

Set-piece coach Keith Andrews is a candidate to replace Thomas Frank as Brentford manager. (Talksport)

Spanish attacking midfielder Fer Lopez, 21, has agreed to join Wolverhampton Wanderers from Celta Vigo but the clubs have still to agree a fee, with some confusion surrounding the player’s release clause. (Diario AS – in Spanish)

Bayer Leverkusen want Netherlands forward Justin Kluivert after selling Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz, 22, to Liverpool and have approached Bournemouth about the 26-year-old’s availability. (Mail)

West Ham have held talks over a move for Gambia forward Adama Bojang, 21, from French side Reims and could land the player for £11m. (Mirror)

Bournemouth have agreed a deal to sign defender Adrien Truffert, 23, from Rennes, which will allow the Cherries’ Hungary left-back Milos Kerkez, 21, to complete his move to Liverpool. (ESPN)

Nottinghamshire Outlaws’ Tom Moores hit his sixth six of the innings to seal a thrilling last-ball T20 Blast victory against the Bears at Edgbaston.

With just a single needed, Moores capped his unbeaten 74 with a final flourish as the Outlaws chased down 207 to climb to fifth place in North Group in a spectacular run-fest in Birmingham.

Earlier, also at Edgbaston, superb knocks from Derbyshire’s Aneurin Donald and Samit Patel earned bottom side Falcons a much-needed victory in their East Midlands derby against Leicestershire Foxes.

Hosts Bears were put into bat by the Outlaws and in the second over lost captain Alex Davies to spinner Farhan Ahmed, who was making his T20 debut for the club.

However, a second-wicket partnership worth 116 runs between Tom Latham (69) and Dan Mousley (53) put the hosts in a commanding position.

A strong cameo from Moeen Ali, whose 34 came from just 12 balls, saw Bears past the 200 mark before Matthew Montgomery took two wickets with the final two balls of the innings.

With the bat, the Outlaws lost two wickets in the powerplay, and when Freddie McCann fell at 77-3 the hosts were strong favourites.

But a terrific fourth-wicket partnership of 107 runs between Moores and Lyndon James – who eventually fell for 50 when he was run out by Hassan Ali – steered momentum in the visitors’ direction for the first time.

In the first part of the Edgbaston Midlands double-header, Falcons took bragging rights against the Foxes by successfully chasing down a target of 197.

Leicestershire opener Sol Budinger bludgeoned 49 from 24 deliveries to set the platform as his team looked to set an imposing target for bottom side Derbyshire.

When Budinger was dismissed by veteran spin bowler Samit Patel (2-33), the Foxes had rapidly moved to 65-2 in the early stages of the eighth over.

Rehan Ahmed and Shan Masood were dismissed in quick succession by Falcons seamer Pat Brown, who finished with 3-51, but Logan van Beek (26 not out) and Ben Cox (28 not out) put on 55 in the final five overs to hand Derbyshire a tough chase.

In reply, Derbyshire opener Donald continued where he left off following Friday’s knock of 73 not out against Nottinghamshire with a terrific 60 to help them race to 80-0 after six overs.

That included the fastest half-century in the club’s history from just 18 balls – beating his own previous record set in last year’s competition.

Leicestershire were given a glimmer of hope when seamer Tom Scriven removed both openers in his first over.

And when Wayne Madsen found Matt Salisbury at deep fine leg for Scriven’s third wicket, Derbyshire were still 43 runs shy of their target with 32 balls remaining.

Sussex Sharks continued their impressive summer with a 27-run victory against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens.

Outstanding figures of 6-21 from Australian international Nathan McAndrew – the first Sussex player to pick up a six-wicket haul in T20 history – helped see off a fightback from the Welsh outfit.

Opener Harrison Ward’s half-century from just 19 balls helped the Sharks set the hosts a target of 200 to chase.

Wicketkeeper-batter John Simpson’s 41 in 26 balls and James Coles’ 28 helped the visitors’ cause, while Mason Crane was the pick of Glamorgan’s bowlers with figures of 3-44 including the wickets of Tom Alsop and Tom Clark in consecutive deliveries.

Glamorgan’s mammoth run chase began well, but when Colin Ingram fell with the hosts on 107-5 they looked in trouble.

Dan Douthwaite’s fine 40 from 18 balls put the game back in the balance. However, when he was dismissed by a good catch from sub fielder George Thomas, the hosts’ chances of victory had realistically gone.

North Group

Yorkshire v Durham (14:30 BST)

Leicestershire v Worcestershire (16:00 BST)

South Group

Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (16:00 BST)

Former England left-back Ashley Cole believes Newcastle full-back Tino Livramento has “a beautiful and bright future” and that the defender can get to “whatever level he wants”.

Cole, who won 107 caps for England, is assistant coach for the England Under-21s and was speaking after Livramento won player of the match for an impressive display at left-back in England’s 3-1 win over the Czech Republic.

England U21s are attempting to defend their European Championship title and Livramento’s performance played a big part in getting them off to the perfect start.

Cole is familiar with the 22-year-old, having worked with him when he was at Stamford Bridge as a first-team coach.

“He was in the under-21s, in the reserve group at Chelsea,” said Cole in Slovakia. “You always see the passion and level he could get to.

“I think him getting the opportunity at Newcastle and continuing to play first-team football gave him the belief, the confidence in his own ability.

“And of course, a manager that’s trusted him to play at such a young age. I think he had quite a big challenge going to Newcastle, but he’s developing into a top player.”

Head coach Lee Carsley is without a natural left-back in his squad, a position that has also been an issue in the senior team in recent years.

At last year’s European Championship in Germany, Gareth Southgate took an unfit Luke Shaw as the only natural left-back – and nine different players have featured in the position in the past year.

Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly appears to be leading the chase for that slot currently but, with limited options, Livramento will see an opportunity.

Despite being a natural right-back, Livramento often played on the opposite side for Newcastle this season and left-back could be his clearest way into Thomas Tuchel’s plans for the World Cup next summer.

Cole said: “As a coach, you stand on the sideline and see how much information he takes on board.

“And I keep saying it, but the willingness to want to learn and be the best, I think is always a great trait to have.

“Whatever level he wants to get to, he can get to because he’s got that personality and desire.

Livramento does have one senior England appearance, being given his debut by Carsley in November during his spell as interim head coach – and he set up Anthony Gordon’s second goal in a 5-0 Nations League win against the Republic of Ireland.

He was then selected in Tuchel’s first senior squad in March but has dropped back down into the under-21s, with the German wanting him to take a leadership role during the tournament.

“I see it as a privilege. Thomas [Tuchel] obviously spoke to me about the senior squad and said that he wanted to speak to Lee as well about giving me that role,” Livramento said.

“I’ve never played a tournament for England at any age group. I’ve always missed it through injuries.

Livramento left Chelsea for Southampton for £5m during Tuchel’s Blues reign in pursuit of first-team football, despite the German since admitting the club wanted to keep him.

He excelled on the south coast and, despite an injury-hit second season, moved to Newcastle in August 2023 for an initial £32m.

Canadian Grand Prix

Venue: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal Date: 15 June Race start: 19:00 BST on Sunday

Mercedes’ George Russell snatched pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

Russell beat Verstappen by 0.160 seconds to grab the fastest time just seconds after the Dutchman himself had taken it away from McLaren’s Oscar Piastri.

The Australian’s team-mate and title rival Lando Norris could manage only seventh place, behind Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton and a superb performance from Fernando Alonso in the Aston Martin.

The grid sets up a battle into the first corner between Russell and Verstappen just a race after their controversial conflict at the Spanish Grand Prix.