Martial has been identified by Dortmund as a possible replacement for Erling Braut Haaland, who could be on the move next summer when his release clause, valued between £64m and £86m, becomes active.

However, according to SPORT1, United value the Frenchman between £42m and £47m and Dortmund are not prepared to pay such as fee, or offer the forward a salary close to his current £200,000 a week which he earns in Manchester.

According to Eurosport, the former Monaco man is on the radar of Barcelona amid their attacking crisis, and United are willing to let the £40m-rated attacker leave in January for the right price.

However, the report adds that Martial’s £250k-a-week salary could present a roadblock in negotiations with clubs elsewhere, but the 25-year-old will be prepared to seek pastures new if he cannot force his way into the first XI on a regular basis.

Mbappe has reportedly turned down another contract extension offer amidst interest from LaLiga Santander giants Real Madrid.

According to Le Parisien, PSG offered Mbappe a salary of 45 million euros net per season to renew his current deal, but the 22-year-old turned it down.

Meanwhile, as L’Equipe point out, PSG are not willing to give in and they will return with a new offer to keep their prodigious star.

FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid have reached an agreement for the loan of Antoine Griezmann for a season with the option of a further season. The Madrid club will pay the player’s wages and there is a compulsory permanent transfer clause.

Van Dijk absence forced Klopp to shuffle his pack, as even had Jordan Henderson deputising in his back four.

Nothing worked and Van Dijk’s absence could hardly have been more apparent. Now Van Dijk is set to appear for Liverpool for the first time since his injury, albeit in pre-season.

With 2021/22 to come, Liverpool have reason to be confident that the nine or so months to come will be a lot more enjoyable than the season just gone, which ended more uncomfortably than they might have expected it to.

Erling Haaland has responded to the rumors linking him with Chelsea on Tuesday via Goal.com;

“Before yesterday I hadn’t spoken with my agent for a month. So there you have the answer.

“I hope it’s only rumors because it’s a lot of money for a player,” added the striker before pointing out that he still has three years left on his contract with BVB.

Haaland has been key for Dortmund following his €20 million switch from RB Salzburg in January 2020, having scored 57 goals in 59 appearances so far.

Lionel Messi’s future remains unresolved, at least officially.

The situation has a lot of Barcelona supporters concerned and even Messi’s former teammate Ronaldinho is eagerly awaiting the news that he has signed a new deal at the club.

“Messi has to stay,” Ronaldinho told TuttoMercato.

“When he retires, which I hope is a long time from now, he can leave his No.10 behind and nobody will play with it again.”

Sergio Aguero has undergone stem cell treatment, which is intended to regenerate cartilage in both his knees.

It’s a treatment that Aguero had planned to have before signing for Barcelona, but it has been encouraged by Dr. Robert Soler.

Aguero isn’t the first athlete to have such a treatment either, and he’ll be following in the footsteps of Pau Gasol, Rafa Nadal, Carles Puyol, Martin Odegaard and Erik Lamela.

Lionel Messi is due to return to Barcelona training in a week, but the club don’t have any concerns about the delayed signing and everyone is certain that he’ll line up in a Blaugrana shirt next season.

Joan Laporta has said that Messi always wanted to continue and that there are no nerves that things could go wrong from here.

The Catalans do, however, need to readjust their salary expenses and they need to move players on in order to register Messi for 2021/22.