Football transfer rumours: Hudson-Odoi and Gordon set for Newcastle?

Paul Pogba is set to join Romelu Lukaku on the Premier League-Serie A Groundhog Day merry-go-round by agreeing to hotfoot it back to Juventus on a four-year deal. The France midfielder, who left Manchester United for a second time when his contract expired last month, is reportedly due to have a medical in Turin on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Liverpool apparently want to boost their already formidable attack with Marco Asensio. The Spain international has only a year remaining on his contract at Real Madrid and is valued at a relatively knockdown £25.7m. The Express reports that Jürgen Klopp has “requested” his Anfield overlords line up the readies to sign Asensio.

Lisandro Martínez is one of a number of Ajax players keeping transfer gossipers and ITK social media disgrace accounts busy this summer, and the latest word is Arsenal might be nudging ahead in the race to sign him. The Argentina defender is thought to like the cut of Mikel Arteta’s gib at the Emirates, which might help the Gunners pip Manchester United to his signature. However Ajax, wearily familiar with their talent being picked off by richer European clubs, are sticking by their £45m valuation. United and Arsenal have each bid £40m.

Arsenal are also being linked with Lazio’s Serbian midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Leicester’s Youri Tielemans, according to the Express, who suggest dangling £25m in front of the Foxes might persuade them to sell the midfielder, who has a year remaining on his contract.

Leeds are looking to spend some of their summer transfer incomings on the Club Brugge striker Charles De Ketelaere, gazumping Italian champions, Milan, in the process. Sky Italia reckons the Serie A club had an initial €20m bid for the 21-year-old turned down,