Philippe Coutinho
Philippe Coutinho

Paper Talk: Friday's football transfer rumours and gossip from UK newspapers


The biggest football transfer rumours and gossip from Friday's national newspapers.

DAILY MAIL

Barcelona have offered £72m for Philippe Coutinho and will not be put off by a Reds rejection.

Latest Sky Bet odds on Coutinho's future

Inter and Wolfsburg have asked about taking Manchester United's Anthony Martial on loan.

Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge doubts AC Milan can afford £43m Renato Sanches.

Everton are keeping tabs on Sheffield United attacking midfielder David Brooks.

THE INDEPENDENT

Manchester United have turned their attention to Paris Saint-Germain right-back Serge Aurier after struggling to do a deal for Monaco's Fabinho.

DAILY MIRROR

Manchester City are facing the threat of a transfer ban over their alleged tapping-up of Kylian Mbappe.

Sky Bet Transfer Specials: Where will Mbappe end up?

Jose Mourinho will hold crunch talks with boss Ed Woodward over Manchester United's transfer activity.

Michael Carrick says only a Premier League title challenge will be good enough for Manchester United this season.

THE SUN

Arsenal have made a breakthrough in contract talks with Mesut Ozil and are increasingly confident of keeping the German.

Arsenal and Tottenham are ready to move for Manchester City youngster Jadon Sancho after he was left out of the club's pre-season tour.

Virgil van Dijk is pushing Southampton to give him a dream move to Liverpool this summer.

Juventus want Nemanja Matic but are unwilling to meet Chelsea's £40m asking price.

Everton are set to beat Arsenal to the signing of Feyenoord's 16-year-old prospect Joshua Zirkzee.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Arsenal have turned down a £16m Crystal Palace bid for Calum Chambers but talks remain ongoing.

Swansea are lining up a £10m bid for Huddersfield midfielder Philip Billing.

DAILY EXPRESS

Chelsea's Eden Hazard is stepping up his recovery from injury in a bid to revive a transfer to Real Madrid.

Fenerbahce will hold talks with Arsenal over a loan deal for Lucas Perez.

Turkish club Antalyaspor are ready to meet Arsenal's demands for Jack Wilshere.

Chelsea could sell defender Andreas Christensen to Sevilla for £13.4m.

DAILY STAR

PSG have sent director of football Henrique Antero to London to try and seal the signing of Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez.

Tottenham have asked to be kept informed of Riyad Mahrez's situation at Leicester, with Arsenal also interested.

Sky Bet: Tottenham 10/1 to sign Riyad Mahrez

Jack Wilshere is open to joining West Ham if a fee can be agreed with Arsenal.

Diego Costa could join AC Milan on loan before leaving Chelsea for Atletico Madrid in January.

DAILY RECORD

Kris Commons could rejoin Hibs if he recovers from his injury problems.

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