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Paper Talk: Football transfer news, rumours and gossip, including Eric Bailly's contract and Barcelona and Real Madrid's battle for Neymar
By Sporting Life
07:37 · MON August 19, 2019
A look at the highlights from Monday's back pages.
THE SUN
Frank Lampard is welcomed back at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea fans want Frank Lampard to give Michy Batshuayi a chance in their next game after Tammy Abraham and Olivier Giroud failed to impress in attack in their 1-1 draw with Leicester.
Manchester United will speak to centre-back Eric Bailly over extending his contract - despite his poor injury record - in order to avoid losing him on a free transfer.
DAILY STAR
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is determined to sign Neymar from PSG, despite head coach Zinedine Zidane not being bothered about signing him.
DAILY EXPRESS
PSG have demanded two Real Madrid stars in return for Neymar in order to avoid selling the player to Barcelona.
DAILY MAIL
Barcelona right-back Nelson Semedo is open to a move to PSG as part of a deal that would see Neymar return to his former club.
THE INDEPENDENT
Jose Mourinho appeared close to tears in a video interview as he talked about how much he misses football management.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
VAR intervened at the Etihad Stadium
Kevin De Bruyne has criticised football's "impossible" new handball rules and claimed the only way players could avoid accidentally handling the ball in some instances would be to "chop off" their arms.
Inter Milan hope to take Manchester United's Alexis Sanchez on a season-long loan.
THE SCOTTISH SUN
Celtic have missed out on Croatian wonderkid Luka Ivanusec after he chose to join Dinamo Zagreb instead of them from Lokomotiv Zagreb.
Cluj striker Billel Omrani has attracted offers from Scottish clubs after scoring twice as the Romanian side knocked Celtic out of the Champions League.
Hibernian striker Flo Kamberi admits interest from Swiss side Basel - who are said to be weighing up a £2m bid - is driving him on to impress.
Alex Keble takes a look at the tactics, style and key players for Frank Lampard after witnessing another difficult afternoon for the new Chelsea boss at Stamford Bridge.
Frank Lampard: Click here for Alex Keble's look at the tactics of the new Chelsea boss
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