Barcelona have ended their attempts to sign Brazil forward Neymar from Paris St-Germain and will return for the 27-year-old next summer instead. (ESPN)
Talks broke down between the clubs after French champions PSG refused to lower their demands – despite Neymar’s offer to pay £17.7m towards a deal. (Sky Sports)
Real Madrid are lining up a £64m deadline-day deal for Sporting Lisbon and Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes, 24. (Mail)
Real will also sign France goalkeeper Alphonso Areola, 26, from Paris St-Germain on Monday, with 32-year-old Costa Rica keeper Keylor Navas moving the other way. (Mirror)
Roma are hopeful of signing Arsenal’s 30-year-old Armenia midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan on loan. (Sky Italy – in Italian)
Bayern Munich’s Germany defender Jerome Boateng, 30, is close to joining Italian champions Juventus. (Bild – in German)
Meanwhile, Juve have not given up on signing Barcelona’s 31-year-old Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic – and could offer Germany midfielder Emre Can, 25, in exchange. (Sport – in Spanish)
Borussia Dortmund are set to sign Liverpool’s 18-year-old forward Bobby Duncan should the Premier League side decide to end his contract. (Mirror)
PSG are interested in signing Argentina striker Mauro Icardi, 26, on loan from Inter Milan. (RMC Sport – in French)
Frankfurt’s 25-year-old Croatia striker Ante Rebic is set to join AC Milan, with 23-year-old Portugal forward Andre Silva heading in the opposite direction. (Goal)
Former Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has terminated his contract with Serie A side Atalanta just weeks after signing for the club. (Mail)
Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti says he would be open to signing Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 37, from LA Galaxy. (Sun)
Manchester United are to compete with Manchester City for FK Bodo/Glimt’s Norway Under-20 midfielder Hakon Evjen, 19, in January. (Mirror)
