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

Paper talk: Football transfer news, rumours, reports & gossip as Manchester United prepare a new deal for Victor Lindelof.


Manchester United will offer Victor Lindelof a new contract to keep the club's back four together for the next five years according to today's back pages.

THE SUN

  • Manchester United will offer Victor Lindelof a new contract to keep the club's back four together for the next five years.
  • Mauricio Pochettino held crisis talks with Tottenham's wantaway stars in a bid to get their title challenge back on track.
  • The Premier League's integrity has been called into question after refs' boss Mike Riley revealed VAR use will change.
  • Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku claims he was overweight at Manchester United due to a digestive problem.
  • Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp will be reviewing their contracts after word spread about Diego Simeone's reported £22m-a-year deal at Atletico Madrid.
  • Wayne Rooney believes Harry Kane can overtake him as England's top scorer within three years.
  • Andy Carroll must play 20-25 games for Newcastle this season to trigger a contract extension on his one-year-deal.
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THE TIMES

  • Middlesbrough are set to sue the English Football League alleging that it failed to enforce financial rules over Derby County's purchase of their own stadium.
  • Former Team GB cycling coach Sir Dave Brailsford has revealed that he is recovering from prostate cancer.

DAILY MAIL

  • Edwin van der Sar says 'we will see' over a possible return to Manchester United as technical director.
  • Manchester City have tabled plans for a 'best of both' transfer deadline for Premier League clubs.
  • Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer could all be rested from the Twenty20 series in New Zealand in November.

DAILY MIRROR

  • Sol Campbell says he is ready for a big job after his managerial baptism of fire at League Two Macclesfield.
  • Edwin van der Sar has warned David de Gea he is not irreplaceable at Manchester United.
  • Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck is under increasing pressure to find a new Premier League chief executive, after being tasked with finding a replacement for Richard Scudamore.
  • Jonny Evans says United's £80m signing of Harry Maguire will prove a bargain over time.
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THE GUARDIAN

  • Football League clubs should be docked points or fined if they fail to take steps to appoint a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) manager, according to a report.
  • Eniola Aluko says legal action must be the next step which should be taken by players to combat online racist abuse.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

  • Chris Froome says he wants to be ready to race before the end of the year following his horrific Tour de France crash.
  • Stevenage have defended their caretaker manager Mark Sampson after allegations of racism were made against him by a former member of their coaching staff.

DAILY RECORD

  • Scott Brown reveals he has had to deal with sickening abuse about his late sister throughout his career after an incident outside Ibrox last weekend.

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