Premier League and EFL football gossip and transfer rumours
Premier League and EFL football gossip and transfer rumours

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


A look at the latest news and gossip from Tuesday's back pages, where they say the Premier League transfer window will be extended next year.

DAILY MIRROR

  • Jan Vertonghen has launched an attack on English football for unsettling players this summer.
  • Michael Owen says his £16.8m move to Newcastle in 2005 was one of his biggest regrets as a player.
  • Aymeric Laporte has flown to Barcelona to have his knee injury assessed by Dr Ramon Cugat - with the Manchester City defender facing surgery.
  • Lincoln manager Danny Cowley is Huddersfield's top target - but they may struggle to persuade him to takeover.

DAILY MAIL

  • Phil Neville is the shock No 1 target to become the new manager of the United States women's team.
  • Gareth Southgate's backroom team is being streamlined as part of a major restructure of the performance and technical departments at St George's Park.
  • Liverpool will give Adrian a series of intense training sessions to ensure their number two goalkeeper is up to speed for when their season resumes in two weeks.
  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is growing increasingly frustrated with Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial for their lack of killer instinct in front of goal.
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DAILY TELEGRAPH

  • A crowd-funded salvage operation could be launched for the plane on which Emiliano Sala was killed after his family took the step of publicly criticising the air accident investigation into his death.

THE TIMES

  • Arsenal have now saved £45m on their annual wage bill after Henrikh Mkhitaryan became the latest player to leave the club this summer.
  • Steve Dale, the Bury owner, has received payments of more than £115,000 from the club's accounts this year.
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THE SUN

  • Paul Pogba has leaped to Romelu Lukaku's defence on Instagram after the Inter Milan star was racially abused by Cagliari fans.
  • Premier League clubs will have until September 1 to do their transfer business next summer.
  • Juventus have completed the signing of North Koran starlet Kwang Song Han from Cagliari.

DAILY STAR

  • Cesar Azpilicueta will be axed from the Chelsea first XI by Frank Lampard when Reece James returns to full fitness after the international break.

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