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

Sunday's Paper Talk: Transfer rumours and football gossip including McGinn, Pogba, Phillips and Maguire


Real Madrid will make a last-gasp £150m bid to land Paul Pogba once Gareth Bale completes his move away from the club.

THE SUN ON SUNDAY

  • Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson wants his old club to sign Aston Villa's Scottish terrier John McGinn.
  • Real Madrid will make a last-gasp £150m bid to land Paul Pogba after shifting Gareth Bale.
  • Romelu Lukaku has begged Manchester United to lower his transfer fee.
  • Arsenal have agreed a stunning £72m fee for Nicolas Pepe - but face huge competition to land him.
  • Newcastle are trying to push through a cut-price £1m deal for Swedish right-back Emil Krafth.
  • Kalvin Phillips could put the freeze on Leeds - to make sure he gets a move to Aston Villa.
  • Danny Welbeck has not been able to find a new club - and it is the cost of signing the free agent that has put many off.
  • Newcastle boss Steve Bruce is plotting a £5m bid for Everton's forgotten man James McCarthy.
  • Crystal Palace have been approached by agents for two Chinese clubs with offers for £32m striker Christian Benteke.
  • Emiliano Martinez looks set to stay at Arsenal despite Championship interest.

MAIL ON SUNDAY

  • Real Madrid may have to take a stunning £86m loss on Gareth Bale if his record-breaking move to Jiangsu Suning can be completed before the Chinese transfer window shuts on Wednesday.
  • Manchester United need to pay a greater percentage of Harry Maguire's world-record fee up front - because Leicester aren't convinced they'd receive add-ons for Champions League qualification.
  • Rafa Benitez has insisted to friends that he would have stayed at Newcastle for at least a year had he felt able to trust the board.
  • Swansea hope the presence of head coach Steve Cooper can be the key to landing Chelsea youngster Kasey Palmer ahead of their Championship rivals Bristol City.

SUNDAY EXPRESS

  • Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye has rejected a late bid from Manchester United and is due to travel to France on Sunday for a medical with Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain.
  • Aston Villa boss Dean Smith is plotting a bid for his 11th summer signing of the transfer window, and is considering an offer for Cardiff goalkeeper Neil Etheridge, despite already spending £100m.

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

  • Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says his club cannot afford to play 'fantasy football' in the transfer market and insisted he is not glancing enviously at the spending of rivals.
  • Clubs across the Women's Super League are breaking their season ticket sales records following England's fourth-placed finish at the World Cup this summer.

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