Mason Mount

Contract negotiations between England midfielder Mason Mount, 23, and the Chelsea owners are ongoing and a breakthrough has been made "in the past few weeks". (Athletic - subscription required)

Many Manchester United players do no think Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo will play for the club again after the 37-year-old said he did not respect manager Erik ten Hag during a controversial interview. (Times - subscription required)

Sporting Lisbon chief Frederico Varandas has denied reports linking the Portuguese club with a move for Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, saying a bid for the Manchester United and Portugal forward was never discussed. (RTP3, via Sun)

A mural of Ronaldo was removed from the side of Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium hours before his interview with Piers Morgan was aired on Wednesday. (Mirror)

France midfielder Adrien Rabiot, 27, says he feels "lucky" not to have completed a transfer from Juventus to Manchester United in the summer. (Gazzetta Dello Sport, via Metro)

France midfielder N'Golo Kante's contract with Chelsea runs out in the summer and Italian clubs Juventus and Inter Milan are interested in signing the 31-year-old. (La Repubblica - in Italian)

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Barcelona president Joan Laporta says his club were interested in signing Colombian forward Luis Diaz, 25, before he joined Liverpool from Porto. (Mundo Deportivo, via 90min)

Arsenal midfielder Charlie Patino, 19, whose contract runs out next summer and is currently on loan at Blackpool, is being tracked by Barcelona. (Calcio Mercato, via Express)

Shakhtar Donetsk want 100m euros (£87.75m) for Ukraine winger Mykhaylo Mudryk, 21, who has been linked with moves to Arsenal, Manchester City and Newcastle United. (Athletic - subscription required)

Mudryk said he was "shocked" by his 100m euro price tag and does not believe a top European club will pay that amount for a player from the Ukraine league. (Sport Arena - in Ukrainian)

AC Milan are interested in Lyon midfielder Houssem Aouar but face competition from Roma for the 24-year-old France international. (Calciomercato - in Italian)

Former Argentina defender Martín Demichelis, 41, who spent three years at Manchester City, has left a coaching role at Bayern Munich to become new head coach at River Plate. (Fabrizio Romano)

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