Monday's gossip: Man City ready to meet Chelsea's Fernandez demand

Manchester City are ready to make Enzo Fernandez move, Liverpool consider a third bid for Yankuba Minteh, and a Barcelona full-back pushes to join Manchester United .

Manchester City are ready to meet Chelsea 's asking price for Enzo Fernandez, with the Blues wanting £120m for the 25-year-old Argentina midfielder. (Football Insider) , external

Liverpool and Brighton were expected to hold fresh talks on Sunday over Gambia winger Yankuba Minteh, 22, as the Reds consider whether to make a third bid. (Ben Jacobs via TeamTalk) , external

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 . (Sport - in Spanish) , external

Aston Villa have made contact with Belgian side Club Brugge over the possible signing of 22-year-old Ecaudor centre-back Joel Ordonez. (David Ornstein) , external

Brentford are preparing to place an improved £37m bid for West Ham United's Senegal defender El Hadji Malick Diouf, 21. (Football Insider) , external

Manchester United will not sell Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee, 25, for less than £40m amid interest from Juventus , Napoli and Aston Villa . (Sun) , external

Juventus head coach Luciano Spalletti is adamant that Turkey forward Kenan Yildiz, 21, will not be sold to Arsenal . (Metro) , external

Barcelona are playing down reports linking them with a move for Sporting's Portugal centre-back Goncalo Inacio, 24, with no deal agreed or close. (Fabrizio Romano) , external

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. (Goal) , external

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. (Sky Sports Germany) , external