Paper Talk has all the latest football gossip and transfer rumours
Paper Talk has all the latest football gossip and transfer rumours

Paper Talk: Friday's football transfer rumours and gossip from the back pages


We look at the transfer rumours and gossip from Friday's back pages, where Manchester City have identified three key areas to compete with Liverpool.

DAILY MAIL

  • England manager Gareth Southgate will assess Mason Greenwood, Phil Foden and Bukayo Saka in next weekend's FA Cup semi-finals.
  • Premier League clubs plan to give players just two weeks break ahead of what could be a mammoth 335 day campaign.
  • Police were called to a terror alert at the London Stadium ahead of West Ham's clash with Burnley.
  • Arsenal have reportedly made an approach to sign French defender Malang Sarr after he allowed his contract with Nice to expire.

DAILY MIRROR

  • Fears are growing Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson may miss the season's finale - and the start of next season.
  • Arsenal are set to keep Emiliano Martinez after the back-up keeper impressed Mikel Arteta.
  • Leverkusen striker Kai Havertz has been backed to sign for Real Madrid amid transfer interest from Chelsea.
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DAILY EXPRESS

  • Pep Guardiola wants to sign a left-back, a centre-back and a forward to try and compete with Liverpool.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

  • Premier League clubs have discussed keeping the transfer window open for an extra two weeks so that they can do deals with EFL clubs until October 19.

THE TIMES

  • Liverpool are facing a tribunal over Harvey Elliott's transfer with Fulham wanting around £7m.

THE SUN

  • Marcos Rojo's agent has tipped the defender to leave Manchester United this summer.
  • Manchester United are in talks with Roma about extending the centre-back's loan deal to include next season.

THE SCOTTISH SUN

  • Celtic hope to stage a friendly game at Parkhead on Saturday, July 25 - in front of 1,000 fans.

DAILY RECORD

  • Celtic are eyeing a move for USA and Philadelphia Union defender Mark McKenzie.
  • Aberdeen striker Sam Cosgrove has knocked back a £2m move to Guingamp.

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