Live Transfer Updates: August 2

Chelsea look to be in pole position to wrap up the signing of the highly rated Augsburg left-back, Baba Rahman.[Telegraph]

Liverpool to make £14.9m bid for Real Madrid's Denis Cheryshev. [Telegraph]

Chelsea are understood to be on the brink of making a £15.5 million bid for Napoli's José Callejón. [Telegraph]

Jose Mourinho threatens to pull the plug on John Stones transfer from Everton. [Metro]

Arsenal have beaten Manchester United to sign Benfica's 15-year-old goalkeeper Joao Virginia. [Metro]

Louis van Gaal is ready to end David de Gea's drawn-out transfer saga and has instructed the Manchester United board to sanction the goalkeeper's sale to Real Madrid. [The Observer]

Ashley Young has been offered a new three-year contract worth £120,000-a-week by Manchester United in a deal that will earn the 30-year-old £18.7m. [Star on Sunday]

Manchester City are set to gazump their Premier League rivals and sign Saido Berahino from West Brom. [Sunday People]

Southampton have made an £8m bid for Celtic centre-back Virgil van Dijk. [Sun]

Wolfsburg sporting director Klaus Allofs says that it is '99.9 per cent certain' that reported Manchester City target Kevin De Bruyne will be staying at the club. [Sun]

Sunderland have been offered the chance to sign Brazil striker Alexandre Pato for £5m. [Daily Mirror]

Manchester United are reportedly on the brink of finally clinching a deal for Benfica attacker Nicolas Gaitan. [Sunday Express]

West Ham are set to up their offer for Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez having already had a £9m bid rejected. [Sunday Express]

Newcastle have emerged as shock rivals to Tottenham in the scramble to sign West Brom's Saido Berahino. [Sunday Express]

Sunderland are in talks over a deal to sign Rubin Kazan midfielder Yann M'Vila. [Daily Mail]

Manchester United have already convinced Pedro to join them this summer, the Barcelona player’s mother has revealed. [Daily Mail]

Manchester United haven't given up on signing Gareth Bale from Real Madrid for a world record fee. [Sunday Express]

Angel di Maria will have a medical with Paris St Germain over the next 24 hours. [BBC]

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Villarreal are moving closer to a deal for Tottenham striker Roberto Soldado. [AS]

Manchester United right-back Rafael is on his way to French side Lyon. [Daily Star]

Michael Carrick has turned down an offer to move from Manchester United to Paris Saint-Germain. [ESPN FC]