Dzeko is the club captain at the Italian side and he along with team-mates and manager Paulo Fonseca have already tried to aid the club financially by forgoing four months' wages.

The much-maligned Liverpool goalkeeper has spent the last two seasons with Turkish side Besiktas after his nightmare in the 2018 Champions League final against Real Madrid.

The 32-year-old is viewed as an ideal replacement for the Uruguayan, who has failed to agree a new deal at the Parc des Princes and is set to depart on a free transfer this summer.

Totti said it had been his dream to stay at the Serie A side forever but considered leaving to win more silverware.

Some, like Ajax star Hakim Ziyech, have their future sown up but aren't sure whether they've played their last game in Holland, while others have been linked with moves but are yet to put pen to paper.

Paul Pogba has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford when the transfer window next opens, with former club Juventus and LaLiga giants Real Madrid heavily interested in signing him.

Zinedine Zidane could be able to get his man to the Bernabeu for a cut-price fee, with Manchester United reportedly resigned to losing him.

The future of Odegaard, currently on loan at LaLiga side Real Sociedad, hinges on Modric, according to Marca, with the club reportedly seeing the youngster as the Croatian's successor.

The forward suffered a hairline fracture to his right fibula in February just after he had recovered from a hairline crack to his foot which he picked up in November.

The Brazilian came close to returning to Barcelona last summer, two years after joining PSG in a world record £200million move, but his former agent says he could well have ended up at the Bernabeu.

The Gunners are thought to be willing to listen to offers for the £200,000-a-week star who is out of contract in 2021 with a new deal proving difficult to agree.

The Serie A side see Jovic as a replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic who only signed a six-month deal with the club. This contradicts reports from AS who say Real Madrid have reassured Jovic.

Spain has been without football since March 12, two days before the nation went into a strict lockdown to battle its coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 22,000 lives.

Diego Costa has admitted that he had a massage with horse placenta and electroshocks as he attempted to be fit for the Champions League final in 2014.

Real Madrid, Man Utd and Juventus are the clubs with realistic chances of landing the 23-year-old. Reports have suggested that Madrid have already agreed a pre-contract with the Holland international.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: The board want youth, Zidane wants French stars and fans want a return to signing most expensive players. Sportsmail asks what Zidane will be allowed to build next term.

Marcelo has no plans to surrender his Real Madrid left-back slot to Ferland Mendy just yet, rubbishing rumours he is set for a switch to Juventus.The Brazilian is Real's second longest serving player.

Planned stadium expansions have been thrown into disarray following the coronavirus pandemic. Barcelona are struggling with financial ramifications, while Madrid plan to press ahead

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: The task of testing clubs in the country's top two divisions began this week with Barcelona players taking tests on Wednesday morning.

Serbia international Jovic has scored just two goals in 24 appearances for Zinedine Zidane's side, and could move to Milan for £35m this summer, or alternatively could agree a two-year loan.

Ocampos has been one of the standout performers in LaLiga since moving to Sevilla from Marseille last summer, which has led to interest from a series of teams, including Borussia Dortmund.

Andy Murray and Serena Williams were knocked out of Wimbledon yesterday. 'Dark horses' Eden Silva, 23, and Evan Hoyt, 24 (pictured), will play in the mixed doubles quarter-finals.

MATTHEW LAMBERT AT WIMBLEDON: Murray's former coach Jonas Bjorkman has backed the Scot to return to the highest level of tennis, saying: 'Once a champion, always a champion'.

England fans poked fun at arch-rivals Australia after watching their team thrash them at Edgbaston in Birmingham today to reach the final of the Cricket World Cup on Sunday.

COURT CIRCULAR: Wimbledon are angered by former champion Angela Buxton's suggestion that they have not handed her a membership because she is Jewish. 

Of all the relationships among the game's top players in recent years, the one which exits between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic is probably the one with the least warmth.

Murray, 32, made his long-awaited singles return at the Cincinnati Masters on Monday - his first singles match since an opening-round Australian Open exit in January.

The former world No 1 has lost both of the singles matches he has played since returning from January's hip surgery and, with the US Open starting on Monday, is dropping down a level.

A weary Andy Murray needed treatment for cramp he was beaten last night by the world number 240, bringing to an end his experiment with the Rafa Nadal Challenger event in Mallorca.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Barcelona footballing superstar Gerard Pique has taken advantage of the international break to visit New York and promote his sports business venture.

Andy Murray is finding his comeback so exhausting that he needed to take a nap before performing his post-match media duties after making the last eight of the China Open.

Andy Murray will represent Great Britain for the first time since 2016 after being called up to the Davis Cup squad. The call up comes a day after Murray's memorable European Open triumph.

Kyle Edmund has completed Great Britain's squad for the new-format Davis Cup in Madrid next month. Captain Leon Smith gave Edmund the nod over Cam Norrie.

Andy Murray has encouraged everyone in tennis to get behind the new Davis Cup format masterminded by Gerard Pique. The event begins at Caja Magica in Madrid on Monday.

Former world No 1 Andy Murray has revealed how he 'was pretty much done with tennis' as he struggled with the physical and mental pain of his serious injury.

Andy Murray showed his light-hearted side in sharing a video of one of his quirkier exercises as he stepped up his off-season preparations.

MIKE DICKSON IN SYDNEY: Tim Henman has admitted he always feared he would be unable to call upon Andy Murray for the ATP Cup after he learned of his bruised pelvic injury.

Murray is currently sidelined through injury, this time pelvic bruising that has kept him out of action since November, with no indication yet when he will be able to make his comeback.

MIKE KEEGAN - SPORTS AGENDA: Andy Murray still holds out hope of making his comeback at the Miami Open later this month despite ongoing threat of the coronavirus spreading.

Judy Murray will reportedly take part in Celebrity MasterChef 2020.

The world of eSports & traditional sport are colliding together to offer fans a virtual supplement of all postponed competitions. From FIFA to PDC tournaments -there's lots on offer.

IVAN SPECK AT THE VALLEY: Judging by Saturday's abject surrender at The Valley, the Wayne Rooney era at Derby cannot come soon enough.

Wayne Rooney doted on son Kit before enjoying a day of watersports with his boys and father-in-law Tony as he continued his 34th birthday celebrations in Barbados on Thursday.

Wayne Rooney will be ordered to complete a full pre-season before he can play for Derby County in January. The England legend will join the East Midlands club as a player-coach in January.

Wayne Rooney has trained with Derby for the first time as he prepares to join the Championship strugglers on an 18-month contract.

While the Take That hitmaker, 45, admits he understands the wife of Wayne Rooney's desire to seek revenge on the perpetrator of her leaked stories

The dining table, sold by Stocktons, in Manchester, is covered in plastic wrapping and has a label stuck on the top saying 'Sold Rooney Del December.'

Wayne Rooney has revealed the circumstances of handing in his transfer request to leave Everton for Manchester United back in 2004. 

The former Manchester United and England captain is unable to make his debut for the Rams until January, after signing an 18-month contract following his departure from MLS side DC United.

Of the players with whom he represented England, Rooney would rather be the next Lampard or Gerrard rather than follow Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and Rio Ferdinand into punditry.