Paper Talk: Friday's football transfer rumours including Bale, Hazard, Eriksen and Pogba

DAILY MIRROR

• Liverpool are in talks with Nike over a new kit deal that would eclipse Manchester United's £750m Premier League record.
• Rafa Benitez believes dealing with Newcastle chief Mike Ashley is like Brexit.
• Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen has emerged as the new top transfer target for Real Madrid, with club president Florentino Perez preferring the 27-year-old to Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba.

DAILY MAIL

• Gareth Bale will become part of a mass summer overhaul at Real Madrid this summer, which will see £430m worth of star names leave.
• Rafa Benitez has sold his Napoli transfer blueprint to Newcastle bosses as he attempts to close the gap on clubs like Leicester, who they play on Friday.
• Manchester United are primed to sign Sporting Lisbon's Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes.
• Burnley will listen to offers for goalkeeper Nick Pope, with Bournemouth among the clubs interested, while other England keeper Joe Hart could also leave the club.

THE SUN

• Manchester City transfer boss Txiki Begiristain watched in-form Frankfurt striker Luka Jovic score vs Benfica.
• Andreas Christensen says he "wants to stay" in a major boost for Chelsea with their transfer ban looming.
• Manchester City have been keeping tabs on 19-year-old forward Joao Felix, who became the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the Europa League on Thursday. Felix is a £105m target for Manchester United too.

DAILY STAR

• Thorgon Hazard could be forced to join Liverpool over Borussia Dortmund this summer as Borussia Monchengladbach favour the Reds' financial terms.
• Manchester United are willing to pay Real Madrid £52m for Toni Kroos but face competition from Manchester City, Juventus and PSG.

DAILY EXPRESS

• Sadio Mane is still wanted by Real Madrid this summer but they will only pursue a transfer if the Liverpool forward hands in a transfer request.
• Arsenal will make a late attempt to sign Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera on a free transfer in the summer before the Spaniard agrees a move to Paris St-Germain.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

• Arsenal and Everton have both held talks with Ajax winger David Neres before a proposed £34.5m move to the Premier League. Borussia Dortmund had a bid rejected in January.

DAILY RECORD

• Andre Villas-Boas' agent has refused to rule out a move to Celtic for his client after earlier claiming a deal wouldn't happen.

OTHER

• Manchester United have offered Marseille's French goalkeeper Ahmadou Dia, 20, a four-year contract at Old Trafford. (L'Equipe)
• Bayern Munich's Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 30, and France winger Kingsley Coman, 22, had a fight at training on Thursday. (Bild)
• Real Madrid will not allow France centre-back Raphael Varane, 25, to leave this summer for anything less than his 500m euro (£431m) release clause. (AS)
• Eintracht Frankfurt and Serbia striker Luka Jovic does not want to join Barcelona yet because of concerns over playing time, says the 21-year-old's father. (Bild)
• Real Madrid will ask for 130m euros (£112m) for Wales forward Gareth Bale, 29, this summer and believe English clubs will be willing to pay that fee. (AS)

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