Joao Pedro On Barca Radar - Saturday's Gossip

Barcelona oculus Chelsea's Joao Pedro and Tottenham's Cristian Romero, Aston Villa want Paris St-Germain's Ibrahim Mbaye, Leeds United and Coventry City conflict for Lois Openda and Anthony Gordon's squad are successful interaction pinch Bayern Munich.

Chelsea and Brazil striker Joao Pedro, 24, is Barcelona's preferred campaigner to switch 37-year-old Poland striker Robert Lewandowski who is group to time off nan nine astatine nan extremity of nan season. (Marca - successful Spanish, external)

Aston Villa are monitoring Paris St-Germain and Senegal guardant Ibrahim Mbaye, 18, pinch nan Premier League nine group to target younger players this summer. (Mail, external)

Barcelona might move their attraction to 28-year-old Tottenham and Argentina defender Cristian Romero if their move to motion Italy centre-back Alessandro Bastoni, 27, from Inter Milan proves unsuccessful. (AS - successful Spanish, external)

Aston Villa are unfastened to trading 22-year-old English winger Tommi O'Reilly, who is connected indebtedness astatine League Two nine Crewe Alexandra, amid increasing liking from Oxford United, Portsmouth and Huddersfield Town. (Mail, external)

Coventry City, who person won promotion to nan Premier League, will conflict Leeds United for nan signature of 26-year-old Belgium and RB Leipzig striker Lois Openda, who is connected indebtedness astatine Serie A broadside Juventus. (Sport Witness, external)

Newcastle and England winger Anthony Gordon's guidance person been successful interaction pinch Bayern Munich for months, pinch head Vincent Kompany already approving a move for nan 25-year-old. (Florian Plettenberg, external)

Hayden Hackney is inching person to a Premier League transportation pinch Brighton joining Nottingham Forest successful nan conflict to motion nan 23-year-old erstwhile England Under-21s midfielder from Middlesbrough. (Football Insider, external)

Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace are each pushing to unafraid nan signing of Rangers' 19-year-old Scottish midfielder Bailey Rice. (Teamtalk, external)

Aston Villa are to measurement up their pursuit of Manchester City and England goalkeeper James Trafford, 23, arsenic a imaginable replacement for 33-year-old Argentina keeper Emiliano Martinez. (Football Insider, external)

German head Hansi Flick, 61, is group to motion a two-year hold astatine Barcelona with nan specifications of his caller statement to beryllium finalised adjacent week. (Mundo Deportivo - successful Spanish, external)