𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓝𝓮𝔀𝓼

Manchester United and Newcastle also fancy a French striker, it seems – Footmercato believe Randal Kolo Muani is on the radar of the Premier League pair after a successful stint at Juventus.

Liverpool are hot in pursuit of a new striker – and may just be closing in on their man. Sky Sports report that an offer of £69m plus add-ons has been sent to Eintracht Frankfurt for Hugo Ekitike.

Also perhaps on the move of the Manchester United exiles is Jadon Sancho – reports in Italy suggest that a deal is near between the Old Trafford club and Juventus, with a figure of just north of £20m mentioned.

We begin with Marcus Rashford, who is close to another loan move away from Manchester United – Barcelona look set to pay the whole of the England international’s considerable salary to take him to La Liga for the entire campaign. Will this be another productive fresh start for Rashford?

A very good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the summer transfer window. We’ll have all of the latest rumours, done deals and general speculative behaviour throughout the day.