Chelsea offered Bissouma as Arsenal eye Raphinha

Chelsea have been linked with former Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma. The Sun reports he has been offered as a potential replacement after Enzo Fernández moved to Manchester City for £125m. Bissouma would be the 30-year-old ex-Mali international. (BBC Sport)

Multiple strands in the market

Meanwhile, Manchester City and Chelsea are believed to be among those who showed interest in signing Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton before the transfer deadline, according to The Guardian. Palace rejected every bid, so the deal never took shape.

Elsewhere, CaughtOffside says Aston Villa, Manchester City and Newcastle United are monitoring Spain winger Álex Baena, though Atletico Madrid have no plans to sell him.

Arsenal and other rumours

Arsenal are considering a move for Barcelona and Brazil winger Raphinha. Fichajes (Spanish) claims they could lodge a £68m offer in January.

Talksport adds that Tottenham are considering paying up Richarlison’s contract to allow the out-of-favour 29-year-old to leave on a free transfer. Teamtalk also reports that Everton made a verbal offer of £40m plus £5m in add-ons for Taty Castellanos on deadline day, but it was too late for West Ham to approve the exit.

Rejected bids and targets

Finally, Football Insider says Newcastle rejected two offers from Nottingham Forest for Jacob Murphy because manager Matthias Jaissle wants to keep him. And Teamtalk suggests Wolves could have sold Portugal Under-21 forward Mateus Mane, with Liverpool and Manchester United said to be interested. (BBC Sport)