Chelsea Busquets bid, Valdes set for Man Utd, Coentrao Liverpool Arsenal

The summer transfer window may be just a distant memory, but with the season well underway managers have already started their preparations for January...

Chelsea, Man Utd and Arsenal are plotting bids for Barcelona's Sergio Busquets.

The Spain international is also wanted by Bayern Munich and PSG.

Victor Valdes is closing in on a six-month contract at Man Utd.

The former Barcelona star has been training with the Red Devils following a long-term knee injury.

Arsenal and Liverpool have joined Man Utd in the hunt for Fabio Coentrao.

The Real Madrid defender is surplus to requirements at the Bernabeu.

Sergio Busquets could be on his way to England next summer

Club chat and other gossip…

Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has given the green light to a record-breaking move to Man Utd in the summer.

Louis van Gaal is also keen to bring in Roma's Kevin Strootman and Borussia Dortmund's Mats Hummels, taking the club's outlay £160m.

Arsenal have turned down the chance to sign former Man Utd star Nemanja Vidic.

The Serbian is currently out of favour at Inter Milan.

Best of the rest…

Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Man Utd have been dealt a major blow in their hunt for Marco Reus.

The Borussia Dortmund winger has agreed to join Real Madrid at the end of the season.