Liverpool are stepping up their pursuit of RB Leipzig and Netherlands midfielder Xavi Simons, 21, who will be available for around 80m euros (£67m) this summer.

Manchester United have added two Bundesliga strikers - RB Leipzig's Slovenian Benjamin Sesko, 21, and Eintracht Frankfurt's Frenchman Hugo Ekitike, 22 - to their list of summer targets.

Liverpool plan to spend more than £250m this summer on signing Atletico Madrid and Argentina striker Julian Alvarez, 25, RB Leipzig and Netherlands midfielder Xavi Simons, 21, and Inter Milan and Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni, 25.

Chelsea and Liverpool could battle it out for RB Leipzig's highly rated France centre-back Castello Lukeba, although Real Madrid are also among the 22-year-old's long list of admirers.

Arsenal and Chelsea have been linked with a possible move for RB Leipzig's Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko, with the 21-year-old unlikely to stay at the fourth-placed Bundesliga club if they fail to qualify for next season's Champions League.