Transfer News:Manchester City to bid £70m for Alexis Sanchez,Lemar to Liverpool and Draxler to Arsenal

Manchester City will make a £70m cash bid for Chile forward Sanchez, 28, and have already sent a team of legal and medical officials to South America to get the deal done as quickly as possible

Its stated that City will return with a significantly improved cash-only offer of around £70m for Alexis Sanchez, as they hope to finally convince Arsenal to sell the player on deadline day – despite not including a player-Independent

City’s hopes of signing Northern Ireland defender Jonny Evans, 29, from West Brom are hanging in the balance, with France centre-back Eliaquim Mangala, 26, not keen on moving the other way. Arsenal and Leicester have had bids worth £25m for Evans rejected by West Brom=Daily Telegraph

Swansea are close to signing Bayern Munich’s 20-year-old midfielder Renato Sanches on loan

Swansea City are on the verge of pulling off one of the signings of the summer by taking Renato Sanches, the prodigiously talented Portugal international, on a season-long loan from Bayern Munich-Guardian

Hull are close to signing Leicester’s 24-year-old Nigerian forward Ahmed Musa on a season-long loan-Hull Daily Mail

Chelsea are still in negotiations with Everton over their 23-year-old attacking midfielder Ross Barkley, but are running out of time to recruit the three signings manager Antonio Conte is demanding-Daily Telegraph

Spurs are set to complete the signing of 24-year-old right-back Serge Aurier from Paris St‑Germain for £23m after the Home Office granted him a work permit-Guardian

Barcelona, Chelsea and Tottenham are all vying to sign Leicester’s 26-year-old winger Riyad Mahrez-L’Equipe – in French

Spain striker Diego Costa, 28, is edging closer to rejoining Atletico Madridas Chelsea consider a new bid of £49m. (Sun)

Arsenal are attempting to seal a last-minute deal for Paris St-Germain and Germany forward Julian Draxler, 23 – otherwise they will block Alexis Sanchez’s move to Manchester City-Daily Mirror

Tottenham still yet to move for Ross Barkley as Serge Aurier and Juan Foyth deals edge closer

Tottenham are weighing up whether to match Chelsea’s bid for long-term target Ross Barkley with  Chelsea’s  £25million bid rejected by Everton, though the clubs remain in talks-Independent

Chelsea are in advanced talks with Swansea over a deal for Spain striker Fernando Llorente, 32-ESPN

West Ham are lining up a season-long loan move for Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere, 25. Sun

Liverpool continue with their £74m pursuit of Monaco and France midfielder Thomas Lemar, 21.

Liverpool are persisting with their £74m pursuit of Monaco’s Thomas Lemar, having already signed Alex Oxlade-Chamberlainfrom Arsenal for around £40m, in what is set to be their biggest ever transfer window-Independent

Fulham have made a £15m offer for Newcastle’s English striker Dwight Gayle, 27, but the Magpies want between £18m and £20m-Daily Mail

Newcastle are expecting a busy day of transfer activity before Thursday’s deadline passes, with the club keen to sign Chelsea’s 21-year-old winger Kenedy on loan. Evening Chronicle

Everton have made an offer to take Barcelona’s Thomas Vermaelen, 31, on a season-long loan with a view to buying the Belgium defender-Liverpool Echo

Defender Philipp Wollscheid, 28, forward Bojan, 27, and midfielder Giannelli Imbula, 24, are all likely to leave Stoke, who are still pursuing Manchester City’s 27-year-old midfielder Fabian Delph-Stoke Sentinel

Crystal Palace are hoping to sign Mangala from City for £23m.

The Eagles have turned their attention to the out-of-favour defender after failing to agree terms with Liverpool for Mamadou Sakho-Sun