Man City prepared to meet Chelsea's £120m demand for Enzo Fernandez

On Monday, transfer gossip reported Manchester City are prepared to meet Chelsea's £120m asking price for Enzo Fernandez in the latest round-up of summer moves. The compilation also linked Liverpool with Yankuba Minteh and said Barcelona left-back Alejandro Balde had authorised negotiations over a move to Manchester United.

Football Insider named the £120m valuation for the 25-year-old Argentina midfielder. Ben Jacobs via TeamTalk reported Liverpool and Brighton were expected to hold fresh talks on Sunday about Yankuba Minteh, while Sport (in Spanish) said Alejandro Balde, 22, had given agent Jorge Mendes permission to negotiate with Manchester United. The bulletin further contained items on Joel Ordonez, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Joshua Zirkzee, Kenan Yildiz, Goncalo Inacio and Christopher Nkunku.

Football Insider reported Manchester City are prepared to meet Chelsea's asking price for Enzo Fernandez. The Blues want £120m for the 25-year-old Argentina midfielder. That figure was cited as part of the Monday transfer gossip compilation.

Ben Jacobs via TeamTalk said Liverpool and Brighton were expected to hold fresh talks on Sunday over Yankuba Minteh. The 22-year-old Gambia winger is reportedly the subject of a potential third bid from the Reds. Those talks were listed among the items in the Monday round-up.

Sport reported Barcelona and Spain left-back Alejandro Balde, 22, has given the green light to his agent Jorge Mendes to negotiate a move to Manchester United. David Ornstein reported Aston Villa have made contact with Club Brugge over the possible signing of 22-year-old Ecaudor centre-back Joel Ordonez. Both items appeared in the same transfer gossip column.

Football Insider said Brentford are preparing to place an improved £37m bid for West Ham's Senegal defender El Hadji Malick Diouf, 21. The Sun reported Manchester United will not sell Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee, 25, for less than £40m amid interest from Juventus, Napoli and Aston Villa. Metro carried a report that Juventus head coach Luciano Spalletti was adamant Turkey forward Kenan Yildiz, 21, will not be sold to Arsenal.

Fabrizio Romano wrote that Barcelona are playing down reports linking them with Sporting's Portugal centre-back Goncalo Inacio, 24, saying no deal has been agreed or is close. Goal reported Sporting head coach Rui Borges refused to rule out a move for Inacio to either Barcelona or AC Milan after leaving him out of his starting line-up in their victory over Alverca on Saturday. Sky Sports Germany said RB Leipzig have reached a verbal agreement with AC Milan to re-sign France forward Christopher Nkunku, 28, on a season-long loan with an option to buy.

Several of the reported moves remain at the negotiation stage, with Liverpool and Brighton expected to hold fresh talks on Sunday and RB Leipzig said to have reached a verbal agreement with AC Milan over Nkunku's season-long loan. Other items in the Monday round-up are presented as ongoing discussions or interest to be resolved in coming days.