Paper Talk has all the latest football gossip from the back pages
Paper Talk has all the latest football gossip from the back pages

Friday's Paper Talk: The latest football transfer news and gossip including Marcelo, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Romelu Lukaku


Real Madrid's Marcelo could be on course for a switch to the Premier League - get up to speed with all the latest transfer news and gossip.

DAILY MIRROR

  • Arsenal are on the brink of completing a £26m deal for Saint-Etienne defender William Saliba before sending him back to the Ligue 1 club on loan for the forthcoming season.
  • Premier League new boys Sheffield United are trying to pull off an audacious record swoop for prolific Brentford striker Neal Maupay.
  • Flop Southampton midfielder Sofiane Boufal is plotting a return to France with Marseille.
  • Marcelo has told Real Madrid he wants to leave this summer with Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal, Juventus and AC Milan all on the lookout to sign him up.
  • Chelsea midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek has agreed to sign a new five-year deal keeping him at Stamford Bridge until 2024.
Marcelo celebrates with Zidane
Marcelo could be on the move

THE SUN

  • Inter Milan are stalling on meeting Romelu Lukaku's £75m price tag so the striker will have to join Manchester United on their pre-season tour.
  • Liverpool contacted FIFA over fears Lazio tapped up their youth star Bobby Adekanye while he was still at the Merseyside club.
  • Gianfranco Zola, who left Chelsea on Thursday following the arrival of Frank Lampard, is upset the Blues did not tell him of his exit earlier.
  • Chelsea want Mason Mount tied down to a new long-term deal before they fly out to Japan - on the orders of Frank Lampard.
  • Nacho Monreal has signed a new one-year deal at Arsenal with the option of extending for a further year into the 2020-21 season.
  • Leyton Orient have rejected a £300,000 offer from Tottenham for sought-after centre-back Dan Happe.
Frank Lampard is now the Chelsea manager
Tom Carduff: Chelsea got it wrong

DAILY MAIL

  • Gianluigi Buffon's agent Silvano Martina has revealed the goalkeeper turned down rich offers from the Premier League to return to Juventus.
  • Leicester will have to pay at least £40m to land Burnley's James Tarkowski.
  • UEFA are considering 'protecting' teams who reach the closing stages of the Champions League by guaranteeing them a spot in the following season's competition.
  • Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has warned Barcelona there will be 'consequences' if they are found to have signed a pre-contract agreement with Antoine Griezmann last March while his release clause was £73m higher than it is now.
  • Axel Tuanzebe is expected to sign a new contract with Manchester United on Friday.
  • Middlesbrough have accused Garry Monk and his agent of deceiving them in the transfer market while the 40-year-old was manager of the club in 2017.
James Tarkowski
James Tarkowski

DAILY STAR

  • Manchester United are losing patience with David de Gea and have made him a take-it-or-leave-it deal worth £350,000-a-week.
  • Newcastle will give their new manager a £100m transfer budget as they look to reinvest money generated by player sales.
  • Tottenham have lined up Real Madrid's Dani Ceballos, Roma midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo or Giovani Lo Celso of Real Betis as a replacement for Christian Eriksen should he depart the club.
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DAILY EXPRESS

  • Manchester United are in talks with Andreas Pereira over a new contract.
  • Liverpool will not sell Divock Origi this summer despite interest from European sides including Real Betis.

THE SCOTTISH SUN

  • Celtic are weighing up a £1.6m move for Israel and Hapoel Be'er Sheva defender Hatem Abd Elhamed.
  • Former Dundee United and Hibernian midfielder Ryan Gauld is on the verge of a move to Portuguese side Moreirense.
  • Ryan Moore will get a second chance to secure a contract at Hibernian.
  • Alloa have received more than 50 applications from around the world to become the club's new boss after Jim Goodwin's departure to St Mirren.
  • Jon McCracken has been given a chance to win a deal at Burnley - after the Scotland U19s goalkeeper was told he could leave Norwich.
  • Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes is aiming to snap up Dylan McGeouch before Friday night's European signing deadline.
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DAILY RECORD

  • Rangers star Ross McCrorie is set to seal a switch to Sky Bet League One side Portsmouth on a season-long loan deal.
  • Rangers' move for Ryan Kent could be delayed with Liverpool set to give their star players extra time off.
  • Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo says he would have no problem replacing Kieran Tierney - should the Scotland international leave Celtic.
  • Hearts could miss out on persuading Arnaud Djoum to come back to the capital after he reportedly agreed a deal with Saudi side Al-Raed.
  • Former Ajax defender Danzell Gravenberch is aiming to win a move to St Johnstone.
  • Dundee United are running the rule over Equatorial Guinea star Pablo Ganet as the midfielder is training with Robbie Neilson's squad this week at their St Andrews' training camp.

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