Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, 33, has agreed a five-year deal with City Football Group worth £623m that will see him spend three seasons at Manchester City before joining MLS side New York City FC. (Record)
Manchester United will not give up in their attempts to sign Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho, 20, until the England winger publicly says he wants to stay in Germany. (Sun)
Paris St-Germain have made a bid of £25m plus £5m in add-ons for Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin, with Bayern Munich and Juventus also interested in the 25-year-old Spain defender. (Guardian)
Everton have agreed to sign Colombia playmaker James Rodriguez, 29, from Real Madrid on a three-year deal. (Telegraph – subscription required)
Rodriguez and Napoli’s Brazilian midfielder Allan, 29, will both have medicals on Wednesday before completing moves to Goodison Park. (Sky Sports)
Premier League clubs will vote on Thursday on a curtailment plan to be used to determine final league positions if future seasons are abandoned. (Mail)
A second vote on the use of five substitutes in the Premier League next season is facing defeat at Thursday’s meeting. (Times – subscription required)
Chelsea want £80m for on N’Golo Kante with Inter Milan interested in the France midfielder. (Express)
However, 29-year-old Kante is keen to stay with the Blues. (Goal)
Leicester City have agreed a deal worth £22m to sign Belgium full-back Timothy Castagne, 24, from Atalanta . (Telegraph – subscription required)
Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey, 27, is keen on a move to Arsenal but the Gunners need to offload players before meeting the Ghana midfielder’s £44.5m release clause. (Goal)
Monaco have expressed an interest in Watford ‘s French midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure after Everton failed with a bid for the 27-year-old. (Evening Standard)
Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho is ready to sell the club’s record 60m euros (£53.8m) signing, 23-year-old France midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, who only joined the club in July 2019. (Sun)
Spain’s Kepa Arrizabalaga, 25, is prepared to stay and fight for his Chelsea place, even if the club are successful in signing a new goalkeeper. (Telegraph – subscription required)
Newcastle United are attempting to structure a deal for Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson, 28, that would see 30-year-old Scotland winger Matt Ritchie rejoin the Cherries, but Aston Villa are also keen on the England striker. (Sky Sports)
Fulham boss Scott Parker will sign a new three-year contract after guiding the London club back to the Premier League. (Sun)
PSG have made contact with Inter Milan and Slovakia defender Milan Skriniar, 25, who is also a target for Tottenham. (Calciomercato – in Italian)
Crystal Palace have rejected an offer in the region of £20m for Norway forward Alexander Sorloth, 24, from RB Leipzig . (Mail)
Juventus want Barcelona and Uruguay forward Luis Suarez, 33, or Roma ‘s Bosnia-Herzegovina striker Edin Dzeko, 34. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)
Al Nassr have offered Arsenal ‘s German midfielder Mesut Ozil, 31, a 20m euros (£18m) contract to join the Saudi Arabian side. (Fanatik – in Turkish)
Tottenham have announced former Swansea chairman Trevor Birch as their new director of football operations. (Evening Standard)
Fulham are looking into possibility of signing Burkina Faso winger Bertrand Traore, 24, from Lyon . (Sky Sports)