The latest football gossip and transfer rumours
The latest football gossip and transfer rumours

Thursday's Paper Talk: Football transfer news, rumours and gossip, including Manchester United's £100m striker interest


A look at the highlights from Thursday's back pages...


DAILY MAIL

  • Arsenal's teen sensation Gabriel Martinelli is in line to treble his wages by the end of the season as the club look to ward off interest from Real Madrid.
  • The FA will not bow to pressure from Premier League managers to scrap FA Cup replays despite growing fears over player fatigue and injury.
  • Manchester United defender Cameron Borthwick-Jackson is considering a move to MLS to kickstart his career.

THE SUN

Former Liverpool midfielder Emre Can
  • Valencia are weighing up a move to re-sign Manchester City centre-back Nicolas Otamendi this summer.
  • Barcelona have reportedly joined Manchester United in the race for £100m Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez.
  • Leicester are making a £15m move for Southampton's giant Danish defender Jannik Vestergaard.
  • Borussia Dortmund are in talks with Italian giants Juventus to sign Emre Can.

THE TIMES

  • Manchester United are poised to lose Tahith Chong on a free transfer in the summer amid claims from the player's agent that his client has endured problems with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
  • Chelsea have stepped up their efforts to recruit a striker by making an offer to sign Edinson Cavani on loan from Paris Saint-Germain until the end of the season.

United's Fernandes deal stalls

Bruno Fernandes will defintely leave Sporting Lisbon this summer, but may not join Manchester United this January with the two clubs still unable to agree a deal.

Sporting midfielder Bruno Fernandes

Pogba could leave this summer

Agent Mino Raiola says Paul Pogba may leave Manchester United in the summer if the "ambitions of both parties" are not being met at Old Trafford.

Paul Pogba 'is likely to leave' Manchester United


OTHER

Dimitri Payet: Not going back to West Ham
  • West Ham have not registered an interest in re-signing Dimitri Payet, despite reports in France. (SKY SPORTS)
  • Tottenham have held talks with Real Sociedad about a potential move for striker Willian Jose. (SKY SPORTS)
  • Six Premier League clubs are interested in signing Tottenham left-back Danny Rose this month. (SKY SPORTS)
  • Manchester City were found to have made inadmissible submissions to Uefa over financial fair play in 2014 and were reported for not making their bank statements available. (THE GUARDIAN)
  • West Ham are keen on a move for Ryan Fraser this summer. (DAILY MIRROR)
  • Chelsea are involved in a stand-off with PSG over the French club's £12.6m valuation of Edinson Cavani with the striker's parents claiming he wants to join Atletico Madrid. (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
  • Sheffield United are hopeful they can keep on-loan Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson at the club for another season and have opened negotiations with the Reds. (MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS)
  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United will not relinquish control of transfer negotiations amid uncertainty over a possible deal for Bruno Fernandes. (MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS)
  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is open to abandoning Manchester United's youthful transfer strategy to sign an experienced striker on loan. (MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS)
  • Manchester United target Bruno Fernandes headed straight for the tunnel after Sporting's late cup defeat to Braga on Tuesday. (LONDON EVENING STANARD)
  • West Ham were close to recalling youngster Grady Diangana from his loan deal at West Brom until injury struck this week, David Moyes has revealed. (LONDON EVENING STANARD)
  • Nuno Espirito Santo wants any signings Wolves make this month to offer him 'immediate solutions'. (BIRMINGHAM MAIL)
  • Aaron Mooy's form in the Premier League has prompted reports Brighton are ready to seal a permanent transfer for Huddersfield Town's prized midfielder. (HUDDERSFIELD EXAMINER)

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