Premier League and EFL football gossip and transfer rumours

Paper talk: Football transfer news, rumours, reports & gossip

By Sporting Life

Football

Sat September 07, 2019 · 6y ago

Juventus head coach Maurizio Sarri is plotting a summer 2020 swoop on Premier League talent - get all the latest transfer rumours in Paper Talk.

Juventus head coach Maurizio Sarri is plotting a summer 2020 swoop on Premier League talent, with as many as five free-agent targets including Manchester United 'keeper David de Gea and Tottenham duo Toby Alderweireld and Christian Eriksen.

Manchester United midfielder Andreas Pereira is determined to repay Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's faith in him.
Wolves defender Willy Boly did not join up with Ivory Coast despite being called up for the first time, instead spending the international break with family in France.

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Former Leicester defender Danny Simpson is training with West Brom as he looks to find a new club.
Kieran Trippier has stunned Atletico Madrid team-mates with his quality since arriving in Spain and is set to re-establish himself as an England regular.
Eden Hazard could be fit to make his belated Real Madrid debut straight after the international break.
John Obi Mikel was trolled on social media after posting a response to a fake Ruben Neves quote about him by a Chelsea fan account on Instagram.
Sean Dyche is lining up a £9m deal for Middlesbrough centre-back Nathan Wood.
Kyle Walker-Peters will return to full training with Spurs next week.

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud would be open to moving to MLS at the end of his contract next summer.

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Increasing numbers of English football clubs are handing over rights to future transfer fees worth tens of millions to Macquarie - an Australian investment bank - in exchange for up-front cash sums.

A sports bookshop in Newcastle is refusing to stock Michael Owen's new autobiography because of his scathing criticism of Newcastle United and their supporters.

Borna Barisic will get an extended chance in the Rangers first-team after impressing Steven Gerrard while covering for Jon Flanagan, who has undergone a second hernia operation.

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Chris Sutton believes Rangers made a "panic signing" when they finally secured the return of Ryan Kent for £7m from Liverpool on deadline day.