Paper Talk: Saturday's football transfer rumours


A round-up of the latest football gossip from Friday's newspapers.

THE SUN

Arsenal are closing in on signing Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan to replace Mesut Ozil.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos tried to convince Robert Lewandowski to join Real Madrid after their Champions League win.

Luke Shaw finally won over Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho following his performance against Anderlecht in the Europa League.

Chelsea have joined the race for Monaco starlet Kylian Mbappe after sending scouts to watch the hotshot on Wednesday.

Manchester City's chase for Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci has gathered pace as they line up a world record defender fee for the Italian.

DAILY MAIL

Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann is a £75m transfer target for Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.

Gabriel Jesus in line for a shock return for Manchester City's FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal after breaking his metatarsal only 10 weeks ago.

DAILY STAR

Manchester United will now step up their bid to beat Chelsea to the signing of Everton's Romelu Lukaku in light of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's season-ending injury.

DAILY EXPRESS

Manchester United are favourites to re-sign defender Michael Keane - just two years after they sold him to Burnley.

DAILY MIRROR

Jurgen Klopp is using the prospect of Champions League football to tempt big-name signings as he steps up summer plans.

Crystal Palace are weighing up a summer move for Southampton striker Jay Rodriguez.

Arsene Wenger is chasing FA Cup history as he insists he was under more pressure in 2014 than he is now.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Everton face tough competition from Monaco to sign Belgian teenager Youri Tielemans, whom Anderlecht value at £21m.

DAILY RECORD

St Johnstone star Danny Swanson has agreed a deal to sign for Hibernian on a pre-contract agreement.

Brendan Rodgers is the best British manager - according to his predecessor in the Parkhead dug-out, Ronny Deila.

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