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Welcome to Wednesday’s round-up of all the latest news, rumours and speculation from world of transfers.

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Domestic deals

In an interview with AD, Wout Weghorst has insisted that he is determined to win Manchester United over enough in his loan spell that they make a permanent move for his services.

Multiple reports in England and France claim that Chelsea are preparing a second offer for Lyon’s Malo Gusto and are optimistic of securing another signing.

But they will find it much tougher to do a deal for Moisés Caicedo of Brighton, who have placed a £100m price tag on the midfielder’s head, according to the Times.

The Telegraph have an update on Newcastle’s window, reporting that they will not overpay for Anthony Gordon and Everton must reduce their £60m asking price to even get the Magpies to the negotiating table, while there is also “no chance'” of Allan Saint-Maximin leaving before the end of the month.

Tottenham are facing issues in their ongoing pursuit of Pedro Porro, with Fabrizio Romano claiming that Sporting CP are only willing to accept cash for his services, while Spurs are attempting to insert players into a potential deal.

Further details have emerged on Aston Villa’s failed swoop for Athletic Club standout Nico Williams, with the Daily Mail disclosing that they were willing to part with £45m for his release clause and sanction £120,000 per week in wages for the forward, who was uninterested in the move.

Relevo believe that Spain’s David Raya has received tentative enquiries from Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea regarding a summer switch from Brentford.

On the continent

For the third successive day, Portuguese paper Record have a story on the future of Benfica’s in-demand World Cup winner Enzo Fernández, the latest being that while Chelsea are frontrunners for his signature, both Real Madrid and Barcelona are keeping very close tabs on the situation.

In France, PSG’s bid to replace Pablo Sarabia has led them to Rayan Cherki of Lyon and L’Équipe report that they have already submitted their opening offer.

With Real Madrid closely linked with a move for his services, Jude Bellingham will not leave Borussia Dortmund for less than €110m this summer, MARCA claim, while Goal also believe that Liverpool “will go all out” for him too.

Spanish newspaper Sport believe that there is interest from Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr in linking up there with an old Real Madrid team-mate in Luka Modrić and they also state that his current colleague Eden Hazard is wanted by the Saudi Arabian side.

The same outlet also report that Barcelona director Mateu Alemany has held talks with agent Deco regarding options in the South American market and among the names discussed was Brazilian teenage forward Victor Roque, who would be open to a €30m move to the Blaugrana.

After coming up short in their bid to convince Milan Škriniar to sign a renewal, Inter are focusing their attention on getting four others to commit: Edin Džeko, Hakan Calhanoglu, Alessandro Bastoni and Matteo Darmian, reports Gianluca DiMarzio.

Sevilla have pulled out of a deal for Lyon’s Jeff Reine-Adelaide after medical tests highlighted fitness concerns and it would take several weeks for him to get up to match sharpness.

From the horse’s mouth

After El Mundo’s report that Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to sever ties with his representative Jorge Mendes if he could not broker him a move to Chelsea or Bayern Munich after the World Cup, the super agent has issued his response.

And he has kept it short and sweet with his rebuttal to the same newspaper.

“That’s crazy!”

In case you missed it

Exciting South Korea international Oh Hyeon-gyu has completed a move to Celtic from Suwon Bluewings.

Ludovic Ajorque completed his move from Strasbourg to Mainz on what was a relatively quiet Tuesday in the January window.

Total spend this window: €603m