Football gossip: Asensio, Disasi, Kelly, Chilwell, Malacia, Gimenez
Aston Villa are set to sign 29-year-old Spain midfielder Marco Asensio on loan from Paris St-Germain. (Birmingham Live), external
Tottenham have expressed an interest in Chelsea’s French defender Axel Disasi, 26, in case a move for England defender Fikayo Tomori, 27, from AC Milan falls through. (Telegraph), external
Newcastle’s English defender Lloyd Kelly, 26, is closing in on a move to Serie A side Juventus. (Chronicle), external
Manchester United are keen to sign a forward before the transfer deadline, with Bayern Munich’s 19-year-old France Under-21 international Mathys Tel and Aston Villa’s Jamaica international Leon Bailey, 27, under consideration. (Athletic – subscription required), external
Southampton have put in a bid to sign Ivorian defender Loubadhe Abakar Sylla, 22, on loan from Strasbourg. (Fabrizio Romano), external
Crystal Palace have approached Chelsea over signing England defender Ben Chilwell, 28, on loan. (Athletic – subscription required), external
Manchester United’s Dutch defender Tyrell Malacia’s proposed loan move to Benfica has collapsed, but the 25-year-old could still leave Old Trafford in the transfer window. (Fabrizio Romano), external
Manchester United are also stepping up their chase to sign Mali striker El Bilal Toure, 23, who is currently on loan at Stuttgart from Atalanta. (Teamtalk), external
AC Milan are close to signing Feyenoord and Mexico striker Santiago Gimenez, 23. (Goal), external
West Ham have made an offer worth up to £30m for highly rated French 18-year-old forward Eli Junior Kroupi, who is currently with Lorient. (Football Insider), external
Galatasaray have expressed an interest in signing Newcastle’s 34-year-old former England full-back Kieran Trippier. (Mail), external
Fulham are keen on Sunderland’s 22-year-old Northern Ireland full-back Trai Hume. (Belfast Telegraph – subscription required), external
Burnley are close to signing 26-year-old English winger Marcus Edwards from Sporting. (Talksport), external
Middlesbrough are in talks to sign Aston Villa’s English winger Samuel Iling-Junior, 21, who is currently on loan at Bologna. (Mail), external
Napoli are set to complete a loan move for French winger Allan Saint-Maximin, 27, who is currently on loan at Fenerbahce from Saudi side Al-Ahli. (Calciomercato), external
Marseille are keen on a loan move for Chelsea’s Argentine defender Aaron Anselmino, 19. (Footmercato – in French), external
A move by Bayern Munich for Chelsea’s French forward Christopher Nkunku, 27, will not happen in this transfer window but could be revived in the summer. (Christian Falk), external