Saturday's gossip: Neymar, De Tomas, Gakpo, Zaha, Gnonto, Moleiro, Ziyech

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Paris St-Germain offered Neymar to Manchester City just before the transfer deadline - but the Premier League champions turned down the chance to sign the Brazil forward, 30. (Marca - in Spanish), external

Manchester United failed in a deadline-day bid to sign Spain striker Raul de Tomas, 27, from Espanyol. (Football Insider), external

Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo, 23, will sign a bumper new contract at PSV Eindhoven after interest from Manchester United, Leeds United and Southampton this summer. (Eindhovens Dagblad - in Dutch), external

Gakpo thought he was leaving PSV for Manchester United until the last week of the transfer window. (90min), external

Tottenham looked into signing Ivory Coast forward Wilfried Zaha, 29, from Crystal Palace before the transfer deadline. (Athletic - subscription required), external

Leeds United managed to sign Italy striker Wilfried Gnonto for just £4m after refusing to meet FC Zurich's £7m asking price for the 18-year-old. (Football Insider), external

Las Palmas president Miguel Angel Ramirez says he turned down an offer of 25m euros (£21.6m) for 18-year-old Spanish forward Alberto Moleiro, who was linked with Barcelona and Manchester City earlier this summer. (Marca - in Spanish), external

Manchester United's football director John Murtough has accepted the club should have abandoned talks over signing Netherland midfielder Frenkie de Jong, 25, from Barcelona much earlier than they did. (ESPN, via Express), external

The Manchester United board vetoed a potential approach for Chelsea's Moroccan winger Hakim Ziyech, 29.(Manchester Evening News), external

Newcastle and Aston Villa approached Tottenham on deadline day about signing Brazilian midfielder Lucas Moura, 30. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Spain winger Bryan Gil, 21, has hinted he is unhappy at Tottenham after a second loan move to Valencia collapsed on deadline day as Spurs were unable to find a replacement. (Sun), external

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone admits he is following club orders by using France forward Antoine Griezmann sparingly to avoid triggering a 40m euro (£34.5m) clause in the deal which saw the 31-year-old return on loan from Barcelona. (Sport - in Spanish), external

Chelsea are looking to hand new contracts to England full-back Reece James, 22, and England forward Mason Mount, 23. (90min), external

James is close to signing a new Chelsea deal and it could be completed within days as talks are at an advanced stage. (Times - subscription required), external

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel said that the club sold Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour to Brighton as the 21-year-old did not want to go out on loan again. (Mail), external

Torino say they wanted to bring 28-year-old Belgium midfielder Dennis Praet back to the club but Leicester City "simply wouldn't let him go". Praet was on loan at the Serie A side last season. (Football Italia), external

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