Transfer news LIVE: Arsenal lead race to sign £50m target, Spurs Gakpo agreement

The Sun are suggesting that Manchester United are interested in signing Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton.

A fee of around £85m is being rumoured as the price to take the England international away from the Eagles.

That seems within budget for United and would be a satisfying transfer for the fans.

Enzo Fernandez is set to stay at Chelsea after the club's 5pm Friday deadline passed without any acceptable bids being received.

The club laid down terms on Thursday that they expected either to receive a written bid matching their £120m valuation of the player or they would consider the matter of his future closed, and would not entertain any subsequent offers.

It is understood that the verbal terms and conditions that were made available to Fernandez's representatives for potential suitors at end of May are now off the table, and the club expects him to stay.

Manchester City are the last remaining club with a known interest in signing the World Cup winner, after Real Madrid publicly stated in July that they would not be pursuing Fernandez.

The 25-year-old worked with City boss Enzo Maresca during their 18 months together at Stamford Bridge and the Italian is known to admire the player.

It was thought that, with a £52m deal having been agreed to sell Tijjani Reijnders to Saudi Pro-League outfit Al-Qadsiah, funds would be freed up for City to take Fernandez to the Etihad Stadium as a like-for-like replacement for Rodri, who looks set to join Barcelona.

However, unless Chelsea can be persuaded into a U-turn and be brought to the negotiating table, Fernandez will still be at Stamford Bridge when the transfer window closes on 1 September.

Arsenal are in contention to sign Brighton midfielder Jack Hinshelwood.

That's according to The Sun, who reported earlier that Mikel Arteta is a fan of the 21-year-old. Hinshelwood can play across the midfield as well as at full-back. He scored four goals in 27 Premier League appearances last season.

Brighton would value their academy graduate at around £43m, potentially up to £50m in add-ons.

Meanwhile, Gabriel Martinelli has turned down the chance to join Galatasaray after the Turkish club explored a bid for the Arsenal winger.

It is known that Arsenal want to upgrade their attack this summer and Martinelli was reportedly part of talks for striker Victor Osimhen.

Ruben Dias is in pole position to become Manchester City's next captain – because Erling Haaland scores so many goals.

New manager Enzo Maresca is yet to pick the next skipper, after Bernardo Silva left to join Real Madrid, but for now defender Dias and striker Haaland are the only two of the previous leadership group left in contention.

But Maresca likes to call his captain over to the touchline to make tactical changes after his side scores, which counts against Haaland, who got 38 goals last season and has 162 in four years with City.

That points to Dias leading the team, with Maresca saying: “Because if he scores he can't celebrate, yes.

“Ruben has shown during his time at this club how he is as a player, in terms of leadership. It's important for the captain and the leader to know that the reason they are captain is because I expect more from them. It's not because I give them more freedom or advantage. It's the opposite, the leadership group and captains have to show more and give more than the others.â€

Tijjani Reijnders's fleeting time at Manchester City is almost over. The Dutch international is on the verge of joining Saudi Arabian club Al Qadsiah in a transfer worth around £55m. Will he lift the “Pride of the Eastern Province†to Saudi Pro League glory? Who knows? Also: who cares?

Amid the summer transfer churn, perhaps it is not a particularly eye-catching or noteworthy deal. City will make a small profit on a player they bought for £45m last summer. City fans won't shed many tears. Reijnders is far from the first Premier League player to accept Saudi Arabian riches, and he won't be the last.

But there is something jarring and a little bleak about the road from AC Milan's marauding midfielder to Al Qadsiah's flagship signing in little over a year.

Newcastle are close to agreeing a deal with Benfica to sign right back Amar Dedic.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina international is due to arrive before next week's Premier League opener and will become their first signing under new manager Matthias Jaissle.

Dedic, 23, previously worked with Jaissle at Red Bull Salzburg.

The fee for the right back, who replaces Kieran Trippier and will provide competition to Tino Livramento, is around £30m.

Dedic could be immediately thrust into action in Sunday's opener against Liverpool as Livramento is still sidelined by the calf injury that forced him to miss the World Cup.

Tottenham Hotspur are set for a busy end to the transfer window, according to Miguel Delaney in his Inside Football newsletter. With Savinho set to be secured for a fee of £65m plus add-ons from Manchester City, they are still chasing Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo, and there may even be a right-winger as Roberto De Zerbi has been toying with playing Mohammed Kudus more centrally.

Spurs have been linked with Victor Osimhen, too, who has been offered to several Premier League clubs. Gakpo, a major target all summer, has reached an agreement with Tottenham over personal terms, according to reports in the Netherlands. Liverpool maintained that they would not consider letting Gakpo leave without a suitable replacement.

And Atletico Madrid have signed Tottenham captain Cristian Romero in a £34.2m deal. A great player on his day, a liability as a centre-back and captain on others, Spurs will be happy to get this deal done. Romero signs a five-year deal at Atletico.

Liverpool's pursuit of Bradley Barcola is set to rumble on until late in the transfer window.

While signing a new winger is a priority for Andoni Iraola's side, Paris Saint-Germain are refusing to budge from their huge £145m asking price.

PSG, though, have been active in this summer's transfer market. They have signed Ferran Torres from Barcelona, pursued Yan Diomande before he signed for Real Madrid, while the agent of Mika Godts, the Ajax winger, has claimed that PSG have agreed to pay £47m for the 21-year-old.

Where does it leave Barcola, who is behind Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the pecking order at PSG? Liverpool are prepared to play the long game, but Arsenal could also reignite their interest.

Barcelona are set to make a third bid of around £60m for Rodri but are still set to fall £10m short of Manchester City's valuation of the Ballon d'Or winner.

Those negotiations are running parallel to talks on Enzo Fernandez, where Chelsea themselves are insisting on £120m.

City are considering Fernandez and Morocco's Ayyoub Bouaddi as midfield reinforcements while they are set to sell Tijjani Reijnders to Al Qadsiah for £51m.

Fernandez is set to stay at Chelsea after the club's 5pm Friday deadline passed without any acceptable bids being received.

Unless Chelsea can be persuaded into a U-turn and be brought to the negotiating table, Fernandez will still be at Stamford Bridge when the transfer window closes on 1 September.

And Ruben Dias is in pole position to become Manchester City's next captain – because Erling Haaland scores so many goals.

Arsenal have expressed an interest in signing Jarell Quansah and have opened talks with Bayer Leverkusen over a move for the England international.

Mikel Arteta wants to add a defender to his squad following the injury to William Saliba and there is a gap between Arsenal and Aston Villa when it comes to the valuation of Ezri Konsa.

Quansah, who joined Leverkusen from Liverpool last summer, can play at both centre-back and right-back, so fits what Arteta wants from a member of his defence.

Meanwhile, Mikel Arteta has admitted that Ethan Nwaneri may have to leave Arsenal to find the regular football he needs to fulfil his potential.

Arsenal are also in contention to sign Brighton midfielder Jack Hinshelwood, according to The Sun. Hinshelwood can play across the midfield as well as at full-back.

While a deal for Myles Lewis-Skelly to Chelsea or Manchester United is considered highly unlikely.