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

Sunday Paper Talk: Rice at the price


Chelsea want Declan Rice and are growing confident they will wrap up a deal to sign the West Ham star this summer. Get all Sunday's rumours in Paper Talk.

THE SUN ON SUNDAY

  • Chelsea want Declan Rice to lead their defence next season - and are growing confident they will wrap up a deal to sign the West Ham star this summer.
  • Pep Guardiola has refused to pledge his future to Manchester City beyond the one year left on his contract.
  • Champions Liverpool face being banned from playing their remaining home games at Anfield unless fans stop partying on the streets.
  • Southampton are ready to use goalkeeper Fraser Forster to lure French midfielder Olivier Ntcham from Celtic.
  • Kasper Schmeichel reckons Leicester are such a special club that even players who leave cannot wait to come back.
  • Chelsea could be one step closer to completing a deal for Leicester's Ben Chilwell after Ajax confirmed Nicolas Tagliafico will be allowed to leave the club.

MAIL ON SUNDAY

  • Liverpool will be able to parade their Premier League trophy at Anfield at the start of next season if talks between the Government and clubs keep progressing and there is not a second spike in coronavirus cases.
  • Dean Smith is under mounting pressure after Aston Villa lost again.

DAILY STAR SUNDAY

  • Former Liverpool technical director Damien Comolli is heading an American consortium looking to buy a Premier League club.
  • Bayer Leverkusen boss Peter Bosz is hopeful of keeping hold of Kai Havertz amid links to Chelsea but acknowledges he could depart.
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SUNDAY MIRROR

  • Pep Guardiola has again refused to commit his future to Manchester City.
  • Arsenal have no intention of selling young midfielder Matteo Guendouzi - and have reportedly told him as much.
  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must ditch at least four big stars including Alexis Sanchez and Jesse Lingard if he wants to land £110m Jadon Sancho.

SUNDAY EXPRESS

  • Barcelona are lining up a move for Pep Guardiola if Manchester City's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a two-year European ban is thrown out.
  • Jack Grealish has taken a step nearer joining Manchester United this summer after finding a house to buy in the North-West.

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

  • David Luiz was offered a new deal at Arsenal because he agreed to a significant reduction in his salary.
  • Burnley are the subject of interest from an overseas consortium looking to buy a Premier League club.

SUNDAY MAIL

  • Rangers boss Steven Gerrard admits he doesn't know if he'll be able to hold on to star striker Alfredo Morelos.
  • Hearts and Partick Thistle are locked on a new collision course with the SPFL.

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