Barcelona will attempt to sign Eden Hazard AND Philippe Coutinho to replace the outgoing Neymar.
That is according to The Sun, who says the Catalans are prepared to blow the entirety of the near £200million fee PSG will pay to sign the Brazilian superstar.
Liverpool are insistent Coutinho is not for sale, but Barca could make a serious play for the midfielder.
Hazard returned to top form last season as Chelsea romped to the title and has not, as yet, been seriously linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge this summer.
Here's all the rest of Thursday's transfer gossip...
Top transfer stories from Thursday's Daily Mirror
Virgil van Dijk is close to forcing his way out of Southampton. After tense meetings with the club this week the Liverpool target told Saints is still refusing to play for them. Southampton now face the prospect of an embarrassing climb-down over their refusal to do business with their Anfield rivals.
Their imminent deal for Barcelona forward Neymar is set to cost Paris Saint-Germain a total of £576million over five years — and earn Brazilian £27m-a-year
Brazilian legend Ronaldinho believes Liverpool’s star Philippe Countinhocould make the switch to Barcelona. Ronaldinho, who won the world player of the year award while at the Nou Camp, says: “There are only very few players in the world who can replace Neymar - and I have said that I think Coutinho could play for them."
Everton expect to finally tie up a £45million deal for Swansea's Gylfi Sigurdsson by the weekend.
RB Leipzig chief Ralf Rangnick concedes Liverpool target Naby Keita is unlikely to sign a new deal. The Reds have ended their pursuit of the Guinea midfielder, after having two bids rejected. Keita's current deal runs until 2020 but Leipzig want him to sign a new deal, as a release clause of £48m kicks in next summer (via the Liverpool Echo).
Turkish champions Besiktas have joined the £20million chase for Leeds striker Chris Wood. They are ready to fight Premier League trio Swansea, Stoke and Southampton for his signature.
Transfer news and gossip from other sites and papers
Kylian Mbappe
has decided to leave Monaco, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City and PSG all interested (L'Equipe)
Gareth Bale has threatened Real Madrid he will sign for Manchester United if Zinedine Zidane doesn't play him (Diario Gol)
Jose Mourinho wants three more signings before the window shuts, including Ivan Perisic and Serge Aurier (Independent)