Transfer updates

- Everton are prepared to fight Arsenal for the £63m signing of Wolfsburg's 22-year-old Germany winger Julian Draxler. (Independent)
- And the Merseyside club will refuse to budge on their £50m valuation of England defender and Manchester City target John Stones, 22. (Sky Sports)
- Paul Pogba's world-record transfer from Juventus to Manchester United is complete, and will be announced when the 23-year-old France midfielder returns from holiday. (Manchester Evening News)
- Kasper Schmeichel has agreed a new five-year deal to stay at Leicester City. The 29-year-old Denmark goalkeeper had been linked with a move away from the Premier League champions. (ESPN)
- Chelsea are watching Brazil's Thiago Maia, 19, during the Olympics, before making a £15m bid to take him from Santos. (Daily Mirror)
- And Diego Costa, 27, is likely to stay at Stamford Bridge, after Atletico Madrid's president, Enrique Cerezo, said the Spain striker's "place is with Chelsea". (Marca,via ESPN)
- However, Chelsea will have to work to secure former striker Romelu Lukaku's signature once more, after Everton offered the 23-year-old £135,000 a week to stay at the club. (Daily Mirror)
- Real Madrid are prepared to offer £55.1m to secure the signature of Bayern Munich's 24-year-old Austria midfielder David Alaba. (AS)
- Madrid could allow Norwegian Martin Odegaard to join a Bundesliga club on loan, but the 17-year-old midfielder is hoping for a temporary switch to Liverpool. (Daily Mail)
- Jurgen Klopp will not allow midfielder Lucas Leiva, 29, to leave Liverpool until he has secured defensive cover for his injury-depleted backline. (Liverpool Echo)
- Roma are interested in reported Liverpool target and former Arsenal captain Thomas Vermaelen, 30, currently at Barcelona. (Gazzetta dello Sport)
- Veteran Stoke striker Peter Crouch, 35, could move to Championship side Wolves in a bid for more first-team football. (Birmingham Mail)
- Aston Villa are prepared to allow 33-year-old centre-back Joleon Lescott to leave the club for free, with Leeds interested. (Telegraph)
- Defender Harry Maguire, 23, could hand in a transfer request to force through a £5m switch from Hull to fellow Premier League newcomers Middlesbrough. (Daily Mail)