Italian clubs target Casemiro & Hojlund – Wednesday’s gossip

Manchester United duo Casemiro and Rasmus Hojlund attracting interest from Italian clubs, Wolves braced for Matheus Cunha offers, Evan Ferguson can leave Brighton, plus more.

Roma want to sign Manchester United’s Brazil midfielder Casemiro, 32, on loan until the end of the season, but a move is dependent on the sale of Argentina international Leandro Paredes, 30. (Mail)

Napoli and Juventus are monitoring Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund, 21, with the Denmark forward yet to impress new boss Ruben Amorim. (Talksport)

Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal are favourites to sign Liverpool’s Egypt winger Mohamed Salah, 32, this summer after cancelling the contract of Brazil forward Neymar, 32. (Telegraph – subscription required)

Wolves are expecting one or more offers for Brazil forward Matheus Cunha before the transfer deadline, with Aston Villa, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest interested in the 25-year-old. (Football Insider)

Manchester City midfielder James McAtee, 22, is no longer a target for Bayer Leverkusen, with the Bundesliga side set to sign Argentina playmaker Emiliano Buendia, 28, from Aston Villa. (Florian Plettenberg)

Manchester City face a race against time to sign Andrea Cambiaso, 24, as Juventus will only make a final decision on the Italy full-back’s future after Wednesday’s Champions League match against Benfica. (Give Me Sport)

Manchester United are close to signing Lecce and Denmark wing-back Patrick Dorgu, 20, for a fee in the region of £30m. (Sky Sports)

Liverpool will recall Spain Under-21 midfielder Stefan Bajcetic from his loan spell at Red Bull Salzburg and send the 20-year-old to Las Palmas for the rest of the season. (Atlantico Hoy – in Spanish)

Brighton are open to selling Republic of Ireland striker Evan Ferguson, 20, before the transfer window closes next week. (Athletic – subscription required)

Bayer Leverkusen are in talks with Brighton to sign Ferguson. (Sky Sports)

Leverkusen’s Nigeria striker Victor Boniface, 24, was excused from training on Tuesday amid a potential move to Al-Nassr. (Athletic – subscription required)

Wolves are in talks with Ajax about terminating the loan of 20-year-old Portugal winger Carlos Forbs. (Athletic – subscription required)

Sheffield Wednesday have submitted a loan offer for Ipswich Town’s 23-year-old English defender Harry Clarke. (Sheffield Star)

Udinese are interested in signing Southampton and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu, 22, on loan. (Irish Independent – subscription required)

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, 27, has hired the brother of Brighton forward Danny Welbeck as his new agent to help him find a move away from Old Trafford. (Star)

As it stands, Rashford’s only option to leave United this month would be a loan move to Juventus. (Independent)

Bayern Munich and France Under-21 attacker Mathys Tel, 19, wants to leave the club this month, with Chelsea among several teams interested. (Fabrizio Romano)