Foreign paper talk: Inter Milan want Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi

With the transfer window reaching a crescendo, rumours of last-minute deals are popping up all across Europe.

Our friends at Football Whispers are on hand with a review of the hottest transfer news and rumours from around the Continent this morning.

Here's some of the lines in the media in Spain, Italy, Germany and elsewhere on Friday...

ITALY

Inter Milan will attempt to sign Antoine Griezmann this summer and are willing to pay up to €110m (£93.6m) for the Frenchman, but only if they miss out on their first-choice target… Lionel Messi. (PremiumSport). With a score of 3.2 out of five, the Football Whispers Index currently rates Manchester United as the favourites to sign Griezmann should he decide to leave Atletico Madrid.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has identified Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perrin as a potential summer target. The 24-year-old Italian international was recently ruled out for several months with a knee injury - for the second time in the space of a year - so the Blues may want to see how he recovers before making a bid. (Calcio Mercato).

Gazzetta dello Sport have picked up on The Sun's claims that Manchester United full-back Matteo Darmian could be on the move to one of the Milan clubs after reportedly beginning to hunt for a luxury apartment in the city.

Bologna midfielder Anthony Mounier is set to leave Serie A to join Saint-Etienne this month. (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is willing to sell Spanish international striker Alvaro Morata for £51m (Corierre dello Sport). The Football Whispers Index rates Arsenal as the 24-year-old's most likely destination at 2.5.

Juventus have had an offer rejected by Wolfsburg for Brazilian midfielder Luis Gustavo. The Italian champions wanted to to take the player on loan with an option to buy for €13million in the summer. (Tuttosport)

SPAIN

After finalising a loan move back to Spain with Las Palmas, former Barcelona youngster Alen Halilovic is intent on fulfilling the promise of his early career after a faltering stay in the Bundesliga with Hamburg. (Marca)

Paris Saint-Germain forward Jese Rodriguez, formerly of Real Madrid, could also be moving to Las Palmas on loan before the transfer window closes. (Mundo Deportivo)

Not strictly transfer news, but it's always interesting to hear from the great Diego Maradona. The Argentinian legend has high praise for Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi: "I don't tolerate those who don't appreciate Messi because he hasn't won a World Cup, in 56 years I haven't seen anyone like him." (Marca via TyC Sport)

And Barcelona-based newspaper Mundo Deportivo took pleasure in pointing out that Cristiano Ronaldo is currently enduring his least productive spell as a Real Madrid player, with his strike rate dipping below a goal a game for the first time since his 2009 move to the Spanish capital.

FRANCE

Crystal Palace are considering making a move for former Manchester United winger Gabriel Obertan. The Eagles will not be constricted by the transfer window in their attempts to sign the 27-year-old as he is a free agent after being released by Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala. (France Football)

L'Equipe question whether the arrival of Memphis Depay could upset the fragile harmony within the Lyon dressing room.

GERMANY

Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has defended his club's decision to re-sign Mario Gotze from Bayern Munich and insisted that the player will come good, despite an indifferent start to life back at Signal Iduna Park. The 25-year-old playmaker has scored just two goals and registered two assists since returning to BVB last summer. (Bild).

Bayer Leverkusen will complete the signing of Jamaican winger Leon Bailey - formerly linked with Manchester United and Hull City - from Genk this weekend. (Kicker)

PORTUGAL

Alvaro Morata wants to leave Real Madrid in the summer. The former Juventus striker is unhappy at the amount of game time he has been given by Zinedine Zidane this season. With just 983 minutes of action under his belt this term, the Spanish striker has mustered an impressive return of nine goals and three assists. (Record).

After starting the season with Wolverhampton Wanderers, 22-year-old Portuguese midfielder Joao Teixeira will move to Nottingham Forest on loan from Benfica for the rest of the campaign. (Record)