USA and Germany want Klopp - Friday's gossip

The USA and Germany want former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, Bayern Munich defender Matthijs de Ligt keen to join Manchester United, and Crystal Palace determined to keep Eberechi Eze.

The USA have made former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp their top candidate to replace Gregg Berhalter. (Independent), external

Klopp is not interested in the USA role and would like a break from management. (Athletic - subscription), external

Klopp is also wanted by his native Germany. (Team Talk), external

Al-Ittihad are closing in on Aston Villa's 25-year-old France winger Moussa Diaby. (Yahoo), external

Al-Ittihad are in talks with Manchester United's 32-year-old Brazil midfielder Casemiro. (L'Equipe - in French), external

Bayern Munich's 24-year-old Netherlands defender Matthijs de Ligt wants to join Manchester United immediately. (Sky Sports), external

Bayern want 50m euros (£38.7m) for De Ligt. (90min), external

Crystal Palace are determined not to sell 26-year-old England winger Eberechi Eze to Tottenham or Manchester United. (Football Insider), external

Nice are interested in Luton Town's 22-year-old English defender Teden Mengi. (Foot Mercato - in French), external

Arsenal have submitted an opening bid for Ajax's 18-year-old English goalkeeper Tommy Setford. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Benfica have turned down offers by from Paris St-Germain and Manchester United for 19-year-old Portugal midfielder Joao Neves. (A Bola - in Portuguese), external

AC Milan are interested in RB Salzburg's 23-year-old Serbia defender Strahinja Pavlovic, who is also wanted by Newcastle. (Calciomercato - in Italian), external

West Ham have fended off interest from Manchester City and will keep 16-year-old English midfielder Chinaza Nwosu at their academy. (Football Insider), external

Chelsea have ended their pursuit of Atletico Madrid's 20-year-old Spanish striker Samu Omorodion. (Marca - in Spanish) , external