Friday’s gossip: Al Ahli prepare £30 Mahrez bid, plus Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago, Lavia, Diaby, Johnson

Friday’s gossip: Al Ahli prepare £30 Mahrez bid, plus Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago, Lavia, Diaby, Johnson

Al Ahli are preparing a £30m bid to prise Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez, 32, from Manchester City(Athletic – subscription required)

City boss Pep Guardiola is set to hold talks with Mahrez amid the interest from Saudi Arabia. (Mirror)

Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad are set to make a £40m offer for Liverpool’s 29-year-old Brazil midfielder Fabinho. (Athletic – subscription required)

Liverpool and England midfielder Jordan Henderson, 33, has accepted a lucrative deal from Steven Gerrard’s Al-Ettifaq(Guardian)

Liverpool’s 32-year-old Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara could make a return to Barcelona this summer. (Sport – in Spanish)

The Reds might meanwhile move for Southampton’s 19-year-old Belgium midfielder Romeo Lavia. (Mirror)

Aston Villa have made their first bid for Bayer Leverkusen’s 24-year-old France winger Moussa Diaby. (Sky Sports Germany)

Villa are also interested in Nottingham Forest and Wales winger Brennan Johnson, 22. (Mail)

Manchester United are closing in on a deal worth £43m, plus £4.3m in add-ons for Inter Milan’s Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana, 27. (Fabrizio Romano)

Tottenham will offer England striker Harry Kane, 29, a new deal worth more than £400,000 a week and a career after he stops playing to keep him at the club, amid interest from Bayern Munich(Telegraph – subscription required)

Manchester United’s cash-plus-player offers for 20-year-old Denmark forward Rasmus Hojlund have been rejected by Atalanta, who want a full monetary payment. (Athletic – subscription required)

Fulham are hopeful of beating the likes of BarcelonaAtletico MadridArsenal and Liverpool to a deal for Fluminense’s Brazil midfielder Andre Trindade, 21. (90min)

Nottingham Forest are in advanced talks to sign Ivory Coast midfielder Ibrahim Sangare, 25, in a £30m deal from PSV Eindhoven(Football Insider)

Liverpool‘s Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, 24, has emerged as a target for Wolves as their Portuguese keeper Jose Sa, 30, has attracted interest from Forest(Mail)

Leeds and Denmark defender Rasmus Kristensen, 26, is set to join Roma on a season-long loan. (Sky Sports)

Chelsea have reached out to Lyon to discuss a summer deal for French winger Rayan Cherki, 19. (90min)

This article originally appeared in BBC Sport

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