LATEST TRANSFER UPDATE: ARSENAL CLOSE IN ON LEMAR AT £45M

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Arsenal are closing in on a £45m deal for Monaco’s 21-year-old France midfielder Thomas Lemar. (Sun)
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said he cannot guarantee that Wales forward Gareth Bale, 28 – who is a target for Manchester United – will stay at the Bernabeu this summer. (Mirror)
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is planning a £50m move for two England midfielders – Everton’s Ross Barkley and Arsenal’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, both 23. (Sun)
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino wants to sign Barkley this summer to convert him into a central midfielder. (Times – subscription required)
Roma are set to return with a new £32m bid for Leicester’s Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez, 26.(Mirror)
Chelsea have made a late bid to sign 19-year-old Bayern Munich and Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches on loan. (Telegraph)
Liverpool are ready to make a final attempt to sign RB Leipzig’s Guinea midfielder Naby Keita, with a bid in excess of £70m likely for the 22-year-old.(Mirror)
Meanwhile, the Reds remain unmoved in their stance that Brazil forward Philippe Coutinho, 25, is not for sale amid interest from Barcelona. (ESPN)
Inter Milan boss Luciano Spalletti says he wants 28-year-old Croatia winger Ivan Perisic – a Manchester United target – to stay at the club, but that he “can’t say for sure” what will happen.  (ESPN)
Juventus have turned their attention to Paris St-Germain’s France international Blaise Matuidi, 30, as they look to sign a defensive midfielder, further clearing Manchester United’s path for Chelsea’s Serbia midfielder Nemanja Matic, 28.(Independent)
AC Milan chairman Marco Fassone has revealed the club have spoken to the agent of Chelsea and Spain striker Diego Costa, 28.  (Sky Sports)
Striker Karim Benzema, 29, is expected to re-sign with Real Madrid for the upcoming season, regardless of whether the club sign his 18-year-old France team-mate Kylian Mbappe from Monaco.(Marca)
Argentina forward Paulo Dybala, 23 – a target for Manchester United and Barcelona – has no plans to leave Juventus this summer.(Talksport)
Lucas Perez’s agent has travelled to London to negotiate the 28-year-old Spanish striker’s return to Deportivo La Coruna.(AS)
Former Arsenal and Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant, 34, is set to sign for Billericay Town despite interest from Scottish Premiership side Hibernian. (Sun)
Brighton are ready to break their transfer record again with an £8m move for Leicester forward Tom Lawrence, 23.(Mirror)