Papers: Arsenal feel Vinicius Jr increasingly likely to stay at Real Madrid
The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday's newspapers...
Real Madrid are awaiting a response from Vinicius Junior after offering the Arsenal target improved terms in excess of £19m per year - Daily Mail
Arsenal now feel it's increasingly likely that Vinicus Jr stays at Real Madrid - The Independent
Real Madrid have agreed a club-record fee of £115.7m with RB Leipzig for Yan Diomande and are confident of warding off Arsenal's interest in Vinicius after offering an improved contract to the Brazil forward -
Progress was made in talks between Real Madrid and Vinicius Junior's representatives over a new contract on Wednesday with the club making a latest, improved offer, and the player's camp now feeling optimistic about a renewal - ESPN
Aston Villa are braced for a fresh bid from Arsenal for England defender Ezri Konsa amid attempts to tie him to a new contract - Daily Mail
Fulham have made an offer to sign centre-back Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal from Rennes. The £20m bid fell considerably below Rennes' valuation and was turned down - The Athletic
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Atletico Madrid are ready to firm up their interest in Tottenham defender Cristian Romero after he held talks with Inter Milan - Daily Mail
Inter Milan have a broad agreement with Tottenham over a deal for Romero but Atletico Madrid are confident the Argentine would rather join them - The Times
Aston Villa are continuing to discuss a £14m deal with Atletico Madrid for Italian left-back Matteo Ruggeri - Daily Mail
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Gianni Infantino held talks about rebranding the ill-fated European breakaway competition the "FIFA Super League", with negotiations going as far as the term sheet for an agreement that would have changed the face of European football -
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