La Liga
- Barcelona are facing a 4-way race to sign the highly-rated Nottingham Forest forward Oliver Burke. According to The Sun, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Tottenham have also expressed interest in Burke but Barcelona are hopeful to wrap up a deal by next Wednesday before the end of summer transfer window.
- Chelsea have made a late attempt to sign Real Madrid star James Rodriguez, according to reports from Daily Mirror. The report claims that Chelsea are pushing for a season-long deal to see if James fits in the Premier League and in Antonio Conte’s plans. The report also claims that Florentino Perez would prefer to cash in on a £60million permanent deal and is prepared to block any loan offer from the Blues.
- Tottenham have been installed as favourites to sign Isco as the possibility grows that he could leave Real Madrid by next weekend. Spurs are rated as 3/1 favourites by SkyBet to land the 24-year-old midfielder before the transfer window shuts next Wednesday. Isco is also linked with Chelsea, Napoli and Wolfsburg with the player open to the idea of quitting Santiago Bernabeu after being given a bit-part role under Zinedine Zidane this season.