Lionel Messi is being linked with a £275m move in today's transfer gossip

Manchester City are ready to break the world transfer record and meet forward Lionel Messi’s £275m buyout clause at Barcelona. (Yahoo Sport – in French)
City officials have met Messi’s representatives to discuss the possibility of a move for the 30-year-old Argentine to the Etihad. (Daily Record)
Arsenal have offered winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 24, a four-year contract worth £125,000 a week to fend off interest from Chelsea.(Daily Star)
Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta, 33, whose contract expires next summer, has hinted that it is not certain he will stay at the club. (El Pais, via Daily Mail)
Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi, 25, could leave the club, with Inter Milan interested in signing the Germany international, who is valued at £35m. (Daily Star)
Barcelona will try to sign Paris St-Germain’s 29-year-old former Manchester United midfielder Angel di Maria if they fail to sign Philippe Coutinho, 25, from Liverpool. (Mundo Deportivo, via Daily Mirror)
Valencia are interested in signing Manchester United’s 21-year-old midfielder Andreas Pereira on loan. (Daily Mail)
Sunderland are trying to sign 29-year-old West Ham midfielder Robert Snodgrass, 31-year-old Aston Villa striker Ross McCormack and 31-year-old Middlesbrough midfielder Grant Leadbitter. (Northern Echo)
Hull City midfielder Sam Clucas, 26, is close to a move to Swansea City, with Tigers boss Leonid Slutsky saying the player was “preparing to play for another club”. (Hull Daily Mail)
Watford are close to signing Peru winger Andre Carrillo, 26, on loan from Benfica. (Sky Sports)
Arsenal defenders Carl Jenkinson, 25, and Cohen Bramall, 22, are set to join Birmingham City in loan deals. (Birmingham Mail)
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