All the latest gossip from the transfer market . . .

  • ASTON VILLA striker Christian Benteke is a £17.5m target for Atletico Madrid as a replacement for Radamel Falcao, who has moved to Monaco Jose Mourinho has signed a £40m four-year deal to return as CHELSEA manager. The 50-year-old will be unveiled next week.
  • Arsenal could make an approach for unsettled Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel in the summer.
  • Defender Matt Kilgallon could be on his way to Ipswich Town after leaving Sunderland.
  • New Napoli manager Rafa Benitez wants to take Chelsea defender David Luiz with him to Italy.
  • Gareth Bale is an £80m target for Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea but Real Madrid are confident they will win the battle for the Wales international – and have set a 15 June deadline for a deal to be done with Tottenham.
  • QPR goalkeeper Julio Cesar he has had negotiations about staying in England with a Premier League club, thought to be Arsenal.
  • Swansea manager Michael Laudrup and chairman Huw Jenkins are set for showdown talks, with Jenkins refusing to be drawn on the Dane’s future.