Transfer latest: Arsenal to meet Gabriel Jesus agents, Liverpool set to strike 2nd summer deal

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Liverpool will have to break their transfer record on signing Darwin Nunez this summer after Benfica latched a £85 million price-tag to the 22-year-old Uruguay international [The Times].

Liverpool are edging closer to signing Calvin Ramsay and it’s been reported that the player will seal his transfer to Anfield by the end of this week [The Record].

Arsenal are preparing for further talks with representatives of Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus, with the Gunners set to meet them this week for a ‘definitive answer’ on their client’s future [Calciomercato].

Matt Targett is among those who helped Newcastle United emphatically win their relegation battle this past season and the Magpies are set to sign the Aston Villa defender in a £12 million permanent deal [The Daily Mail].

Liverpool have demanded £17 million for Takumi Minamino as Leeds United continue to be linked with the Japan international, who now has an admirer in Wolverhampton Wanderers [BBC Sport].

Alvaro Morata has his heart set on a summer transfer to Barcelona despite previous speculation suggesting that a move to Arsenal was very much on the cards [Tuttomercatoweb].

West Ham United despatched scouts to run the rule over Joakim Maehle in Denmark’s Nations League over Austria earlier this week [The Daily Star].

Alexandre Lacazette is set to re-sign for former club Lyon after being released by Arsenal this summer, having undergone a medical with the Ligue 1 outfit [RMC Sport].

Elsewhere

Thomas Partey has adopted the name Yakubu after converting to Islam but the Arsenal midfielder will still be known by his birth name in football-related contexts [The Evening Standard].

The individual awards keep coming for Mohamed Salah who has been voted Standard Chartered’s Liverpool Player of the Season for the 2021-22 campaign [Liverpool official website].

Gary Lineker has lauded Tottenham Hotspur hitman Harry Kane after the player scored his 50th goal for England earlier this week, moving three behind Wayne Rooney in pursuit of the all-time record [Twitter].