Fenerbahce prepared to break the bank for Marcus Rashford, RB Leipzig hold out on Real Madrid over Yan Diomande deal, Arsenal open talks for Bruno Guimaraes.

Fenerbahce are ready to break the bank to lure Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford, 28, to Turkey this summer. (Sun), external

Ivory Coast winger Yan Diomande, 19, will not attend RB Leipzig’s pre-season training camp, with the club holding out for a 130m euros fee (£111m) in negotiations with Real Madrid. (Athletic – subcription required), external

Arsenal have opened talks with Newcastle over the transfer of Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 28, who they hope to sign for a fee between £70m and £80m. (Telegraph – subscription required), external

Paris St-Germain are accelerating their pursuit of Barcelona and Spain forward Ferran Torres, 26. (Fichajes – in Spanish), external

Liverpool have no plans to sell Cody Gakpo, 27, despite Tottenham making their interest in the Netherlands forward known. (Mail – subscription required), external

Sunderland will not be selling Haiti striker Wilson Isidor, 25, this summer despite interest from a host of clubs – particularly West Ham. (Sky Sports), external

Barcelona and Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 34, is set to join Dutch side Ajax on a one-year loan deal. (Sport – in Spanish), external

Aston Villa are plotting a £30m move for Barcelona and Spain midfielder Marc Bernal, 19. (Sun), external

Real Madrid and Brazil forward Endrick, 20, has caught the eye of Roma in this summer transfer window. (Fichajes – in Spanish), external

Newly promoted Coventry City are among three Premier League sides keen to sign Chelsea and Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk, 25. (Mail – subscription required), external

Everton‘s English midfielder Tim Iroegbunam, 23, is interesting Hull City, Ipswich Town and Coventry City. (Teamtalk), external

Manchester United have told 22-year-old English midfielder Toby Collyer that he can leave this summer, with Championship clubs expressing an interest. (Sun), external

Tottenham‘s 18-year-old English winger Mikey Moore is on the verge of a loan move to Bundesliga side Cologne. (Teamtalk), external

The Chicago Bears’ first padded practice of training camp came with an unfortunate twist Monday morning when starting safety Coby Bryant suffered a left knee injury during a competitive period and left the practice field. Bryant was driven to the building on a cart and did not return. He is expected to be out eight to 10 weeks.

For a defense already missing cornerback Kyler Gordon (calf) and facing significant outside scrutiny regarding the strength of its pass rush, this was far from a welcome development.

“Sucks to see,” tight end Colston Loveland said.

Still, the Bears must press on. And with the pads coming on this week, the opportunity for coaches to evaluate this group’s identity has arrived. Here’s a snapshot review of what we saw and heard during Monday’s practice and interviews.

Player in the spotlight

Cornerback Tyrique Stevenson, while aware of what could be at stake for him this year, has put very little attention on the contract season he is entering.

“Honestly,” Stevenson said Monday, “I’m not like a real down-the-road thinker. … My goal is to be the best corner on this team aside from Jaylon Johnson and just help this team win.

“I feel like with me doing that and being a selfless guy for this team, everything will work itself out.”

Stevenson’s talent has rarely been in question since he joined the Bears as a second-round pick out of Miami in 2023. His athleticism and physicality have always been standout traits, and his fearless nature in coverage has also been a plus. But two words frequently show up on the “needs improvement” section of Stevenson’s progress reports: consistency and focus.

That was again part of coach Ben Johnson’s evaluation Monday.

“It’s really the focus level of being in the building, paying attention in meetings and continuing to apply that on the field throughout a two-plus-hour practice,” Johnson said. “I think we’ve seen strides there. It’s certainly improving and continuing to improve. He knows it (is a point of emphasis). So we’re pretty happy with where he’s at.”

Stevenson’s take on his occasional focus lapses?

“It’s something I need to improve,” he said. “I feel like every day you come in here — and with life in general — you just find something to improve. This just happens to be something where I have to get my game up so they feel like it’s where they need it to be.”

Stevenson is leaning on Bears defensive backs coach Al Harris as he continues his growth and is hopeful that Harris’ well-documented track record of elevating interception totals for his players can pay dividends.

“He’s big on interceptions,” Stevenson said, “and I’m big on ‘I need ’em.’ We connect on that.”

Pressing question

Is the hype for receiver Luther Burden III still legit?

Rarely a day goes by at Halas Hall anymore where Burden’s ongoing breakthrough isn’t referenced in some capacity. The second-year receiver has drawn glowing reviews recently from Johnson, from quarterback Caleb Williams, from Loveland, his draft classmate.

On Monday, it was Stevenson dropping in a testimonial after getting beat on a Williams-to-Burden long ball during a one-on-one period in practice.

“Perfect throw beats perfect coverage every time,” Stevenson said.

Burden stood and flexed after making that impressive catch in tight coverage. A moment later, Stevenson approached him on the sideline and offered a congratulatory low-five.

“He’ll give you everything,” Stevenson said after practice. “If you’re (playing) too high and he wants to get under, he’ll get up under. And now you’re chasing him across the field. If you’re too low, he’ll take the top off.

“Luther, to me, is a complete receiver. And he’s aggressive to the ball.”

Keep an eye on …

The Bears’ desire to lean into more three-tight-end sets as a means of creating favorable matchups is well known. That should also provide some teeth to a rushing attack that again has a chance to be among the league’s best.

Right guard Jonah Jackson noted Monday that the Bears’ “13 personnel” tab in the playbook features some of the offensive line’s “favorite downhill type of plays.”

“A lot of things are built off double teams and combos,” Jackson added. “So the more combos and double teams that are built across the line, it’s less one-on-one. And you really get to hammer the D-line.”

In Johnson’s first season, the Bears led the NFC with a per-game rushing average of 144.5 yards. During Johnson’s three seasons calling plays in Detroit, the Lions ranked 11th, fifth and sixth in the NFL in rushing offense.

Johnson’s system has also produced a different 1,000-yard rusher in each of the past four seasons — Jamaal Williams (2022), David Montgomery (2023), Jahmyr Gibbs (2024) and D’Andre Swift (2025).

Quote of note

Johnson continues praising Loveland, noting Monday that the coaching staff has put significant volume on the second-year tight end’s plate as they expand his role in the offense.

“He knows pretty much every spot,” Johnson said. “He’s looking at the receiver routes. And it’s amazing to me when you go into a special teams meeting and see him taking notes and hear him asking questions about special teams units that he’s not likely to be on. It says a lot about who he is. He’s just a sponge right now. He wants all the information. He knows all this knowledge is going to make him a better player and that he’s going to continue to play faster.”

Quick hits

— Running back Kyle Monangai worked back into the early parts of Monday’s practice after missing the Bears’ previous three practices with what Ben Johnson described as a minor “soft-tissue deal.” “We’re taking it day by day right now,” Johnson said before Monday’s practice. “We’re working through it. He’s working hard with his rehab, and it should be on the shorter side here.” Monangai did not take any reps during 11-on-11 periods.

— Johnson said Monday it is “to be determined” just how much his starters will play during the team’s preseason games this month. The Bears will host the Browns on Aug. 16 at Soldier Field before trips to play the Bengals and Titans the following two Saturdays. The trips to Cincinnati and Nashville will also feature joint practices two days ahead of the game.

— The Bears, per Johnson, will be back in pads for Tuesday morning’s practice, will have a day in shells on Wednesday and then another padded practice before the next camp off day on Friday.

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Trade details: Tampa Bay Rays acquire C Liam Hicks from the Miami Marlins for INFs Adrian Santana and Brayden Taylor and RHP Jacob Kisting

The Marlins have supposedly been asking for some significant returns on their non-rental players, and it looks like they got a bite, as the Rays shipped a very impressive three-player package to Miami for Liam Hicks, a late-blooming catcher who is having the best season of his pro career.

Hicks is a bat-first catcher who’s always been able to hit, and now is doing so enough to make up for his below-average defense across the board. He rarely whiffs or strikes out, walking more than he’s struck out this year. His raw power is a 45 at best (on the 20-80 scouting scale), but he’s another example of the Marlins getting a hitter to pull the ball in the air a bit more to max out his in-game power, as he has 14 homers already this season. His previous career high was seven, and that came at Arkansas State in 2021.

His arm is a 40 and he’s thrown out 12 percent of opposing base-stealers in the majors, down from 17 percent in the minors, neither number being good. Offense behind the plate isn’t the Rays’ biggest need, but he’ll be an upgrade, and he isn’t even eligible for arbitration yet. He’ll be the latest in what has been a revolving door at catcher for the Rays, who have used 106 different catchers since 2000, the most in MLB.

I love this trade for the Marlins. I was a big Brayden Taylor fan when the Rays took him in the first round in 2023, but he was mediocre in 2024 and downright awful in 2025, hitting .173/.289/.287 as a 23-year-old SEC product in Double A. He’s repeated that level this year, so you have to take the performance with a few grains of salt, but his current .284/.384/.513 line is a real improvement, backed up by better contact rates across the board, notably against his nemesis, the slider. He’s always had a beautiful left-handed swing that produced consistent hard contact, and I thought he’d end up at least an above-average defender at third.

Adrian Santana is a small shortstop who’s an elite defender and controls the strike zone exceptionally well, but until this year it looked like he’d lack the strength to keep his batting average up or hit for any sort of power at all. He’s put on a good 10+ pounds of strength and is hitting the ball harder, enough now to see him hitting for that higher batting average, although I doubt he ever hits 10 homers in any season. With 70 defense and high contact rates, he should be an everyday shortstop in two to three years.

Jacob Kisting has now been traded twice in eight months, as the Twins sent him to the Rays in November for reliever Eric Orze. Kisting comes from a low three-quarters slot, but pitches north-south, a very unusual combination. He has a two-seamer with big life to his glove side, an above-average changeup and a fringe-average slider. He’s walked just 5.3 percent of batters he’s faced in High A this year. He is 23 and a college product — drafted in the 14th round in 2024 out of Bradley — so he really should have been in Double A by now. He could be a back-end starter, maybe more if he improves the breaking ball.