Football Gossip & Transfer News For June 30, 2016

Arsenal are confident manager Arsene Wenger, 66, would turn down any offer from the Football Association, who have the Frenchman near the top of their list to replace Roy Hodgson as England boss. (Sun)

Wenger’s fellow Frenchman Laurent Blanc, who left Paris St-Germain this week, is also in the frame for the England job. (Mirror)

Former Brazil and Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari, 67, also wants to be considered for the England job he turned down a decade ago. (Daily Mail)

Tottenham and Leicester are among several Premier League clubs interested in signing Iceland defender Ragnar Sigurdsson, 30, from Russian club FC Krasnodar. (Guardian)

Pep Guardiola will find out on Friday if Manchester City have won the race to sign Colombian forward Marlos Moreno, 19, from Atletico Nacional. (Manchester Evening News)

Real Madrid want to sign Leicester’s France midfielder N’Golo Kante, 25. (Marca)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has refused to rule out a move for France and Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette, 25. (Canal+ via Evening Standard)

Ryan Giggs is set to end his Manchester United career after 29 years. The former winger, 42, has rejected the offer of a reduced coaching role under new manager Jose Mourinho. (Daily Mail)

Liverpool have told Crystal Palace they will have to pay £30m for Belgian striker Christian Benteke, 25. (Telegraph)

Manchester City could swap striker Ivory Coast striker Wilfried Bony, 27, for Everton’s England defender John Stones, 22, if the Merseyside club sell 23-year-old Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku. (Sun)

Real Madrid could make a £75m move for Chelsea’s Belgium star Eden Hazard, 25, by offering Spain striker Alvaro Morata, 23, plus £40m. (Mirror)

Northern Ireland striker Kyle Lafferty, 28, has confirmed that he expects to leave Championship side Norwich City this summer. (Belfast Telegraph)

Wolves have denied Spanish media reports of a possible Chinese takeover that could see former Porto manager Julen Lopetegui replace Kenny Jackett as head coach. (Express & Star)

Serbian defender Neven Subotic, 27, who is being monitored by Sunderland, Liverpool and Stoke, could stay in the Bundesliga despite leaving Borussia Dortmund this summer. (Sunderland Echo)

West Brom have contacted Atletico Madrid about the availability of Spanish striker Borja Baston, 23, who is rated at around £18m. (Daily Mail)

Napoli could sign Monaco’s Colombian striker Radamel Falcao, 30, after Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain, 28, revealed he want to leave the club. (La Gazzetta dello Sport)

Chelsea will abandon their plan to re-sign Everton’s Romelu Lukaku, 23, after closing in on his Belgium team-mate and Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi, 22, for £33.2m. (Daily Star)

Norwich have made an approach to sign Scotland striker Steven Fletcher, 29, when his Sunderland contract expires next week. (Daily Mail)

Slovakia defender Martin Skrtel, 31, is likely to complete his move from Liverpool to Fenerbahce this week. (AMK Spor via Liverpool Echo)

Japan international Takuma Asano, 21, says he has been approached by Arsenal over a move to the Emirates. (Express)

Dutch striker Robin van Persie, 32, could be sold by Fenerbahce this summer just a year after joining them from Manchester United. (Manchester Evening News)

Newcastle are closing in on the double signing of Crystal Palace’s English striker Dwight Gayle, 25, and Bournemouth’s Scottish winger Matt Ritchie, 26. But the England winger Andros Townsend, 24, will leave St James’ Park with Palace set to trigger the player’s £13m release clause.(Daily Star)

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has apologised for appearing to insult Jurgen Klopp on Instagram, but blamed his friend, who he says was in control of his account. (Instagram)

Watford midfielder Mario Suarez went on Instagram to chronicle the birth of daughter Matilda, uploading four videos of himself and partner Melana Costa before she gave birth before posting a photograph of the newborn. (Instagram)

Former Bulgaria midfielder Stiliyan Petrov clearly enjoyed his first day of pre-season training back at Aston Villa. The 36-year-old has been given the chance to earn a contract with Villa, four years after his career was halted when he was diagnosed with acute leukaemia.

Leicester midfielder Andy King, who has already collected a Premier League winners’ medal this year, was all smiles ahead of Wales’s Euro 2016 quarter-final against Belgium.