The latest rumour and gossip from the back pages
The latest rumour and gossip from the back pages

Paper Talk: Monday's football transfer rumours from the back pages


Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made a personal plea to Ed Woodward for the club to 'speed up' a deal for Sporting's Bruno Fernandes, according to the back pages.

DAILY STAR

  • Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made a personal plea to Ed Woodward for the club to 'speed up' a deal for £63m-rated Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes.
  • United are also confident they can beat rivals Manchester City to sign Leicester star Harry Maguire.
  • Manchester City striker Leroy Sane is set to snub the advances of Bayern Munich and sign a new contract at the Etihad.

DAILY MIRROR

  • Leicester City defender Harry Maguire is set to seal an £80m switch to Manchester City, who will pay the England international £280,000-a-week to move to the Etihad.
  • Barcelona legend Samuel Eto'o has urged Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah to quit European champions Liverpool and move to the Nou Camp if he has ambitions to be one of the best players in the world.
  • Arsenal have had a second bid rejected for Celtic defender Kieran Tierney, with the Scottish champions holding out for a fee of around £25m.

DAILY MAIL

  • Inter Milan and Manchester United are still some way off arriving at an agreement for the sale of striker Romelu Lukaku, with the Italians' valuation at least £20m short of the £75m United want for him.

DAILY EXPRESS

  • Celtic have joined Rangers and Aberdeen in the fight to sign Derby County left-back Max Lowe.

THE SUN

  • Manchester United will trigger their 12-month extension option in Marcus Rashford's contract to prevent an immediate exit from the England striker.
  • Arsenal boss Unai Emery will ask their board to break the bank to sign Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha, who would be expected to cost around £55m.
  • Southampton have made a take-it-or-leave-it £14m offer for Birmingham City striker Che Adams.

DAILY RECORD

  • Oran Kearney's spell as St Mirren manager looks to be over due to a breakdown in the relationship between him and chairman Gordon Scott, despite Kearney keeping the Buddies in the Scottish Premiership last season.
  • Referee Andrew Dallas has retired from international duty but will continue to take charge of matches in the SPFL.

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