To France we go, where Le 10 Sport report that Wolves are ready to smithereen their transfer record of just one week’s standing to bring Marseille midfielder Morgan Sanson to Molineux. Having recently stumped up £30m to make the signing of mask-wearing lucha libre fan Raúl Jiménez from Benfica permanent, the ambitious club is ready to splurge £36.5m on the 24-year-old midfielder. Nuno Espírito Santo’s boys from the Black Country are also being linked with Benfica’s Gedson Fernandes, with a similar fee being mooted for the 20-year-old central midfielder who has struggled for game time since his last league start at the beginning of January. Elsewhere in Portugal, Braga centre-back Bruno Viana has been priced up at £10m and has also caught the eye of Wolves. And Watford. And Leicester. And Leeds.

Amidst ongoing speculation that relations between Paul Pogba and Ole Gunnar Solskjær are less than cordial, the Manchester United midfielder has, predictably enough, refused to be drawn on persistent rumours linking him with a summer move to Real Madrid. Speaking to reporters in the wake of Manchester United’s defeat at the hands of Barcelona last night, Pogba twice dodged a question about whether or not he’d like to play in a Clásico against the side he’d just faced. “I won’t answer that,” he told a mischievous Spanish reporter. “I will only speak about the game, nothing else.”

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Should Pogba stay at Old Trafford, he could be joined in midfield by Saúl Ñíguez next season. The Atlético Madrid midfielder features prominently on Solskjær’s summer shopping list and is seen as a more than adequate replacement for Ander Herrera, who fancies a lucrative move to PSG. Somewhat annoyingly for United, Manchester City and Barcelona are also sniffing around the 24-year-old, who has an eye-watering €150m release clause in a contract that could conceivably keep the academy graduate at the Wanda Metropolitano until 2026.

Not deemed physically robust enough by Atlético as a kid, Rodrigo “Rodri” Hernández left for Villarreal in 2015 before returning last summer for a fee of £18m. “It’s a dream I’ve had since I was a kid,” he said. “When you leave, you never know if you can come back. When I had the option, it didn’t take long for me to think it through and make my decision.” The 22-year-old midfielder could have another decision to make this summer if rumours that Manchester City are interested in offering him a contract are to be believed.

Liverpool and Everton are both interested in bringing David Neres to Merseyside and the sight of the speedy Brazilian winger curling home an equaliser for Ajax against Juventus in the Champions League last night will have done little to put them off. Currently on loan at Bournemouth, Liverpool right-back Nathaniel Clyne may eschew the offer of a permanent switch to the south coast in favour of a return to his native London. With just one year left on his contract, the 28-year-old has been valued at around £15m by his employers and is seen by West Ham as an ideal replacement for Pablo Zabaleta.

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And finally, Besiktas like the cut of Everton striker Oumar Niasse’s jib and may offer him terms when his loan deal at Cardiff City expires at the end of the season, while the Newcastle Chronicle say their local Premier League club is courting Nuremberg midfielder Patrick Erras.