Latest transfer news and rumours – 19 August 2021

All the top stories and transfer rumours from Satuday’s newspapers…

Newcastle are closing in on Chelsea starlet Lewis Hall for £28m.
Romeo Lavia snubbed a move to Liverpool after being convinced by Chelsea’s “ambitions” for the future.
Jonny Evans is close to signing a one-year return to Manchester United that could see Harry Maguire dumped to fifth choice by Erik ten Hag.
Arsenal have reportedly joined Barcelona in the race to sign Manchester City outcast Joao Cancelo.
Erik ten Hag has insisted he is happy that Harry Maguire is staying at Manchester United and said the former captain has the qualities to succeed in his style of football.
Chelsea are close to securing an £11m ($15m) move for New England Revolution’s Djordje Petrovic.
Liverpool may have a path to signing Ryan Gravenberch with the midfielder in a reported disagreement with Thomas Tuchel over his role at Bayern Munich for this season.
Pep Guardiola believes if Manchester City had spent almost £1bn on players as Chelsea have since last summer he and the club would be “killed”.
West Ham boss David Moyes has claimed he is currently not considering a move for former loan star Jesse Lingard.
Arsenal forgotten man Alex Runarsson has joined Cardiff City on a season-long loan deal.
Chelsea held talks on Friday over Arsenal’s £50m-rated striker Folarin Balogun who also has Monaco and Fulham weighing up new offers.
Manchester United defender Eric Bailly is in talks to join Fulham.
Oleksandr Zinchenko is ready to give Arsenal a major boost by returning for Monday’s trip to Crystal Palace.
Raphael Varane has no intention of moving to Saudi Arabia this summer and fully intends to stay at Manchester United – despite the best attempts of N’Golo Kante and Karim Benzema to persuade him otherwise.
David Moyes has defended his handling of West Ham’s goalkeeping dilemma after Lukasz Fabianski criticised being dropped for last week’s season opener against Bournemouth.
Jay Stansfield is in daily contact with manager Marco Silva as Fulham consider which of five Championship clubs to loan him out to.
Barcelona are poised to make a loan offer with option to buy for Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo.
Manchester City want over £30m for Cole Palmer which could price Borussia Dortmund out of the running.
Manchester United’s plan to bring back Mason Greenwood was so advanced that the club even prepared documents outlining the type of images that should be taken of the player during training sessions and planned how manager Erik ten Hag should handle questions during an anticipated media storm.
Fiorentina are yet to receive an official offer from Manchester United for midfielder Sofyan Amrabat, according to the Serie A club.
Japhet Tanganga is weighing up loan offers from Luton Town and Inter Milan as he looks to secure regular football away from Tottenham.
Manchester United remain in talks to sign defender Jonny Evans on a permanent basis despite the collapse of Harry Maguire’s proposed move to West Ham.