Arsenal make contract offer to defender William Saliba, Benfica want Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva and Besiktas close in on signing Jota Silva from Nottingham Forest. <\/b><\/p>\n
Arsenal<\/b> have offered France defender William Saliba a five-year contract extension as talks continue with the 24-year-old, whose current deal runs out in 2027. Real Madrid<\/b> are monitoring the centre-back’s situation. (FootMercato – in French), external<\/a> <\/p>\n Liverpool <\/b>are confident they are leading the race to sign England defender Marc Guehi, 25, next summer when the Crystal Palace<\/b> defender’s contract expires and are looking at an \u00a387m deal to sign Bayern Munich<\/b> and France winger Michael Olise, 23. (Caught Offside), external<\/a><\/p>\n Benfica<\/b> presidential candidate Joao Noronha Lopes wants to sign Manchester City<\/b> attacking midfielder Bernardo Silva in January if he is elected and has already held talks with the 31-year-old Portugal international, who will be out of contract next summer. (Record – in Portuguese), external<\/a> <\/p>\n England defenders Harry Maguire, 32, and Luke Shaw, 30, are both under assessment at Manchester United <\/b>as the club look to bring in possible defensive reinforcements next summer. (Teamtalk), external<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n Besiktas <\/b>are closing in on a deal to sign Portugal winger Jota Silva, 26, from Nottingham Forest.<\/b> (Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a> <\/p>\n Colombia winger Luis Diaz, 28, wanted to leave Liverpool<\/b> last summer and the Reds proposed swapping him with <\/b>then-Manchester City<\/b> forward Julian Alvarez, 25, but the Argentine joined Atletico Madrid<\/b> instead, while Diaz is now at Bayern Munich<\/b>. (Telegraph – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n AEK Athens<\/b> are keen to offload France striker Anthony Martial, 29, and have offered the ex-Manchester United forward to a number of Mexican clubs. (FootMercato – in French), external<\/a><\/p>\n Martial will travel to Monterrey<\/b> for a medical after being given permission to do so by AEK Athens.<\/b> (Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a> <\/p>\n Juventus <\/b>are looking at Atalanta’s<\/b> 27-year-old forward Ademola Lookman as a leading candidate to succeed 25-year-old Serbia international Dusan Vlahovic, who is expected to leave the Serie A club. Manchester United<\/b> and Netherlands striker Joshua Zirkzee, 24, is also an option. (Tuttosport – in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n Inter Milan<\/b> remain interested in France midfielder Manu Kone and their ambition to sign the 24-year-old could be helped by Roma’s<\/b> need to raise money to meet Financial Fair Play rules. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external<\/a> <\/p>\n