Manchester United and Arsenal are reportedly competing for Roma and France midfielder Manu Kone, while Arsenal have also renewed their interest in Athletic Club winger Nico Williams, part of Spain's World Cup-winning squad. The report is BBC Sport's regular round-up of unconfirmed transfer gossip from various news outlets, covering several Premier League and European clubs' targets ahead of the transfer window.

Other items include West Ham rejecting a second bid from Roma for forward Crysencio Summerville, with Aston Villa also considering a move for him as a replacement for Morgan Rogers, who is set to join Chelsea. Barcelona have arranged talks with Ferran Torres over his future amid interest from Paris St-Germain, Ipswich Town have agreed a deal for Fulham's Issa Diop, and Newcastle and Leeds are weighing up a move for FC Midtjylland striker Franculino Dju, while AC Milan are eyeing Genk's Konstantinos Karetsas and may need to sell Rafael Leao to fund it.