Football News & Transfer Tracker For June 27, 2016

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 34, will sign a one-year contract with Manchester United on Friday, with the forward set to receive a £4m loyalty bonus from former club Paris St-Germain. (Gianluca Di Marzio, via Daily Star)

AC Milan are close to selling a controlling share of the club to a Chinese consortium of investors, who will seek to bring in Everton forward Romelu Lukaku, 23. (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will meet with the representatives of France and Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette to discuss a move for the £45m-rated 25-year-old. (Sun)

Premier League champions Leicester City are in talks over a move for 24-year-old Norwich City and Republic of Ireland winger Robbie Brady. (Leicester Mercury)

Serbia defender Neven Subotic, 27, brought to Borussia Dortmund by now-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, has confirmed he wants to leave the German club. (Daily Express)

Chelsea are set to make a third bid for Belgium and Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan, 28, this week, with France and Leicester City’s N’Golo Kante, 25, also a target. (Daily Mirror)

Southampton are planning to appoint Frenchman Claude Puel as their new manager this week. (Daily Telegraph)

Spain and Celta Vigo forward Nolito, 29, says he is proud to be linked with Manchester City and Barcelona, but is fully concentrated on Euro 2016. (La Vanguardia, via Manchester Evening News)

Borussia Dortmund have bid for 26-year-old Bayer Leverkusen forward Karim Bellarabi as they expect Manchester United target Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 27, to leave the club. (Daily Mirror)

Mkhitaryan’s move to Old Trafford is almost complete after Dortmund officials visited Manchester to discuss United’s offer for the Armenia midfielder. (Sun)

Midfielder Leon Osman and defender Tony Hibbert, both 35, are yet to receive any clarification over their Everton futures, with their contracts set to expire at the end of the month. (Liverpool Echo)

Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez will look to buy British players to help the St James’ Park club win promotion from the Championship next season. (Newcastle Chronicle)

Former Chelsea striker Gianfranco Zola has backed incoming manager Antonio Conte to succeed at Stamford Bridge. (Goal.com)

Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny, 30, used 32-year-old Leicester captain Wes Morgan as an example to emphasise how France should be defending at Euro 2016.(L’Equipe, via Metro)

Paris St-Germain are targeting Sevilla and Poland midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak and are willing to pay around £32m for the 26-year-old.(Marca – in Spanish)

Brazil defender Dani Alves’ move from Barcelona to Juventus is all but complete, with the 33-year-old expected to have a medical with the Italian champions on Monday. (Goal.com)

Liverpool will let 19-year-old Spanish midfielder Sergi Canos leave the club, with the teenager expected to join Championship side Bristol City in a £2.5m deal. (Liverpool Echo)

Charlton midfielder Johnnie Jackson had a message for team-mate and Iceland international Johann Gudmundsson, whose side face England in the Euro 2016 knockout stages on Monday…

Johnnie Jackson Twitter

Arsenal and Manchester United were among the clubs featured in a FC Schalke 04 video on Twitter after the German side won the race to sign highly rated Switzerland striker Breel Embolo, 19, from Basel.

Wales forward Gareth Bale has started his preparation for the Euro 2016 quarter-finals…

Gareth Bale Twitter

He may have missed out on a place in the Spain’s Euro 2016 squad, but that hasn’t stopped Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera going on a European tour. Herrera shared this picture from Split, Croatia with his Twitter followers.

Ander Herrera Twitter

And finally…

Arsenal and Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech acted as a ball boy for Radek Stepanek on the practice court at Wimbledon before his compatriot’s first-round clash with Nick Kyrgios. (Daily Mirror)

Icelandic football commentator Gudmundur Benediktsson, who found internet fame for his reaction to Iceland’s late winner against Austria, has been sacked from his day job with KR Reykjavik. (Daily Telegraph)