Saturday's Paper Talk: Football transfer news, rumours and gossip including Declan Rice and more Gareth Bale

THE SUN

• Manchester United defender Chris Smalling is wanted by Antonio Conte's Inter Milan.
• Gareth Bale's season-long loan deal at Spurs could even be extended for a further year until the end of next season, when his Bernabeu contract is due to expire.
• United have agreed a five-year deal with Porto's Alex Telles but the clubs are haggling over the transfer fee with Paris Saint-Germain also showing interest.
• Ralph Hasenhuttl has no fears of Danny Ings' head being turned following Tottenham's failed approach to sign him.
• Steven Gerrard is giving a trial to former Arsenal youngster Nathan Tormey at Glasgow Rangers.
• Borussia Dortmund are reportedly set to snap up another young English star in Manchester City's Jamie Bynoe-Gitten.
• Chelsea are plotting a transfer swoop for Declan Rice to finish off their summer spending spree.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

• Gareth Bale's loan deal will cost Tottenham a 'bargain' £9m, with chairman Daniel Levy negotiating a deal under the terms of which Spurs will pay £220,000-a-week of his £600,000-a-week Real wages.
• Aston Villa are set to seal the £19m signing of Bertrand Traore, but Dean Smith has revealed that forward Wesley may not return from his knee injury until next year.
• Frank Lampard has confirmed Cesar Azpiliceuta will retain the Chelsea captaincy this season, even though he is no longer guaranteed a starting place.
• Phil Neville has confirmed he wants the Football Association to make him manager of the Great Britain team for next summer's Olympic games in Tokyo even though he has already decided to step down as England's head coach.
• Mikel Arteta said he had feared Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would not commit his future to Arsenal as he revealed that the club captain held significant doubts about signing a new deal last season.

DAILY MIRROR

• Icelandic goalkeeper Runar Alex Runarsson has reportedly visited London Colney to complete his Arsenal transfer.

DAILY MAIL

• David de Gea is set to start the season in goal for Manchester United with a warning from manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer that his place is under threat from Dean Henderson.
• Real Madrid have assigned Bale's number 11 shirt to Marco Asensio before the Welshman has completed his move to Tottenham.
• England manager Gareth Southgate and the FA are furious over Manchester United's claim that Mason Greenwood was called up for his senior debut and exposed to the media glare against the club's wishes.
• Jurgen Klopp has revealed that new signing Thiago Alcantara could make his debut against title rivals Chelsea on Sunday.
• The PFA have not asked any of their 62 employees to take a pay-cut during the coronavirus pandemic and have paid them in full, including Gordon Taylor's £2m salary.
• Leicester City will listen to offers for Demarai Gray after agreeing terms with Roma for winger Cengiz Under.

THE TIMES

• James Rodríguez moved from Real Madrid to Everton on a free transfer according to Banfield in Argentina, one of his former clubs.

SCOTTISH SUN

• Celtic manager Neil Lennon has revealed the club are set to bring a psychologist on board for an 'extra edge' in their bid for ten-in-a-row.
• Lower league SPFL clubs have been ordered to submit to costly Premiership testing standards - or forfeit their Betfred Cup ties.

DAILY RECORD

• Ambitious Dundee are set to sign Jamaican forward Nicholas Hamilton on-loan.

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