Man City close in on Bouaddi - Tuesday's gossip

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Manchester City on the verge of signing Ayyoub Bouaddi, Serie A interest in Arsenal duo Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli, Real Madrid want Martin Zubimendi and Harry Kane target for Barcelona and Tottenham.

Manchester Cityare closing in on signing Ayyoub Bouaddi, 18, from Lille, who value the Morocco midfielder at 100m euros (£85m). (Guardian), external

Real Madrid are interested in signing World Cup-winning Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi, 25, from Premier League champions Arsenal. (Football.London, external)

Arsenaland Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus, 29, is open to a move to Napoli this summer. (La Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian), external

Italian side AS Roma have held initial talks with Gabriel Martinelli's representatives as they explore a move for the 25-year-old Arsenaland Brazil winger. (Mirror, external)

Barcelona and Tottenhamhave both made recent enquiries to Bayern Munich about England forward Harry Kane, 33, over a summer transfer. (Teamtalk), external

Manchester City are aware of interest from Nottingham Forest in their Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, 28, who was signed from AC Milan last summer for £46m. (Sky Sports), external

Bradley Barcola, 23, has given the green light to Liverpooldespite Arsenalmaking a late move for the Paris St-Germain and France forward, who is valued at about £130m. (Sun, external)

Inter Milan and Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni, 27, and Crystal Palaceand England midfielder Adam Wharton, 22, remain of interest to Real Madrid, who are intent on making three more summer signings. (Fichajes - in Spanish), external

Marseille and Denmarkmidfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, 31, has turned down the opportunity to join Newcastle. (Talksport), external

Manchester United are strongly considering a move for RB Leipzig and Germany defender David Raum, 28, after failing to sign England left-back Lewis Hall, 21, from Newcastle. (Teamtalk, external)

Tottenhamand England defender Djed Spence, 26, is back on the agenda at Inter Milan after their struggles to sign former Aston Villa and France winger Moussa Diaby from Al-Ittihad. (Sky Sport - in Italian, external)

Jamie Vardy could make a sensational return to English football as Championship side West Ham are considering a move for the 39-year-old former Leicester City and England striker, who is a free agent after his contract at Italian side Cremonese ended. (Sun, external)

West Ham are also in talks with Arsenalto sign Reiss Nelson, the 26-year-old English winger who spent the past two seasons on loan at Brentfordand Fulham. (Standard, external)

Premier League newcomers Hull Cityhave had a bid rejected for Swansea City forward Zan Vipotnik, the 24-year-old Slovenia international who finished as top scorer in the Championship last season. (Athletic - subscription required, external)

Sunderland's DR Congo defender Arthur Masuaku, 32, is set to return to Turkey as he is finalising a move to Konyaspor. (Sky Sports, external)

Atletico Madrid have launched a bid of 35m euro (£30m) for Lille's 21-year-old Belgium forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo, who is also attracting interest from Arsenaland Liverpool. (L'Equipe - in French, external)

Napoli have reopened talks with Chelseain a bid to finalise a deal to sign French centre-back Benoit Badiashile, 25. (Sky Sport - in Italian, external)