Check out the transfer talk for the Football League…
• Watford are ready to demand a club record fee of more than £40m for Senegal winger Ismaila Sarr, 22, amid interest from Liverpool and clubs around Europe. (Evening Standard)
• West Bromwich Albion and Fulham are in the running to sign Peterborough’s English striker Ivan Toney, 24. (Football Insider)
• Leicester City are one of a number of clubs linked with a move for Bournemouth’s 23-year-old winger David Brooks – but new Cherries boss Jason Tindall insists there will be no “fire sale” of the club’s star players. (Leicester Mercury)
• Both Sunderland and Ipswich are hoping to sign free-agent full-back Luke Garbutt this summer but his personal demands appear to be scuppering a potential move, according to reports.
• Wigan striker Kieffer Moore is expected to complete the formalities of a £2m move to Cardiff on Thursday morning The 28-year-old has had a medical and agreed personal terms with Cardiff.
• Hull City have been granted permission to speak to Rangers midfielder Greg Docherty.
• Hull City and Coventry City are being linked with a move for Nottingham Forest striker Tyler Walker, as per the Yorkshire Post.
• Valencia have held talks with the representatives of Leeds United target Mauricio Isla.
• Sassuolo are in the market for a playmaker and are showing interest in Watford’s Roberto Pereyra.
• Manchester City are keen to welcome Derby County goalkeeper Scott Carson back for another loan spell.
• Sheffield Wednesday are interested in the return of Vitória Guimarães’s Frederico Venâncio. The defender spent the 2017-18 season featuring for the Owls on a loan deal from Vitória Setúbal, and is now said to be a target again.
• Fleetwood. Looking at keeper Mark Howard in training. Free after leaving Blackpool. Others into him. (Alan Nixon)
• Derby County are keen to sell Florian Jozefzoon this summer after the player has struggled since arriving from Brentford. The £2,75m signing hasn’t started a match in 10 months and the Rams failed to offload him in January with no suitors keen to buy. (The Athletic)
• Rotherham United boss Paul Warne has set his sights on adding at least another five players to his squad for the team’s return to the Championship. Warne has earmarked centre-back, left-back, a midfielder, a striker and a goalkeeper. (Rotherham official)
• Huddersfield Town could be set for a huge windfall with reports that a £4.8m fee has been agreed for the transfer of Ramadan Sobhi. The Egyptian forward is on loan at Cairo giants Al Ahly but it appears he could be set for a permanent switch to Pyramids in his homeland. (Kingfut)
• Sheffield Wednesday are keen on adding to their defence after conceded 66 goals in the 19/20 Championship season. One player they are keen on is former Wigan Athletic star Chey Dunkley. The centre-back missed a chunk of the season through injury before his deal expired. (Various)
• West Brom are keen on Huddersfield Town striker Karlan Grant. The Terriers rejected a £15m bid earlier this year for the player. (The Athletic)
• Leeds United are keen on adding QPR star Eberechi Eze. The attacker impressed last season in the Championship with 14 goals and has attracted interest from the Premier League. QPR have put a £20m price tag on the player. (Mirror)
• Stoke City, Sunderland and Hull City are among those interested in signing Scott Fraser on a free transfer, according to the Daily Record.
• Stoke, Derby, Forest, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough are all reportedly interested in signing Newcastle winger Jacob Murphy on loan.
• Brentford want to sign Nuremberg winger Robin Hack if they lose Said Benrahma. The 21-year-old Germany U21 player is a top target should their £25m-rated winger move to the Premier League this summer.
• Manchester United starlet James Garner has been heavily linked with a loan move to Sheffield Wednesday in recent months but Yorkshire Live understands he is not the club’s number one target. Garner is expected to leave on a temporary basis in this window, with Swansea City also interesting in the 19-year-old.
• Everton and Fulham have joined Sheffield United in the race to sign Wigan left-back Antonee Robinson. The Latics recently accepted a bid of around £2m from Sheffield United for the 23-year-old but late interventions have held up any move to Yorkshire.
• Barnsley’s striker target Lyndon Dykes is attracting interest from around the Championship. QPR re-join the race for the Livingston hitman. The club have had him watched twice recently, while the Tykes’ £1.2m improved bid was rejected earlier this week. Middlesbrough and Stoke City are also interested. (Scottish Sun)
• There could be a future for Terence Kongolo at Huddersfield Town. The £17.5m record signing hasn’t played for the club since November and has recently been on loan at Fulham. He has been linked with a move back to the Cottagers and to AZ in the Netherlands. However, new boss Carlos Corberan is set to give all players a clean slate. (Examiner)
• Celtic have now reportedly put Leeds United’s Barry Douglas on their transfer shortlist for this summer’s transfer window.
• Oxford United have been linked with a move for Bristol City midfielder, Hakeeb Adelakun, according to former football agent, James Goodwin. Rotherham want him back. Sunderland also showed interest which has since cooled.
• Stoke have reportedly slashed their asking price for Jack Butland. Sky Sports claim the Potters are now prepared to accept around £8-10million for the 27-year-old because of the current climate. Bournemouth, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace had all been linked with moves last summer but were put off by the Potters price-tag. West Ham have most recently linked.
• Northampton Town have rejected bids from both Middlesbrough and Queens Park Rangers for captain Charlie Goode, with the Chronicle reporting that they are sticking to their £1 million demand.
• West Brom are reportedly targeting a move for Wigan Athletic goalkeeper David Marshall according to the Express & Star.
• Nottingham Forest are “in talks” with striker Lyle Taylor over a possible switch to the City Ground. The Reds held negotiations with his representatives last month over a potential switch and Sky Sports claim they are now discussing a move with the player himself.
• According to 90min, Everton, Southampton and West Bromwich Albion are among the clubs interested in signing midfielder Jeff Hendrick in the summer transfer window.
• David Moyes cools interest in Nottingham Forest right-back Matty Cash according to EXWhuemployee. He has returned from holiday earlier to complete a possible switch but it will not be to West Ham. Clubs have been told they will have to stump up £15million to sign Cash from Nottingham Forest this summer, according to the Daily Mirror.
• West Bromwich Albion are in the hunt for £2million rated goalkeeper Ivo Grbic according to the Express and Star. The goalkeeper currently plays for Lokomotiva Zagreb and is hugely admired by Baggies boss Slaven Bilic.
• According to a report from the Evening Standard, Sunderland have joined Derby County and Birmingham City in the chase for Chelsea starlet Nathan Baxter.
• Crewe are in talks to sign defender Omar Beckles after he rejected a new deal to stay with Shrewsbury, according to reports.
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