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Ex-Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz could be on his way back to the Premier League.

The Brazilian, who is currently on the books at Juventus, is being eyed by West Ham as they undergo a squad overhaul.

That’s according to reports in Italy, who suggest the Hammers are keen on bringing Luiz back to England.

Fulham and Nottingham Forest will battle it out for Inter Milan striker Mehdi Taremi, reports Corriere dello Sport.

Besiktas are also keen and the report details the player’s agents making contact with Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce.

Taremi would cost in the region of €10m (£8.6m).

A new start for Jadon Sancho looks closer than ever, with reports stating that the Man United winger has agreed personal terms with Juventus.

Tuttsport reports that an agreement in principle is now there between player and the Old Lady.

Now the Italian giants must strike a deal with United.

The Sancho wages will likely come to more than €5m (£4.3m) per season, over four years, a considerable pay cut from his Old Trafford wages.

Chelsea have done the unthinkable. At the culmination of a tournament that has been widely detracted for non-footballing matters, the beautiful game prevailed. They’ve beaten the planet’s best to become champions of the world, against all odds.

Paris Saint-Germain, a team whose recent success stems from a philosophy that focuses on the collective, were dismantled by an individual. Cole Palmer has endured a tough six months, but provided an overwhelming reminder of his quality to guide the Blues to immortality. Scoring two and setting up the third, “cold” became the epitaph of a tournament that has been synonymous with heat.

It looks like Newcastle will hold onto Alexander Isak this summer, with Champions League football and a possible title challenge if things fall the right way in front of Eddie Howe and the Magpies.

But long term, where is the Swede’s future? The bookies still think Liverpool is the logical next destination, be that next year or the year after potentially.

One of the more famous headlines after Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit combined for the third goal in Brazil’s defeat at the Stade de France in 1998 was “Arsenal win the World Cup”. Perhaps some in Sussex will be tempted to script a sequel on Sunday. “Brighton win the Club World Cup”? It would have sounded especially unlikely in the 1990s, when they were battling relegation from the Football League or exiled to play their home games in Gillingham.

It wouldn’t be strictly true now but Chelsea’s two goals in the semi-final came from Joao Pedro, who started July as a Brighton and Hove Albion player. He has made an increasingly familiar journey. The joke, if not a particularly new one, is that it would have been cheaper for Chelsea simply to buy Brighton than to carry on paying them for personnel. At £115m, Moises Caicedo cost a British record fee. At £62.5m, Marc Cucurella is another of Albion’s three biggest ever sales: all were to Chelsea.

Gonçalo Ramos, Lee Kang-in and Lucas Hernández could all be sold by Paris Saint-Germain after Sunday’s Club World Cup final.

According to L’Équipe, Luis Enrique has identified the three players as potential sales in moves to help further boost his squad with purchases to come later this summer.

PSG’s main target appears to be Bournemouth’s Illia Zabarnyi, with the Cherries ready to fight to keep their defender.

Manchester United remain optimistic of a deal to sign Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo, according to Sky Sports News.

United are expected to make an improved offer, possibly as soon as this week. Brentford are understood to want £65m and Mbeumo is eager to join United.

It is thought the deal will come down to the structure and conditions, as United’s last offer was not far away in terms of total fee.

Djordje Petrovic is on the brink of becoming a Bournemouth player and will undergo a medical later today after the club finalised terms of a deal with Chelsea.

The two clubs agreed a £25m transfer fee for the goalkeeper and Petrovic is set to sign a five-year deal with the Cherries having also negotiated and agreed personal terms.

Bournemouth has booked him in for a medical on Monday 14 July with an announcement of his signing expected sometime on Tuesday 15.

Djordje Petrovic will be a Bournemouth player next season having finalised the details on his move from Chelsea.

The deal is for £25m and has been agreed by both clubs with Petrovic set to sign a five-year deal with the Cherries.

The 25-year-old goalkeeper will undergo a medical today and his announcement is expected on Tuesday.