Welcome to 101‘s daily round-up of the top transfer news and rumours for Tuesday 31st May.
Gossip
Manchester City are in the market to make ‘a couple more’ signings this summer [Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak]
Those two signings are thought to be a left-back and a central midfielder, with Marc Cucurella and Kalvin Phillips atop their list. [The Telegraph]
West Ham are willing to sell Issa Diop this summer [Standard Sport]
The Hammers are also expected to activate the buy option in the loan of goalkeeper Alphonse Areola this summer [Fabrizio Romano]
Crystal Palace are eyeing up a move for SC Lens midfielder Cheick Doucoure [The Telegraph]
Arsenal are preparing a 25m bid for Bologna defender Aaron Hickey [Gazetta Dello Sport]
Liverpool are out of the race for Aurelian Tchouameni, with Real Madrid close to finalising a move for the midfielder. [Foot Mercato via GFFN]
Manchester United have opened talks with Ajax defender Jurrien Timber, but may have to stump up £43m to bring him to Old Trafford [The Times]
Meanwhile, they are also keeping tabs on Villareal defender Pau Torres [The Times]
But they could face competition for Darwin Nunez from Liverpool, with the Reds set to ‘do everything’ to sign the Benfica forward. [Sports Witness]
Tottenham, Arsenal and Brentford are all showing a strong interest in Middlesbrough defender Djed Spence, while Nottingham Forest would like to make his loan move permanent. [Sky Sports]
Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku ‘dreams’ of returning to Inter Milan, but any deal will be ‘really complicated’ just 12 months after the Belgian was signed for 115m euros [Fabrizio Romano]
