Football gossip: Bellingham, Wirtz, Leao, Wharton, Branthwaite, Thuram

Chelsea lining up Jobe Bellingham offer, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich to rival Manchester City for Florian Wirtz, and Chelsea and Barcelona have concrete Rafael Leao interest.

Chelsea are lining up an offer for Sunderland’s 19-year-old English midfielder Jobe Bellingham. (Sun, via Metro), external

Manchester City are speaking to the representatives of Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz as they eye a potential summer deal for the Germany winger, 21. (Football Insider), external

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are also interested in signing Wirtz, who is likely to leave Bayer Leverkusen this summer. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish), external

Chelsea and Barcelona have shown a concrete interest in signing Portugal winger Rafael Leao, 25, from AC Milan. (Calciomercato – in Italian), external

Manchester City are considering making a summer bid for Crystal Palace’s England midfielder Adam Wharton, 21. (TBR Football), external

England centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite could become Everton’s highest-paid player as the 22-year-old will demand a contract worth about £150,000-a-week to remain at the club. (Football Insider), external

Everton will need to pay £40m to sign Ecuador centre-back Joel Ordonez, 20, from Club Brugge in the summer. (Football Insider), external

Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea have been keeping tabs on Inter Milan’s France forward Marcus Thuram, 27. (TBR Football), external

Bayern Munich have gathered information about Bournemouth’s Dean Huijsen although the 19-year-old Spanish centre-back is not yet a specific target for this summer. (Florian Plettenberg), external

Deportivo La Coruna fear having to sell Spanish winger Yeremay Hernandez if they miss out on promotion to La Liga as his release clause in the summer would be about 35 million euros (£29.4m) and clubs such as Chelsea, Napoli and Como were close to signing the 22-year-old in January. (AS – in Spanish), external

Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich, 30, is ready to sign a new deal with Bayern Munich until 2029. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Juventus want to agree another loan deal for Randal Kolo Muani in the summer and include an option to buy the France forward, 26, from Paris St-Germain. (Calciomercato – in Italian), external

Barcelona have begun talks over extending the contract of 34-year-old Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. (Nicolo Schira), external

Former Atletico Madrid sporting director Andrea Berta has agreed to take on the same role at Arsenal, despite interest from the likes of Manchester United and Paris St-Germain. (Sky Sports), external