Paper Talk: Saturday's football transfer rumours

DAILY MIRROR

• Manchester City have agreed a fee in principle worth £44.5m to sign Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Fred.
• Manchester United and Manchester City are poised to lock horns over Leicester defender Harry Maguire.
• Pep Guardiola has labelled Kevin De Bruyne one of the most talented players he has seen in his life and an incredible example to the Manchester City Academy.
• Norwich City will demand up to £30m for midfielder James Maddison this summer, having refused to sell the Liverpool and Tottenham target in January.
• Former Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh is still searching for a club after failing to land a deal at Bolton.

THE TIMES

• Marco Silva could be a surprise candidate to take over as caretaker manager at Chelsea if the club should decide to part company with Antonio Conte before the end of the season.

DAILY MAIL

• Steve Walsh's position as director of football at Everton is under increasing pressure after dismal returns on the club's £239m recruitment drive.
• Antonio Conte told his Chelsea players to stop behaving like children as they returned to training after their mini-break.

THE INDEPENDENT

• Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is poised to leave his captain Jordan Henderson on the bench for Sunday's Premier League meeting with Southampton as he keeps one eye on next week's Champions League tie against Porto.

THE SUN

• Alexandre Lacazette's Arsenal career is as good as over already, according to Emmanuel Petit.
• Arsenal could hijack Chelsea's move for ex-Barcelona boss Luis Enrique.
• Manchester United are favourites to land Borussia Dortmund's in-demand teenage forward Christian Pulisic.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

• The Scottish Football Association's double hunt for an international team manager and new chief executive suffered another setback on Friday when Walter Smith - who took charge of the Scotland side between 2004 and 2007 - ruled himself out of a second tenure after talks with the governing body.