Real Madrid are confident they will sign Rodri from Manchester City, Arsenal eye player-plus-cash deal for Atletico striker Julian Alvarez, while Roma are keen on Fulham winger Oscar Bobb, plus more.

Real Madrid are working on a deal to sign Manchester City midfielder Rodri, with the Spanish club confident an agreement can be reached for the 30-year-old Spain captain. (Athletic – subscription required), external

Arsenal are considering a player-plus-cash deal for Atletico Madrid and Argentina striker Julian Alvarez, 26, which would see 28-year-old Sweden forward Viktor Gyokeres move to the La Liga club. (Cadena Ser – in Spanish), external

Roma are interested in signing Norway winger Oscar Bobb from Fulham even though the 23-year-old only moved to Craven Cottage from Manchester City six months ago. (Retsport via Football Italia), external

Paris St-Germain have yet to make a formal bid of £102m (120m euros) to sign RB Leipzig’s Ivory Coast winger Yan Diomande, 19, which has given fresh hope to Liverpool, Arsenal, Real Madrid and Manchester City. (Bild – in German), external

Newcastle‘s Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 28, remains Arsenal‘s main target this summer, but Bournemouth‘s 22-year-old England international Alex Scott is also a midfield option. (Telegraph – subscription required), external

Arsenal‘s offer of £70m for Guimaraes will be rejected by Newcastle but the player is keen on a move to the Gunners. (Times – subscription required), external

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is willing to pay up to £90m to clinch a deal to sign Guimaraes. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish), external

Manchester United are not looking to sell captain Bruno Fernandes, 31, despite speculation linking the Portugal midfielder with a move away from Old Trafford. (Teamtalk), external

Como are expected to meet with Chelsea on Saturday as they push for the signing of England defender Trevoh Chalobah, 27, but he will not be allowed to leave for anything less than £30m. (Sky Italia – in Italian), external

Chelsea have submitted an initial offer for 18-year-old Bayer Leverkusen and Bosnia-Herzegovina winger Kerim Alajbegovic. (Kicker – in German), external

Arsenal and Hamburg are in talks over 26-year-old Portugal midfielder Fabio Vieira who wants to join the Bundesliga club after a loan spell there last season. (Florian Plettenberg), external

England striker Marcus Rashford has been invited to be part of a Manchester United fly-on-the-wall documentary by Amazon which suggests senior figures are willing to keep the 28-year-old at the club. (Mirror), external

McClenaghan’s score far surpassed the 13.466 and 13.900 that he registered in the two World Cup competitions in Azerbaijan and Antalya as he made his comeback earlier this year.

It is still well short of his personal best achieved at the Olympics final of 15.533, but his polished routine in Glasgow is a step in the right direction and sees him comfortably into Monday’s final in third behind Scotland’s Reuben Ward and Canada’s Jordan Carroll, who both registered 14.550, having had harder difficulty but faring worse on execution than McClenaghan.

Always striving for perfection, the Newtownards man still feels there are elements of his routine that need tweaked, even if they will be minimal adjustments rather than major alterations.

With his great rival Max Whitlock not competing in Glasgow due to injury, McClenaghan now has a real chance to do what he set out to in these games, sandwich the 2022 silver with another gold after triumphing at his first Games in 2018.

“There’s more room for improvement,” he added.

“I was down on my difficulty score and heat of the moment decisions, I was a bit off balance and too much tension in my arms, so I get the opportunity now to train for Monday’s final where I should be a bit more sharp and agile and put out a better routine than I did today.”

The only disappointment for McClenaghan on what proved to be a fruitful afternoon, was his failure to reach the floor final.

Competing for the first time since the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, a stumble as he aimed to land a final triple somersault cost him as he scored 12.350.

It was a rare blemish but he will get back on the (pommel) horse quite literally in Monday’s final, which will no doubt help him shelve that disappointment with his eyes on another big prize and the chance to further enhance his legacy.

“I was just happy to be here and compete on floor but at the same time I was here to win medals too, it was a real shame, I was going too much for that stuck landing on the dismount and that had me under rotating.

“The rest of the routine was great and it was nice to get the opportunity to perform it out here.”

The Hundred men’s competition, Edgbaston

Birmingham Phoenix 214-4 (100 balls): Clarke 68 (33); Harrison 2-27

Trent Rockets 204-7 (100 balls): Banton 67 (32); Tariq 2-36

Birmingham Phoenix won by 10 runs

Scorecard. Table

Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets ended this year’s Hundred run-drought with a high-scoring contest at Edgbaston, which the home side edged by 10 runs.

Phoenix posted 214-4 – the second-highest total in the tournament’s history behind Oval Invincibles’ 226-4 last year – and with Rockets’ reply of 204-7, it was the first time that 400 runs have been scored in a game overall.

The 29 sixes hit across both innings was also a Hundred record.

Joe Clarke and Will Smeed both scored fifties in Phoenix’s flying start as the pair added 104 from just 49 balls for the first wicket.

After Clarke fell for 68 from 33 balls and Smeed’s 51 from 28, Rehan Ahmed and Donovan Ferreira ensured the brilliant start was not in vain.

The pair smashed 63 from just 22 balls for the third wicket, as Ahmed clubbed five sixes in his 25-ball 48 while Ferreira added a valuable cameo off 22 not out from just nine deliveries.

In reply, Rockets made a positive start as openers Finn Allen and Ben Duckett added 65 in 29 balls but the chase started to drift when the pair fell for 43 and 49 respectively.

Tom Banton kept Rockets’ hopes alive with a 26-ball fifty, but seamer Scott Currie held his nerve at the death to remove him for 67 with an unlikely 29 needed off the last seven balls and Phoenix closed out the victory.

On a difficult night for bowlers, Rockets spinner Calvin Harrison’s figures of 2-27 were an outlier.

Phoenix’s innings was the sixth time that 200 has been surpassed in the tournament and sparked some much-needed life into this year’s edition after a run of relatively low scores – the previous highest total just 144.

The match also alleviated concerns about the quality of the pitch after Phoenix’s women were contrastingly bowled out for 64 earlier in the day.