Rice is among several English options, including Leicester City midfielder James Maddison, 26, and Brentford forward Ivan Toney, 27, being considered by the Magpies as they target the arrival of four ‘elite’ players this summer.
Barcelona are confident of signing Manchester City‘s Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, 32, on a free transfer once his deal with the Premier League side ends in the summer.
Tottenham are set to rival Chelsea for former Barcelona manager Luis Enrique.
Former Spurs boss Antonio Conte could be set to join Roma next season, with their current manager Jose Mourinho tipped to take over French side Paris St-Germain.
Aston Villa, Everton and West Ham are all interested in Inter Milan‘s 28-year-old Argentine forward Joaquin Correa.
Chelsea will try to sell Conor Gallagher this summer with a number of Premier League and European clubs interested in the England midfielder, 23.
Arsenal have offered Reiss Nelson, 23, a new contract but there remains doubt over his long-term future, with Aston Villa, Fulham, West Ham and Brighton among the teams interested in signing the English winger.
West Ham are set to receive a fee of about £1.75m from Turkish club Besiktas for DR Congo left-back Arthur Masuaku, 29, after the obligation-to-buy clause in his loan agreement was triggered.
Aston Villa have set their sights on a summer move for Manchester City’s England right-back Kyle Walker, 32, who is out of contract in 2024.
Chelsea are set to sign 15-year-old Columbian midfielder Kendry Paez, who will join the club in 2025 when he is 18, in a deal worth £17.6m.
Newcastle United’s excellent season under Eddie Howe has helped persuade the club’s owners to be more aggressive in their summer recruitment strategy, having initially planned to operate with a modest budget of just £20m topped up by player sales.
Todd Boehly delivered a pre-Real Madrid pep talk to Chelsea’s players in the Stamford Bridge dressing-room after the latest demoralising defeat to Brighton on Saturday in which he labelled the club’s plight as “embarrassing”.
Vincent Kompany is a contender for the Tottenham head coach’s job – but Burnley are ready to offer their boss an improved deal to keep him at Turf Moor.
Manchester City will not stand in Aymeric Laporte’s way if the defender wants to pursue a move elsewhere.
Manchester United co-chairmen Avram and Joel Glazer are reportedly growing increasingly confident of remaining in control of the club by securing outside investment.
Marseille have become the latest club to express an interest in Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha when he becomes a free agent this summer.
Bayern Munich will reportedly “do everything possible to axe Sadio Mane” after he was fined £260,000 for allegedly punching Leroy Sane.
AC Milan are reportedly interested in signing Mason Greenwood amid increasing uncertainty over his Manchester United future.