Welcome to 101‘s daily round-up of the top transfer news and rumours for Sunday, July 3rd.
Gossip
Villareal have sounded out a potential move for Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin, with the defender thought to be valued at £10m [Estadio Deportivo]
Crystal Palace are set to challenge Nottingham Forest in the chase for Wolves midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White [The Sun]
Barcelona are ‘optimistic’ about tying down Ousmane Dembele to a new contract despite the Frenchman currently being a free agent [Fabrizio Romano]
Both Manchester United and Arsenal are still in the race for Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez, with the Gunners having scheduled another meeting for the player next week [David Ornstein]
Manchester United’s signing of Tyrell Malacia is set to be completed on Monday [BBC Sport]
Brentford are set to sign Bologna fullback Aaron Hickey, with Arsenal’s interest never firming up into a bid [Fabrizio Romano]
Arsenal have instead enquired about Benfica defender Alez Grimaldo [The Sun]
Everton are in advanced talks for Udinese defender Rodrigo Becao and have joined the race for Tyler Adams [The Liverpool Echo]
Roberto Firmino is set to hold talks with the Liverpool hierarchy over his future amid interest from Juventus [The Liverpool Echo]
Manchester United are continuing to stress that Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale, despite the forward wanting to leave the club this summer [Fabrizio Romano]
Napoli, Chelsea and Bayern Munich could all be ready to make a move for the striker [The Athletic]
Erik ten Hag wants to replace the forward with Ajax winger Antony, who is expected to cost around £80m [The Mirror]
Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City are all chasing Bayern Munich forward Serge Gnabry this summer too [Daily Star]
Fulham want Lyon defender Leo Dubois on loan this summer, but the French club would prefer a permanent sale [L’Equipe]
