Al-Hilal close in on a £50m deal for Ollie Watkins, Chelsea line up Bournemouth's Alex Scott, and Sunderland make an offer for Manchester City's Jack Grealish. Al-Hilal have agreed a deal of about £50m with Aston Villa to sign England forward Ollie Watkins, 30. (Fabrizio Romano), external Chelsea have lined up Bournemouth's English midfielder Alex Scott, 23, as a replacement for Argentina's Enzo Fernandez, 25, who might be on the move to Manchester City. (Sun), external Aston Villa target Rafael Leao is close to agreeing a move from AC Milan, with Galatasaray set to pay about £38m for the 27-year-old Portugal winger. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian), external Sunderland have made Manchester City an offer to sign England winger Jack Grealish, 30, on loan. (Athletic - subscription required), external Chelsea are also closing in on a £36m deal to sign Italy defender Honest Ahanor, 18, from Atalanta. (Sky Sport Italy - in Italian, external) Barcelona and Spain defender Alejandro Balde, 22, remains on Manchester United's shortlist to reinforce their left-back position. (Fichajes - in Spanish), external Newcastle have not yet walked away from a deal to sign Lille and Belgium winger Matias Fernandez-Pardo, 21, but will not do anything that causes problems in meeting Premier League and Uefa spending rules. (Mail - subscription required), external Bayer Leverkusen's French striker Martin Terrier, 29, is being lined up by his former club Lille as a replacement for Fernandez-Pardo. (L'Equipe - in French), external Fiorentina have turned down Nottingham Forest's initial bid of £6m for their Brazilian right-back Dodo, 27. (Sky Sport Italy - in Italian, external) Marseille are confident of keeping Brazilian forward Igor Paixao, 26, despite interest from Arsenal and Sunderland. (Teamtalk), external Aston Villa have asked about West Ham and France defender Jean-Clair Todibo, 26, as they search for a centre-back. (Mail), external Bayer Leverkusen and Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios, 27, is close to completing a £23.5m move to Ipswich Town. (Sky Sports), external Everton are lining up a deal to sign Guinea-Bissau forward Franculino, 22, from Midtjylland and are also prepared to sanction the sale of Republic of Ireland defender Jake O'Brien, 25. (Teamtalk), external Get the latest on your Premier League team Listen to the latest Football Daily podcast
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