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LIVE Transfer Talk: Bale's Real Madrid future decided, announcement would 'cause chaos'

The January transfer window might seem like a distant memory, but that doesn't mean the rumour mill has shut down! Speculation over summer moves is heating up, so check out the latest gossip below, and see all official deals here.

TOP STORY: Bale coy on future as decision would 'cause chaos'

Gareth Bale says he has already made a decision on his future ahead of an upcoming meeting with Real Madrid as, according to Fabrizio Romano, the Spanish side are intent on transferring numerous players in the summer.

Bale has spent the season on loan at Tottenham Hotspur and, after scoring two goals in their final game of the season, said that his mind is made up. However, he will wait until after the European Championship to reveal his decision.

The 31-year-old Bale commented on his future following Spurs' final day victory over Leicester City, stating: "I know what I am doing but it will just cause chaos if I say anything."

Bale made 20 appearances in the Premier League this season for Spurs , 10 of which were starts, and he took his league tally to 11 goals with his brace on Sunday against the Foxes. The result confirmed Tottenham would play European football next season in the new Europa Conference League.

Before Bale makes his decision, there is the Euros and a chance to impress in a Wales shirt. At the 2016 tournament in France, he helped guide his nation to a semifinal finish.

"It just has to happen after the Euros. I know what I'm doing but it'll just cause chaos if I say anything now, " Bale said postmatch. "I am not thinking about anything other than Wales."

Tottenham reportedly have first refusal on signing Bale permanently if he were to leave Madrid, however both clubs are waiting to clarify their managerial situations before beginning conversations. 

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21.56 BST: While Marseille have submitted a €30m bid and five-year contract offer that were appealing to both Flamengo and 24-year-old midfielder Gerson, Atletico Madrid have since lodged a competing proposal, according to Le10 Sport, and the newly crowned champions of Spain are said to be in the driver's seat to sign the former Brazil youth international.

21.09 BST: Thirty-one-year-old attacker Stevan Jovetic has left AS Monaco, L'Equipe quotes the Monegasque club's sporting director Paul Mitchell as saying, and noting that the Montenegro international is available on a free transfer.

20.22 BST: Corriere dello Sport reports that indications from the French capital are that Paris Saint-Germain will not activate their €9m option to make Alessandro Florenzi's loan move permanent, and AS Roma will now have to find a new home for the 30-year-old full-back, whose wages are too much for the Italian capital club. And it's a similar story for Steven Nzonzi, with Stade Rennes not expressing any interest in making their loan deal for the 32-year-old midfielder a permanent one.

19.35 BST: Nice's loan agreement with Barcelona that saw 21-year-old centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo spend the second half of this season in the French Riviera include an option to make the move permanent for a transfer fee of €8.5m plus bonuses, a clause that the Ligue 1 side are keen to activate, according to L'Equipe.

18.48 BST: Recently departed Napoli manager, and longtime AC Milan midfielder, Gennaro Gattuso has emerged as the favourite to take over for Andrea Pirlo should Juventus decide to move on from the first-year manager, writes Tuttosport.

18.01 BST: AS Roma have been linked with countless names since they announced Jose Mourinho would be taking control of the club next season, and Gazzetta dello Sport adds two new names to that list as the Giallorossi seek to strengthen in midfield: 32-year-old Nemanja Matic of Manchester United, who the Special One managed at Old Trafford and Chelsea, as well as 23-year-old maestro Giulio Maggiore of Spezia.

17.14 BST: Barcelona are on the lookout for the heir apparent to Jordi Alba at left-back, according to Sport, and have identified 26-year-old Robin Gosens of Atalanta as their top target. The Serie A side are said to want a €40m transfer fee in order to sanction the move, and the Germany international is not short of suitors, with Internazionale, AC Milan, Juventus and Leicester City all credited with interest.

Amid that competition, Barca have also drawn up a shortlist of alternatives, including 24-year-old Angelino of RB Leipzig and Valencia's 25-year-old Jose Gaya.

16.27 BST: Sunday was a day of mixed fortunes for Cristiano Ronaldo, who was an unused substitute as Juventus secured Champions League qualification on the final day of the Serie A season with a 4-1 win at Bologna. So what does that mean for the forward's future in Turin?

15.44 BST: Arsenal will open talks with Real Madrid over the signing of Martin Odegaard "in the next few weeks," according to Gunners manager Mikel Arteta.

Odegaard, 22, joined Arsenal on loan in the January transfer window, and went on to make 14 Premier League appearances for the London club. The Norway international will now return to the Spanish capital, but Arteta is hopeful that the midfielder has not played his last game at the Emirates stadium.

"We have a very clear and strong opinion on what we would like to do," he said. "He's not our player. We'll have discussions in the next few weeks, but first of all we need to respect that he's a Real Madrid player.

"We'll have those communications. We've tried to make everything that we could to get Martin performing for the team, which I think he's done.

"He has adapted really well to our way of playing and to our football. Hopefully we have given him the hope and the feeling this could be a good place for him."

When asked if he was confident that Odegaard would return, Arteta added: "I don't know. It's not in our hands, I don't know."

14.49 BST: Jordi Cruyff will meet with Barcelona president Joan Laporta this week to discuss his return to the Catalan club, sources have told ESPN's Moises Llorens.

Cruyff, 47, is still the head coach of Chinese Super League side Shenzhen FC but his contract includes a clause that would allow him to return to Barca for free if he is offered the sporting director role.

However, if Cruyff, who played for Barca between 1988 and 1994, accepts a different position at Camp Nou, Shenzhen could be due compensation.

Cruyff will take advantage of the break in the Chinese League, which doesn't resume until mid-June, to fly into Barcelona and open talks with Laporta in the coming days.

14.05 GMT: Eden Hazard wants to leave Real Madrid after a disastrous two-year spell and return to Chelsea, according to late-night Spanish talk show El Chiringuito.

Hazard missed Madrid's final La Liga game of the season this weekend with an unspecified injury, but is expected to take part in this summer's Euros with Belgium.

Contributor Edu Aguirre said that the forward "is unhappy at Madrid, hasn't adapted... and believes the arrival of Mbappe would force him out," while admitting that it's not clear if Chelsea would take the 30-year-old back.

12.48 BST: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer goes into his first major final as Manchester United manager, against Villarreal in the Europa League on Wednesday, with sources telling ESPN's Mark Ogden that his team selection is set to resolve the unanswered question as to whether David de Gea or Dean Henderson will head for the Old Trafford exit door this summer.

While Solskjaer remains torn between the two goalkeepers due to their contrasting temperament, reliability and skill-set, sources have said that he accepts that the one who misses out in Gdansk will consider it the end of his United career.

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11.52 BST: Newcastle United are eager to bring midfielder Joe Willock back to the club from Arsenal next season following his highly successful loan spell.

Willock scored for a seventh game in a row as they won 2-0 at relegated Fulham on the last day of the Premier League season on Sunday. The 21-year-0ld is the youngest player to have achieve the feat, starting his scoring streak against Tottenham Hotspur at the start of last month, and is the second Newcastle player to score in seven straight Premier League appearances after Alan Shearer in 1996.

The win ensured a 12th-place finish for Newcastle, who moved up from 15th in the standings going into the final day, and manager Steve Bruce said postmatch that he hopes to call on the England U21's services next season.

"Watch him play and you can see a young player enjoying himself and enjoying the freedom we have given him, a licence to run forward," he said. "He has given us something which we didn't have before. He is a very good player. We would love to bring him back. He is Arsenal's player of course but we would love to test their resolve."

11.15 BST: Zinedine Zidane will take "a week to reflect" before talks on his Real Madrid future, according to Marca.

The French coach admitted he was "p---ed off" on Saturday after Madrid missed out on the La Liga title, saying he would meet with club bosses "in the next few days."

Zidane has a year left on his contract but has refused to commit to staying in charge for 2021-22, hinting at a departure earlier this month when he said: "There are moments when you have to stay, and others when you have to go."

Marca reports that "the Frenchman will spend all week outside of Madrid reflecting on his future... on his return to the capital, there will be a solution one way or the other."

10.28 BST: West Ham manager David Moyes says that the club have no plans to transfer midfielder Declan Rice this summer.

Rice, 22, has been regularly linked with interest from Manchester City and Manchester United as well as a return to Chelsea, who released him from their youth system as a 14-year-old.

The England international has a contract with west Ham until 2024, and the Hammers have the option to trigger an extra season inserted into that deal.

After Rice helped West Ham secure their place in next season's Europa League with a goal in Sunday's 3-0 win over Southampton, Moyes told Sky: "I don't think [co-owners] David Sullivan, David Gold or myself have got any intention of losing Declan Rice.

"We've just qualified for Europe, it's a brilliant achievement. Declan has been a big part of that and we want him to be a big part of what we do next year as well."

09.43 BST: Paris Saint-Germain's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has denied that Kylian Mbappe could be on his way out of the club after the player's latest comments sparked more speculation about a move to Real Madrid.

Speaking after PSG had missed out on the Ligue 1 title, Mbappe -- whose current contract expires in 2022 -- told Canal+ that "what I want is to win, to feel that I'm in a place where I can do that, that there's a solid project around me."

"No, not on your life," Al-Khelaifi told the channel, when asked if Mbappe had played his last game for the club. "Kylian is a Paris Saint-Germain player and he'll stay at Paris Saint-Germain."

09.00 BST: Luis Suarez has confirmed that he'll be playing at Atletico Madrid next season after his goals fired them to their first La Liga title in seven years.

Suarez scored the winner -- his 21st league goal of the campaign -- in Atletico's 2-1 comeback victory at Real Valladolid on Saturday, a result that clinched the title ahead of local rivals Real Madrid.

The 34-year-old agreed a two-year contract at Atletico when he joined from Barcelona last September, but sources told ESPN a clause had been included in the deal which would have allowed him to leave on a free transfer this summer.

"Yes, yes, for sure," Suarez told Movistar on Sunday evening, when asked if he would continue at the club in 2021-22.

He added: "My wife is the one who had to go through the situation I experienced last summer with me, taking the decision to leave. A change is difficult for a family, with kids who had their lives all set up... She knows how hard I worked to turn the situation around and show that I could still play at a good level."

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PAPER GOSSIP 

- Juventus could allow midfielder Aaron Ramsey to leave this summer, according to Calciomercato. The 30-year-old, who has featured 22 times in the league this season, still has two years left on his contract at the club. The Wales international has suffered with injuries throughout the season that have meant sporadic appearances in a tough campaign for Juventus. 

- Barcelona are going to bring back Emerson from Real Betis for preseason before they decide on the player's future. Mundo Deportivo reports that the Catalan outfit would have to pay Real Betis €9 million to complete the player's transfer to Barca -- €6m of which was the initial fee from Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro, and €3m for his loan and initial experience at Betis. The concern for Barca is surrounding the fee and if they can raise the current funds to do so. 

- Lazio are ahead of Brighton & Hove Albion in the race for Colombian striker Rafa Borre this summer, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. The 25-year-old's contract at River Plate, where he scored eight goals in 13 appearances in the league this season, is set to expire this summer. Lazio are reportedly the player's first choice with an agreement "close" between the two parties despite interest from Brighton, Celta Vigo, and Feyenoord. He has previous experience in Europe having joined the Buenos Aires club from Atletico Madrid back in 2017. 

- Georginio Wijnaldum is set to leave Liverpool this summer, telling Sky Sports after the Reds' secured a Champions League spot on the final day with a win over Crystal Palace: "I'm fighting against my tears right now... I hoped to play many more years for the club but unfortunately things went different." The 30-year-old is out of contract in the summer, and has been strongly linked with a free transfer to Barcelona.

- Barcelona are set to move on Miralem Pjanic this summer according to Calciomercato with Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea, and Juventus all rumoured destinations for the midfielder. Joan Laporta is tasked with reducing the Catalan giant's wage bill this summer with reported debt rising and much needed outgoings in the upcoming window. The Bosnian has only managed 619 minutes in a Barca shirt this season, completing a full 90 minutes only once in La Liga. PSG and Chelsea are said to be options to consider whilst the report says Spanish media are reporting a potential exchange for Rodrigo Bentancur which would see Pjanic move back to Juventus. 

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