Man Utd closing in on Delap - Wednesday's gossip

Manchester United are the frontrunners to sign Liam Delap, Nottingham Forest will make at least five summer signings, Arsenal and Liverpool are competing to land Dean Huijsen.

Manchester United are leading the race to sign Ipswich's English forward Liam Delap, 22, who would be happy to move to Old Trafford this summer. (Sky Sports), external

Nottingham Forest will make at least five signings this summer with Manchester City's 22-year-old English midfielder James McAtee and Ipswich striker Delap among those they have scouted. (Telegraph - subscription required), external

Arsenal and Liverpool are vying to sign Bournemouth's 20-year-old Spain centre-back Dean Huijsen, who is also being tracked by Real Madrid. (Sky Germany), external

Huijsen dreams of joining Real Madrid, but Premier League trio Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea are prepared to trigger the defender's £50m release clause to get the deal done this month. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Bayer Leverkusen's Netherlands right-back Jeremie Frimpong, 24, is closing in on a £29.5m move to Liverpool. (Mail), external

Real Madrid are close to announcing the signing of 26-year-old English right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool, who are demanding a compensation fee of £840,000 in order for him to play in the Club World Cup. (ESPN), external

Manchester United have held talks with Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo, 25, over a possible move from Bournemouth. (Talksport), external

Brighton are in talks with veteran English midfielder James Milner, 29, over a new deal with the club. (Athletic - subscription required), external

Brazil winger Rodrygo, 24, does not want to play for Real Madrid again as he targets a summer exit from the club. (Marca - in Spanish), external

Arsenal want to sign Sporting Lisbon's 26-year-old Sweden forward Viktor Gyokeres, who has an agreement with the Portuguese side that he can leave if another club agrees to pay about £60m. (Mirror), external

As well as Gyokeres, Arsenal are also interested in RB Leipzig's Slovenia forward Benjamin Sesko, 21. (Sky Sports), external