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Barcelona eye <\/i><\/b>Chelsea<\/i><\/b>‘s Joao Pedro and <\/i><\/b>Tottenham<\/i><\/b>‘s Cristian Romero, <\/i><\/b>Aston Villa<\/i><\/b> want Paris St-Germain’s Ibrahim Mbaye, <\/i><\/b>Leeds United<\/i><\/b> and Coventry City battle for Lois Openda and Anthony Gordon’s team are in contact with Bayern Munich. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Chelsea<\/b> <\/b>and Brazil striker Joao Pedro, 24, is Barcelona’s <\/b>preferred candidate to replace 37-year-old Poland striker Robert Lewandowski who is set to leave the club at the end of the season. (<\/b>Marca – in Spanish, external<\/span>)<\/b><\/p>\n Aston Villa<\/b> are monitoring Paris St-Germain<\/b> and Senegal forward Ibrahim Mbaye, 18, with the Premier League club set to target younger players this summer. (<\/b>Mail, external<\/span>)<\/b><\/p>\n Barcelona <\/b>might turn their attention to 28-year-old Tottenham<\/b> <\/b>and Argentina defender Cristian Romero if their move to sign Italy centre-back Alessandro Bastoni, 27, from Inter Milan<\/b> proves unsuccessful. (<\/b>AS – in Spanish, external<\/span>) <\/b><\/p>\n Aston Villa<\/b> are open to selling 22-year-old English winger Tommi O’Reilly, who is on loan at League Two club Crewe Alexandra<\/b>, amid growing interest from Oxford United, Portsmouth <\/b>and Huddersfield Town<\/b>. (<\/b>Mail, external<\/span>)<\/b><\/p>\n Coventry City,<\/b> who have won promotion to the Premier League, will battle Leeds United<\/b> <\/b>for the signature of 26-year-old Belgium and RB Leipzig <\/b>striker Lois Openda, who is on loan at Serie A side Juventus<\/b>. (<\/b>Sport Witness, external<\/span>)<\/b><\/p>\n Newcastle<\/b> <\/b>and England winger Anthony Gordon’s management have been in contact with Bayern Munich <\/b>for months, with manager Vincent Kompany already approving a move for the 25-year-old. (<\/b>Florian Plettenberg, external<\/span>)<\/b><\/p>\n Hayden Hackney is inching closer to a Premier League transfer with Brighton<\/b> <\/b>joining Nottingham Forest<\/b> in the battle to sign the 23-year-old former England Under-21s midfielder from Middlesbrough<\/b>. (<\/b>Football Insider, external<\/span>)<\/b><\/p>\n Nottingham Forest<\/b>, <\/b>Aston Villa<\/b> <\/b>and Crystal Palace<\/b> <\/b>are all pushing to secure the signing of Rangers’ <\/b>19-year-old Scottish midfielder Bailey Rice. (<\/b>Teamtalk, external<\/span>)<\/b><\/p>\n Aston Villa<\/b> <\/b>are to step up their pursuit of Manchester City<\/b> and England goalkeeper James Trafford, 23, as a potential replacement for 33-year-old Argentina keeper Emiliano Martinez. (<\/b>Football Insider, external<\/span>)<\/b><\/p>\n