Chelsea will sign Benoit Badiashile from Monaco for €37 million.

Badiashile will strengthen the Blues' center-back options and he represents a cheaper alternative to RB Leipzig's Josko Gvardiol.

It remains to be seen whether this will be Thiago Silva's final season with Chelsea. 

Real Madrid and Liverpool are the two clubs best placed to sign Aurelien Tchouameni.

Kylian Mbappe, who is a personal friend of Tchouameni, requested Paris Saint-Germain attempt to sign him. But Tchouameni is expected to end up with one of the two Champions League finalists. 

Real Madrid view the signing of a defensive midfielder as a priority. 

Jesse Marsch is one of the leading candidates in the running to become the new manager of AS Monaco.

Monaco recently fired Niko Kovac.

Marsch, 48, is a free agent after leaving RB Leipzig earlier this season. 

Manchester United has interest in Wissam Ben Yedder of Monaco.

Ben Yedder turns 30 in August and scored 18 goals this season.

Monaco are struggling financially at the moment and could be forced to sell their best player. Monaco paid €30 million for Ben Yedder last summer from Sevilla.

United are looking for a striker this summer to bolster their squad.

Several Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 sides could declare bankruptcy within the next 6 months if matches are canceled due to COVID-19.

"I am very, very, very worried for all the clubs," he said. "Without state aid, within six months, half of professional clubs will have to file for bankruptcy. The five major leagues have already lost €4 billion and the French league between €500m and €600m," said the president of Saint-Etienne's supervisory board, Bernard Caiazzo.

Lyon were the first Ligue 1 side to adopt the policy of partial employment which funds a portion of the staff's salaries.

Caiazzo adds that the funds are not enough to cover a functioning side.

He added that there will hardly be a transfer window due to an overall lack of funds.

"There will also be no transfer window. Our neighbours will not have the resources to buy players this summer. However, some Ligue 1 clubs are banking on sales by the end of June. Not to mention the €170m less in TV rights money, as well as a box office shortfall."

Monaco purchased Wissam Ben Yedder from Sevilla for just over $44 million.

The price makes Ben Yedder the most expensive player Sevilla have ever sold.

Ben Yedder joined the club for just over $10 million in 2016. He finished with 70 goals and 22 assists in 138 games in LaLiga.

Rony Lopes had a physical with Sevilla ahead of his move from Monaco for $22.3 million.

Lopes will sign a four-year deal with Sevilla.

Lopes has scored 29 goals in 126 matches at Lille and Monaco.

Gelson Martins said he wants to stay with Monaco instead of returning to Atletico Madrid following his loan. 

Martins spoke of his dis-satisfaction with Diego Simeone and Atleti.

"I'm the same player, my characteristics don't match what they want and [Diego] Simeone isn't going to change his ideas for me. I think the best thing is to change environment," said Martins.

Martins added that a talk with Simeone was the deciding factor in him signing with the club last season.

"Obviously I wanted to play, but it's not easy to get into the team. My style doesn't fit into Simeone's ideas because he has a very defensive team. Simeone sent me a message saying that I would play a lot and would be useful...I'm a fast player and I thought that I would fit in because they defend well and break...I was a little disappointed with Simeone," added Martins. 

Taylor Richards could be the latest Manchester City youth academy prospect to move away from the club in search of playing time.

Richards, who was City's top goalscorer last season at the UEFA Youth League, has been compared to Kevin de Bruyne.

Inter and Monaco are reportedly interested in adding Richards.

New York Red Bull sporting director Denis Hamlett shot down rumors of Thierry Henry taking over as manager.

"Recent reports of Thierry Henry joining the New York Red Bulls are false," he said in a statement.

The NYRB have lost 4 out of their first 7 matches to start the season.