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

Monday's Paper Talk: Football transfer news, rumours and gossip including coronavirus latest and Premier League targets


Rafael Benitez is keen to return as Newcastle United manager and is already eyeing future transfer targets - get the latest from Monday's back pages here.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

  • Rafael Benitez is keen to make an emotional return to Newcastle United under a new Saudi Arabian-backed ownership with John Stones and Ross Barkley among the players the Spaniard would like to take with him.

DAILY MIRROR

  • Bruno Fernandes is undertaking extra training sessions away from Manchester United in a bid to regain his match sharpness, along with team-mate Diogo Dalot.
  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is preparing to fast-track 17-year-old youngster Hannibal Mejbri straight into the Manchester United first-team next season.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

DAILY MAIL

  • The Premier League season could be completed using a combination of home grounds and neutral venues in a dramatic new twist to Project Restart.

DAILY STAR

  • Philippe Coutinho and his agent have reportedly made a decision about the Brazilian's future ahead of a potential move this summer.
  • Leicester will start working at their new state-of-the-art £100m training facilities from next month and manager Brendan Rodgers believes it will make them a permanent top-six team.
  • Arsenal could be forced to extend Henrikh Mkhitaryan's contract if they ever want to receive a transfer fee for him.

THE GUARDIAN

  • Joe Hart, who is out of contract this summer, feels he will have to move abroad to get back into the big time.
Could Joe Hart be offered a way back at Manchester City?
Joe Hart

THE TIMES

  • Liverpool and other teams who use pressing as a tactic face greater challenges in minimising contact between players when the return to competitive training resumes this week.

DAILY EXPRESS

  • West Ham fans are in talks with the club about showing their faces on Zoom on the London Stadium's big screens to help give players a boost in behind-closed-doors games.

THE SCOTTISH SUN

  • Celtic have been handed a boost in their bid to keep Fraser Forster and Mohamed Elyounoussi at the club next season, with Southampton preparing for a mass exodus of players.

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