Gossip column: Ramos, Pedro, Benzema, Adebayor, De Bruyne

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Manchester United's hopes of signing Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos have been revived with the 29-year-old growing frustrated by the Spanish giants' reluctance to meet his demands for a £135,000-a-week contract extension. (AS via Radio Cadena Ser)

However United are reluctant to meet the £23m buy-out clause in Barcelona attacker Pedro's contract. The Old Trafford club believe the 28-year-old lacks resale value and think £17m is a fair price. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal are still confident of signing Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, 27, despite Gunners boss Arsene Wenger dismissing the move. (Daily Star)

Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor's move to Aston Villa looks to be off as the 31-year-old is refusing to move to the Midlands. (Birmingham Mail)

Villa will also miss out on defender Joleon Lescott, with West Brom set to offer the 32-year-old a new deal. (Mirror)

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And Villa boss Tim Sherwood has offered £5m for Spurs winger Aaron Lennon, 28. (The Sun - subscription required)

Atletico Madrid centre-back Diego Godin has turned down a £88,000-a-week contract at Manchester City to stay in Spain after the Premier League side triggered his £28m release clause. (Marca)

Inter Milan defender Danilo D'Ambrosio, 26, has failed to agree personal terms with West Ham after the two clubs settled on a £9m fee for him. (Talksport via Tuttomercatoweb)

West Ham have secured the work permit necessary to take Atletico Madrid's 24-year-old striker Raul Jimenez on a season-long loan.(Daily Mail)

The Hammers have also enquired about Liverpool striker Fabio Borini, 24, but the Italian could still join Fiorentina. (The Times)

Everton and Tottenham are both in the market for Japan international midfielder Keisuke Honda after AC Milan decided to sell the 29-year-old.(Daily Express/Tuttosport)

West Brom are set to sign Arsenal's 20-year-old midfielder Serge Gnabry on a season-long loan deal.(Talksport)

Fulham striker Kostas Mitroglou is set to sign on loan for Portuguese side Benfica. The 27-year-old, who joined the Cottagers for a club-record £12m fee from Olympiakos in January 2014, could make the switch permanent for £4.2m at the end of the season. (Fulham and Hammersmith Gazette)

Watford are close to signing Udinese's Rafael Romo, 25, as back up for first-choice goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes.(Daily Mail)

Wolfsburg's highly-rated midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has refused to say that he will start the season with the German club amid speculation linking him with a £40m move to Manchester City. (Daily Mirror)

Everton are close to securing a loan deal for 19-year-old left-sided midfielder Tomas Andrade from River Plate.(Liverpool Echo)

Liverpool have secured a deal for sought-after 14-year-old Norwegian midfielder Edvard Tagseth, who plays for Neset FK Youth.(Tronder-Avisa)

Leicester face competition from West Ham, Schalke and Fiorentina for Swiss midfielder Gokhan Inler despite agreeing a fee of £3.1m with Napoli for the 31-year-old.(Daily Mail)

Argentine midfielder Esteban Cambiasso, 34, who chose not to renew his contract with Leicester, is close to agreeing a deal with Greek side Olympiakos.(SportsDNA - in Greek)

Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy refused to be drawn on reports that the club have bid £250,000 for Hearts' 19-year-old defender Jordan McGhee.(East Anglian Daily Times)

Best of social media

Real Madrid attacker Gareth Bale belatedly high-fives Toni Kroos after his German team-mate failed to spot his outstretched palm during their friendly defeat by Bayern Munich.

"Don't leave me hanging..."

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, heavily linked with Real Madrid, has finally been pictured in the Red Devils' new strip on Instagram. A sponsorship wrangle prevented him taking part in the original launch, sparking rumours that a deal had been agreed with Real. (101 Great Goals)

And finally...

Norrkoping captain Andreas Johansson has said he was "very ashamed" after his dramatic attempt to fake an injury went viral. (ESPN)