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Manchester United are close to reaching an agreement with Real Madrid to sign France defender Raphael Varane, 28, for about 50m euros (£42m). (Marca)

United also believe they may be able to sign Spain midfielder Saul Niguez from La Liga champions Atletico Madrid for about £45m. The 26-year-old has also been linked with Barcelona and Juventus. (Mail)

Borussia Dortmund appear set to seal a £26m move for Liverpool target Donyell Malen, 22. They view the PSV Eindhoven and Netherlands forward as a direct replacement for England forward Jadon Sancho after the 21-year-old’s move to Manchester United. (Fabrizio Romano)

Argentina winger Erik Lamela, 29, is close to finalising his move from Tottenham to Sevilla, with Spain winger Bryan Gil, 20, moving in the opposite direction. (Marca)

Newcastle may turn to Chelsea and England midfielder Ross Barkley, 27, if they fail to sign his compatriot Joe Willock, 21, from Arsenal. (The Athletic – subscription required)

Juventus have scheduled new talks with Sassuolo as they step up their pursuit of Italy midfielder Manuel Locatelli, who has also been linked with Arsenal. (Goal)

Paris St-Germain have held talks with Kalidou Koulibaly’s agent as they weigh up a move for the 30-year-old Napoli and Senegal defender. (Corriere dello Sport – in Italian)

Spain playmaker Isco, 29, will not be offered a new contract by Real Madrid. His current deal expires next summer. (AS – in Spanish)

Chelsea and Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour, 20, showed off his vocal talents by belting out a karaoke classic at a bar in Norwich, where he is on loan this term. (Sun)

Juventus have rejected an £86m bid from Liverpool for Federico Chiesa. The winger, 23, starred for Italy at Euro 2020. (Repubblica)

Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton are all considering a move for Argentina forward Joaquin Correa, 26, who is expected to leave Lazio this summer. (Corriere dello Sport)

Manchester United may look to sell France forward Anthony Martial, 25, with Tottenham interested in the France forward. (Star)

United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants France midfielder Paul Pogba, 28, to stay amid interest from Paris St-Germain. (Manchester Evening News)

PSG and Netherlands midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, 30, says he “didn’t feel loved” and was singled out for social media criticism before his departure from Liverpool in June. (Observer)

England captain Harry Kane, 27, is to miss start of Premier League season after his exertions at the European Championship. The Tottenham forward favours a move to Manchester City.(Telegraph)

Arsenal hope to confirm the £50m signing of England defender Ben White, 23, from Brighton after his medical this weekend. (Mail)

The Gunners are also looking at the possibility of signing Switzerland midfielder Denis Zakaria, 24, who has expressed a desire to leave Borussia Monchengladbach. (Mirror)

Crystal Palace are closing in on a £20m move for Lyon and Denmark defender Joachim Andersen, 25, and remain in talks over a deal for Schalke and Turkey centre-back Ozan Kabak, 21. (Mail)

Watford have had a £15m bid for Adam Armstrong, 24, turned down, with Blackburn holding out for £25m for the former England Under-21 forward. (Sun)

The Hornets’ long-serving captain Troy Deeney, 33, was called ‘Tom Deeney’ on the teamsheet for Saturday’s friendly against West Brom. (Sun)

Chelsea are poised to submit a £130m bid for Borussia Dortmund’s Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, 22, after owner Roman Abramovich gave his blessing to proceed with what would be a club-record deal. (Football Insider)

Inter Milan are demanding at least £102.5m from Chelsea for Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 28, if the Blues are unable to sign Haaland. (Metro)

Manchester City have reached an agreement with Jack Grealish and are ready to offer Aston Villa £90m for the England winger, 25. (Football Insider)

Manchester City say reports they have agreed a £160m deal for Tottenham striker Harry Kane are nonsense. (Manchester Evening News)

Tottenham maintain they have no intention of selling the 27-year-old England captain this summer. (Football London)

Although Kane is increasingly confident Tottenham are willing to let him move on. (Times)

Manchester City have agreed personal terms with Kane of £350,000 a week and are willing to bid as much as £120m. (Star)

Manchester United anticipate a formal approach from Paris St-Germain this summer for France midfielder Paul Pogba, 28. (Telegraph)

France striker Kylian Mbappe, 22, has told PSG he does not intend to sign an extension to his contract, which runs to 2022, and wants to leave the club this summer or next. (AS – in Spanish)

Rennes’ France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga favours a move to Spain after talks between Manchester United and the 18-year-old’s representatives were described as “not encouraging”. (Manchester Evening News)

Barcelona believe if Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, leaves Juventus this summer, the Italian club would be willing to take their France forward Antoine Griezmann on loan, with an option to buy the 30-year-old. (Sport – in Spanish)

Arsenal will not be offering a new contract to 30-year-old French striker Alex Lacazette and are inviting bids of about £15m for their former record signing to help fund a move for 23-year-old Chelsea and England forward Tammy Abraham. (Sun)

Liverpool are looking to tie forward Mohamed Salah, 29, down to a new deal in the near future with the Egyptian’s contract running until the summer of 2023. (Liverpool Echo)

Fulham are closing in on a £10m move for Liverpool’s Wales winger Harry Wilson, 24. (Sun)

Bayer Leverkusen have rejected a £30m offer from Aston Villa for 23-year-old Jamaica winger Leon Bailey. (Football Insider)

Manchester City’s 24-year-old Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus tops Juventus’ list of summer targets. (Calciomercator – in Italian)

Juve are also set to relaunch their attempts to sign 23-year-old Italy and Sassuolo midfielder Manuel Locatelli. (Daily Mail)

South American clubs Boca Juniors, Flamengo and Club America have all shown interest in Inter Milan’s Arturo Vidal, but the 34-year-old Chile midfielder wants to play for one more European club before returning to Colo-Colo to finish his career. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)

Manchester City are prepared to offer one of Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus, 24, Algeria captain Riyad Mahrez, 30, Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva, 26, or England attacker Raheem Sterling, 26, as part of a deal to tempt Tottenham to sell England captain Harry Kane. (FourFourTwo)

Kane could be set to earn a £400,000-a-week deal at Manchester City with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy having sanctioned his departure last week. (Sun)

France striker Kylian Mbappe, 22, is set to reject Paris St-Germain’s latest contract offer and has his heart set on a move to Real Madrid, despite the French club’s pursuit of 28-year-old Manchester United midfielder and international team-mate Paul Pogba. (Marca – in Spanish)

Pogba is expected to leave Manchester United this summer after rejecting a £350,000-a-week deal with the Premier League club not prepared to let him run down his contract and leave for free in 2022. (Mirror)

Manchester United are also struggling to reach an agreement with Real Madrid to sign France centre-back Raphael Varane, 28. The La Liga club are demanding £50m for the defender with United only willing to pay £40m. (Mirror)

Liverpool are one of several European clubs weighing up a potential move for AC Milan’s Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessie, 24. (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Newcastle are confident of securing Southampton and Gabon midfielder Mario Lemina, 27, after holding talks with a number of midfield targets who are out of the club’s price range. (Northern Echo)

Eden Hazard, 30, has already made his feelings clear that a return to Chelsea is out of the question after Spanish media reported the Belgium midfielder had been offered to the Blues as Real Madrid look to offload him. (Mirror)

Arsenal have been told by Sheffield United to raise their offer for 32-year-old Aaron Ramsdale to more than £32m after having two bids rejected for the goalkeeper. (Times – subscription required)

Atalanta are interested in signing Colombia defender Davinson Sanchez, 25, as part of a deal that could see Argentina centre-back Cristian Romero, 23, move to Tottenham this summer. (Gianluigi Longari for Sportitalia)

Chelsea have opened talks with 21-year-old English right-back Dujon Sterling over a new contract. Chelsea’s development squad coaches are understood to be impressed with Sterling’s recovery and return to full fitness following a career-threatening injury. (football.london)

Chelsea are also interested in Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero, 34, who is a free agent after his Manchester United contract expired, as the Blues continue their search for a third-choice stopper to provide cover for Edouard Mendy and Kepa Arrizabalaga. (Telegraph – subscription required)

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka is close to completing a move to Roma with the Serie A club keen for the Switzerland captain, 28, to join in time for their pre-season tour of Portugal next week. (Daily Mail)

Aston Villa could make an offer for River Plate’s 21-year-old Argentina forward Julian Alvarez over the next week. (TNT Sports – in Spanish)

Tottenham and United States defender Cameron Carter-Vickers, 23, is the subject of interest from Newcastle, who are keen to land a centre-back after Brentford won the race to sign Celtic’s Norway international defender Kristoffer Ajer, 23. (90Min)

Chelsea have spoken to the agent of Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 32, about a possible move to Stamford Bridge. (Bild, via Sun)

Arsenal are preparing a bid of £30m for Sheffield United’s English goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, 23. (TalkSport)

However, the Gunners have been told to raise their offer for Ramsdale to more than £32m after having two offers rejected. (Times)

Chelsea are willing to let English striker Tammy Abraham join Premier League rivals Arsenal on loan. Tottenham and West Ham are also keen on the 23-year-old. (Sun)

German forward Timo Werner, 25, is open to leaving Chelsea this summer and would ideally prefer a return to the Bundesliga. (90min)

Liverpool could sell English centre-back Nat Phillips, 24, Welsh winger Harry Wilson, 24, Belgian forward Divock Origi, 26, Wales full-back Neco Williams, 20, and Switzerland midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, 29, as they look to raise £60-70m. (Liverpool Echo)

Liverpool have identified West Ham’s 24-year-old English forward Jarrod Bowen as a potential transfer target. (Athletic, via Metro)

Paris St-Germain are interested in Manchester United’s France midfielder Paul Pogba, 28, but the French club will need to sell players first. (Sky Sports)

Manchester United are leading Arsenal in the race to sign Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves, 24, for £35m from Wolves this summer. (TalkSport)

United remain in discussions with Real Madrid’s France defender Raphael Varane, 28. (Daily Express)

Meanwhile, United have offered Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka £200k-a-week to sign when the 26-year-old’s Bayern Munich deal expires next summer. (Daily Mail)

But Real Madrid have also already made contact with Gortezka about a move. (Bild, via Marca)

Aston Villa are in advanced talks to sign Norwich City’s 23-year-old English midfielder Todd Cantwell. (Football Insider)

Villa are also ready to move for Bayer Leverkusen’s 23-year-old Jamaican winger Leon Bailey, who is valued at between £25m-£30m. (Daily Mail)

Crystal Palace are negotiating with Schalke over a deal for Turkey defender Ozan Kabak, 21. He could cost £10-12m. (Guardian)

Everton have joined the list of clubs interested in 28-year-old English forward Jesse Lingard’s situation at Manchester United. (Sun)

West Ham manager David Moyes will target Chelsea’s English midfielder Ross Barkley, 27, if the club cannot sign Lingard. (90min)

Newcastle United are likely to pay £13m if they are to sign 21-year-old Sweden midfielder Jens-Lys Cajuste from FC Midtjylland. (Chronicle)

Newcastle hope to reach agreement with Southampton over a £4m deal for Gabon midfielder Mario Lemina, 27, this week. (Daily Mail)

Leeds United are close to signing Chelsea’s 18-year-old English midfielder Lewis Bate. The Blues are expected to include a sell-on clause, but not a buy-back option. (Leeds Live)

Dutch midfielder Donny van de Beek, 24, is determined to stay at Manchester United this summer despite interest from clubs in Italy, Spain and Germany. (Manchester Evening News)

Juventus are close to agreeing a deal with Sassuolo for Italy midfielder Manuel Locatelli, 23. (Corriere dello Sport – in Italian)

Barcelona are facing a wage bill crisis and could be forced to make £441m worth of cuts to meet La Liga’s salary cap. (Star)

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is a target for Paris St-Germain this summer and the Ligue 1 side are seeking to sell players to raise the £50m they believe will secure a deal. (Mirror)

United are yet to be contacted by PSG over a possible move for 28-year-old France international Pogba. (Manchester Evening News)

Real Madrid’s France centre-back Raphael Varane, 28, is keen for a move to Manchester United to be completed within the next few days. (AS – in Spanish)

Barcelona are desperately trying to sell players in order to fund a new contract for Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 34, before the start of the season. (Guardian)

The agent of Juventus’ Italian midfielder Nicolo Fagioli, 20 – subject of a potential swap deal for Sassuolo’s 23-year-old Italy midfielder Manuel Locatelli – has confirmed rivals Arsenal have tabled a £34m offer for the latter. (Sky Italy, via London Evening Standard)

Arsenal are willing to offer Leicester City a number of players – including 21-year-old English winger Reiss Nelson – as part of a deal to sign England midfielder James Maddison, 24. (Daily Mail)

The Gunners are stepping up their pursuit of Barcelona’s Brazilian goalkeeper Neto, 31. (Mundo Deportivo, via The Sun)

Chelsea might make a bid of £135m for Borussia Dortmund and Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, 20. (ESPN, via 90 min)

Tottenham are close to agreeing a deal with Sevilla for Spanish winger Bryan Gil which will see Argentine forward Erik Lamela move to the La Liga club. (Sky Sports)

Spurs will pay £21.6m for 20-year-old Gil, plus performance-related add-ons. (Guardian)

Manchester United are open to making two more major signings before the transfer window closes in six weeks’ time, with Atletico Madrid and England full-back Kieran Trippier among their top targets. (Manchester Evening News)

United remain keen on signing Trippier, 30, despite Atletico Madrid demanding in excess of £18m. (TalkSport)

Juventus are considering a shock swap deal which would see Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, join PSG in return for their 28-year-old Argentina striker Mauro Icardi. (L’Equipe via Daily Star)

Juventus have set a £35m asking price for Turkish 21-year-old defender Merih Demiral, who has been linked with a move to Everton. (Goal)

Leeds United are favourites to sign Chelsea’s English 18-year-old midfielder Lewis Bate. (Daily Mail)

Bayer Leverkusen’s 25-year-old English winger Demarai Gray had a medical on Tuesday as he moves closer to signing for Everton. (Sky Sports)

Chelsea are looking at former Fulham goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli, 29, as potential third-choice cover this coming season. (The Telegraph)

However, Aston Villa are also keen on English keeper Bettinelli as competition for Emiliano Martinez and Jed Steer. (Daily Mail)

Manchester City might still have a decision to make over whether academy star Liam Delap should be loaned out this season, with Preston North End understood to be interested in the 18-year-old English striker. (Manchester Evening News)

Brentford are set to beat Aston Villa to the signing of 18-year-old English goalkeeper Matthew Cox from AFC Wimbledon. (Football Insider)

One of the key aspects in identifying which grassroots football teams would benefit from Manchester City’s recent defibrillator donation came down to distance.

Manchester City has worked with the Manchester County Football Association to finalise the distribution list, with the likes of Collyhurst Youth situated in the area where Brian Kidd was born among those to have gratefully accepted the donation of the Defibrillators.

Having a defibrillator within 50m had represented progress in recent years, but such time-sensitive situations dictate that every grassroots team simply must possess the kit.

Running over the road to fetch the device is time wasted, time that should be spent diagnosing and treating potential cardiac arrests. Fast use of defibrillators can increase survival rates by up to 70 per cent per research.

‘A lot of grassroots clubs can’t provide them,’ said Alex Williams, City in the Community ambassador.

‘What we thought was really important was to ensure that strategically they went to the most needy clubs. That’s where Manchester County FA, who are based on the Etihad Campus, come in. We’ve worked very closely with them.


‘They support those clubs for a level playing field. Now, if anything happens, we’ve played our part to ensure safety of young boys and girls.’

Williams is a former City goalkeeper, hailing from Moss Side. He was an employee at the club when loanee Marc-Vivien Foe died on the pitch of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy while playing for Cameroon in 2003. City retired Foe’s No 23.

The recent announcement that they would be donating the apparatus came close to the 18th anniversary of the popular cameroonian midfielder’s death.

The Premier League champions had been working on this initiative with local authorities and the premier league for some time, but the events in Copenhagen during the European Championship involving Erikson, have brought the issue back into the public conscience.

The AED, giving a high-energy electric shock to the heart, contributed in saving Christian Eriksen’s life. The same can be said for Bolton’s Fabrice Muamba during a game at Tottenham Hotspur in 2012. Sales of defibrillators soared in the days after Eriksen’s incident.

‘Marc was a real shock,’ Williams said. ‘He was one of the fittest footballers at the club and that made the shock even worse. It was a stark reminder that this could happen to anybody, anywhere.


‘The more we can do as a club to support the FA and counties then the player has the best opportunity of surviving. Time is of the essence when somebody does go down.

‘There’s no better way we as a Premier League club and a big foundation can support grassroots. Health and safety is the main thing.

‘We’ve had a couple of incidents recently where not just professionals but young kids can have heart issues on a football field. By ensuring we get these defibs out, the clubs do have an opportunity to address a situation there and then.’

‘We supply young junior coaches, train them up in level one qualifications so they can go out and coach. We provide referees and qualifications through a young careers project. A lot of the young people we’re working with will go on and have a role within the game.’ (Goalkeeper) Karen Bardsley says

A Ugandan weight lifter who went missing last week after he left his hotel room at a training camp in Osaka in Japan has been found by the police in a town about 100 miles away according to an article published by the New York times.

Mr. Julius Ssekitoleko, 20yrs old Ugandan did not make his country’s Olympic final squad and was originally scheduled to fly back home to Uganda on Tuesday, was found at the home of an acquaintance in Yokkaichi City, in Mie, carrying identification.

The weight lifter was discovered missing from his hotel room on Friday after he failed to appear for a daily coronavirus test in Izumisano. He left a note saying he wished to work in Japan. Japanese Police have been searching for him ever since.

In a statement posted on Twitter, the Ugandan Embassy in Tokyo said it was working with Japanese authorities to enable Mr. Ssekitoleko’s “safe and secure” return to Uganda as early as Wednesday.

“Any issues to do with alleged absconding from the duty he had been flown to perform in Japan and related disappearance from the training camp, will be handled appropriately on his return to Uganda,” the statement said.

In Kampala,  Okello Oryem, a junior minister in Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, called Mr. Ssekitoleko a “traitor.”

“This behavior and act is treacherous,” Mr. Oryem told reporters after meeting with the Japanese ambassador in Kampala.

According to Mr. Fukuyama, the police had tracked Mr. Ssekitoleko on a surveillance camera taking a bullet train from Osaka to Nagoya, where he met another man and traveled to Gifu in central Japan.

Police officers visited that man’s house, where he told them that Mr. Ssekitoleko had moved to another home in Yokkaichi, where police found him on Tuesday afternoon.

“He may be a hero in his country, but he felt it was difficult to return to the country as he learned he can’t compete in the Games,” Mr. Fukuyama said. “He must have hoped to win and bring the gold medal back to his country. I feel sorry for him. I felt relieved he was found and want to hand him over as soon as possible as many citizens are worrying.”

“He is not a criminal,” Mr. Fukuyama said. “Even though he has violated the Olympic rules, he has no problem doing anything as his visa is valid.”

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Iceland professional footballer Gylfi Sigurdsson, has been suspended by Everton pending a police investigation; the team say they will “support the authorities” as player is been investigated on suspicion of child sex offences.

The 31-year-old was arrested on Friday and has been bailed while police continue to investigate.

The player’s team confirmed he has been suspended pending the police investigation.

They added: “The club will continue to support the authorities with their inquiries and will not be making any further statement at this time.”

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Jordan Henderson’s future at Liverpool is uncertain, with contract talks with the England midfielder, 31, failing to progress over the close season. (The Athletic – subscription required)

Chelsea know West Ham United and England midfielder Declan Rice, 22, is keen to join them and they will approach the Hammers to find out what it would take for a deal to be done. (Express)

Meanwhile, Chelsea’s England winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, 20, is staying to fight for his place – ending hopes of him moving to Bayern Munich as part of a swap deal for France winger Kingsley Coman, 25. (Sun)

Manchester City are interested in Sporting Lisbon and Portugal left-back Nuno Mendes, 19, but are unwilling to meet the £50m asking price. (Fabrizio Romano)

Atletico Madrid are adamant England full-back Kieran Trippier, 30, is not for sale amid interest from Manchester United – but the Spanish club would replace him with Wolves and Portugal right-back Nelson Semedo, 27, or Napoli and Italy right-back Giovanni di Lorenzo, 27, if he does leave. (AS)

Tottenham Hotspur are in advanced talks over a deal for Atalanta’s Argentina centre-back Cristian Romero, 23. (Football.London)

Wolves have been handed a chance to sign Barcelona and Denmark striker Martin Braithwaite, 30. (Mail)

Arsenal remain outsiders in their pursuit of Italy midfielder Manuel Locatelli, despite their willingness to match Sassuolo’s £34m demands – with the 23-year-old set to choose Juventus due to their Champions League status. (Mirror)

Real Madrid and France centre-back Raphael Varane, 28, is open to a move to the Premier League and Manchester United are confident personal terms will not be a problem. (Guardian)

United are “inching closer” towards finalising a deal for Varane. (Manchester Evening News)

Alternatively, Napoli owner Aurelio de Laurentiis has rejected a £30m bid from Manchester United for Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly, 30. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)

United are willing to be patient in their pursuit of Rennes’ French midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, 18, as they look to drive down the fee. (The Athletic – subscription required)

United’s France midfielder Paul Pogba, 28, Juventus and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, and Paris St-Germain’s France forward Kylian Mbappe, 22, are among the players who could move on free transfers next summer as a result of the financial impact on clubs caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (ESPN)

Bournemouth’s Netherlands forward Arnaut Danjuma, 24, is wanted by Spanish club Villarreal. Danjuma scored 15 times in 33 Championship games in 2020-21. (Sun)

Southampton and England striker Danny Ings, 28, has his mind set on a move to Manchester City or Manchester United, but the south coast club are yet to receive an enquiry for him. (Talksport)

Everton are interested in Burnley winger Dwight McNeil, 21, in a deal worth £25m, but face competition from Aston Villa. (Liverpool Echo)

Burnley have shown interest in Lyon’s Ivory Coast left-back Maxwel Cornet, 24. (L’Equipe – in French)

Brighton & Hove Albion are lining up a £15m move for Liverpool centre-back Nathaniel Phillips, 24, to replace Arsenal-bound Ben White. (Talksport)

Newcastle United and Brentford are looking at Midtjylland’s Jens Cajuste, 21, after Rennes’ pursuit of the Sweden midfielder came to a standstill. (RMC Sport – in French)

Southampton, Leeds United and West Ham have all shown interest in signing Manchester City’s £20m-rated Venezuela midfielder Yangel Herrera, 23. (Sun)

Liverpool’s Nigeria Under-23 forward Taiwo Awoniyi, 23, is having a medical at Union Berlin after the two clubs agreed a £6.5m fee. Serbia midfielder Marko Grujic, 25, is finalising a £10.5m move to Porto.(Goal)

Barcelona have been offered the opportunity to sign Manchester United and Netherlands midfielder Donny van de Beek, 24, with the Spanish club offering France defender Samuel Umtiti, 27, as part of a swap deal. (Sport via Express)

Leeds are considering a move for Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Spain winger Adama Traore, 25. (90 min)

Chelsea youngster Lewis Bates is attracting interest from Liverpool, West Ham, Leeds and Southampton, with the England Under-19 midfielder having just one year left on his contract. (Mail)

Fulham are the most likely to sign Liverpool and Wales winger Harry Wilson, with the 24-year-old accepting he needs to move on a permanent basis for his career. (Goal)

Bournemouth are favourites to sign Scott Dann, 34, on a free transfer after the defender left Crystal Palace. (Football Insider)

Sheffield Wednesday are in talks to sign English free agent Jack Hunt, 30, but face competition from Cardiff and Blackpool. (Football Insider