Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo is a transfer target for crosstown rivals Manchester City, while Juventus have joined the race to sign City star Bernardo Silva. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.

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TRENDING RUMORS

– Manchester City are considering a shock move for Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo, according to TEAMtalk. The report adds that the 20-year-old is also on the radar of Chelsea and Newcastle United. Mainoo wanted to leave Old Trafford on loan in January due to his frustration over a lack of game time under Ruben Amorim, but the Red Devils were unwilling to let that happen. TEAMtalk reports that England international Mainoo, who has another two years to run on his existing contract at Old Trafford, could be worth as much as £70 million on the transfer market.

– Juventus general manager Damien Comolli will look to see if a move for Bernardo Silva is possible when the midfielder’s Manchester City contract expires in the summer, Tuttosport reports. The Bianconeri have taken inspiration from AC Milan and Napoli‘s moves for Luka Modric and Kevin De Bruyne respectively. They expect competition for the 31-year-old from clubs in Europe (including his former club Benfica), the United States and the United Arab Emirates and hope the Portugal international will maintain his desire to play at the top level.

– Alexia Putellas has decided to stay at Barcelona for at least one more season after receiving a “tempting and powerful” offer from Paris Saint-Germain, reports Mundo Deportivo. As part of this decision, the midfielder has an agreement with Barça to allow for her amicable departure in the summer if she wants to leave the club, although she could just as easily extend her contract. This comes with the Liga F club telling PSG they would have to pay the 31-year-old’s release clause for her to leave in the final days of this window. Meanwhile, another Mundo Deportivo report claims that PSG remain fixated on Putellas and could pay her €1 million release clause.

– Following La Gazzetta dello Sport’s report on Real Madrid‘s plan to re-sign attacking midfielder Nico Paz from Como, the Italian outlet has given an insight into the clauses that could allow the move to happen. The option to bring back the 21-year-old for €9 million has already passed, but they could sign him for €10 million in 2026 or €11 million in 2027, while Los Blancos would also earn half of the fee from a transfer to another club and have the opportunity to match any offers received by Como.

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OTHER RUMORS

– Chelsea have joined the likes of Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich in showing an interest in signing Crystal Palace center back Marc Guéhi when his contract expires in the summer. (Football Insider)

– Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is looking at the possibility of being reunited with Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling, with the Scottish giants willing to pay £50,000 of the £300,000 he earns a week if a loan can be agreed. (Football Transfers)

– Brentford could offer Kevin Schade an improved contract as they anticipate interest from bigger Premier League clubs, having lost Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa to Manchester United and Newcastle United, respectively, during the summer. (TEAMtalk)

– Free agent winger Yann Karamoh is expected to sign for FC Porto on Thursday once he has completed his medical. (Nicolò Schira)

– Sassuolo, Torino and Lecce are regularly tracking the progress of midfielder Giuliano Galoppo, who is on loan at River Plate from São Paulo. (Ekrem Konur)

– Boca Juniors midfielder Kevin Zenón is among the players being closely monitored by Sporting CP and FC Porto with European interest in the 24-year-old growing. (Ekrem Konur)

– Scouts from several European clubs attended River Plate’s Copa Libertadores clash with Palmeiras on Wednesday to watch midfielder Kevin Castaño, who could be the subject of offers worth up to $20m. (Ekrem Konur)

Harry Kane has said the Champions League offers more opportunities to score than the Bundesliga after bagging two goals in Bayern Munich’s 3-1 win over Chelsea on Wednesday.

The England star tucked away a penalty after he was brought down by Moisés Caicedo, then capitalised on teammates’ pressure on Malo Gusto when the ball fell kindly for him to fire inside the far post.

“I always feel like in the Champions League you create maybe more chances than the Bundesliga, the games are maybe a bit more open, and that suits me,” Kane told broadcaster DAZN.

“Hopefully I can get more than 11 this year,” he added, referring to his tally in the Champions League last season.

The 32-year-old has already scored nine goals in five games across all competitions for Bayern so far this season — 10 goals in six games including the German Supercup.

“It’s always the aim to improve and get better,” Kane said.

Bayern got the scoring underway when Michael Olise forced an own goal from Trevoh Chalobah and might have scored more against a Chelsea team that seemed to fizzle out of energy the longer the game went on.

Cole Palmer responded to Kane’s first goal with a brilliant finish of his own and he also produced a smart finish to beat Manuel Neuer late on, but that score was chalked off for offside after a VAR review.

Otherwise, the visitors had little to cheer after a summer of intense transfer activity, with Bayern getting its third straight win over Chelsea since the clubs met in the 2012 Champions League final when the visitors upset the hosts in Munich.

“Top performance against a really good side,” Kane said.

“We spoke before the game that we were playing the club world champions and we had to be on it from the start, and we were.”

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Kane said Bayern’s work off-the-ball was key to forcing mistakes from Enzo Maresca’s team.

“I think with the ball possession, making angles, helping each other. You saw me and Serge [Gnabry] drop in quite a lot to make it difficult for them to press. They were always kind of minus one and as the game went on, I felt like they got more tired, the spaces opened up and we were able to exploit that.”

Kane’s second goal came directly from Bayern’s pressure.

“We talk a lot about when the other teams try and play, you know we’re always two or three seconds away from having a chance ourselves,” he said.

“You saw that with the pressure and you saw that throughout the whole game. There were opportunities that we had when we won the ball back quickly, so yeah, it kind of fell to me in a nice place and it was a good finish.”

Kane made way in stoppage time for Nicolas Jackson — who is loan from Chelsea — to face his parent club.

The Senegal forward tried an ambitious effort from distance that drifted wide in the little time he had to make an impact.