Villa increase Malen bid – Saturday’s gossip

Aston Villa increase their bid for Borussia’s Dortmund’s Donyell Malen, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are keen on Wolves ‘ Joao Gomes, while Monaco enter race for Marcus Rashford.

Borussia Dortmund forward Donyell Malen has been offered 25 million euros (£21 million), but Aston Villa are still asking for 30 million euros (£25 million) for the 25-year-old. (Florian Plettenberg)

Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are interested in Wolves ‘ 23-year-old Brazil midfielder Joao Gomes. (Sun)

Monaco are the latest club to express an interest in Manchester United’s 27-year-old England forward Marcus Rashford. (Telegraph)

Barcelona are also interested in Rashford. (Fabrizio Romano)

Paris St-Germain are interested in Aston Villa’s 21-year-old Colombia striker Jhon Duran. (RMC Sport – in French)

Manchester United are attempting to persuade Tottenham to sign Paris St-Germain’s 26-year-old France international Randal Kolo Muani. (Teamtalk)

Borussia Dortmund have identified Brentford’s 23-year-old Germany forward Kevin Schade as a potential target. (Sky Sports)

New West Ham boss Graham Potter is interested in signing 26-year-old English midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and England full-back Ben Chilwell, 28, from former club Chelsea. (Teamtalk)

Brighton and Borussia Dortmund are interested in Liverpool’s 21-year-old England Under-21 winger Harvey Elliott. (Sun)

Nemanja Matic, a 36-year-old former Serbian midfielder, is being looked at by Ipswich. (Florian Plettenberg)

Bournemouth’s 28-year-old Denmark midfielder Philip Billing has flown to Italy to complete a loan move to Napoli. (Fabrizio Romano)

Everton are considering a bid for Lyon’s 21-year-old Ghana winger Ernest Nuamah. (RMC Sport – in French)

Leicester have agreed a deal to sign 25-year-old French full-back Woyo Coulibaly from Parma. (Gianluca di Marzio)

Fenerbahce have held talks with Aston Villa over a £10m deal for their 31-year-old Brazilian centre-back Diego Carlos. (Sky Sports)