The latest from the back pages
The latest from the back pages

Football Paper Talk: Latest football transfer talk & rumours as Saints line up former Monaco boss


Southampton want former Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim to replace Mark Hughes & Arsenal eye up Roma star in today's back pages.

DAILY EXPRESS

  • Southampton have identified former Monaco manager Leonardo Jardim as the man to replace Mark Hughes if his efforts to revive the club fail.
  • Arsenal are in pole position in the hunt for Roma's highly-rated forward Cengiz Under.

THE SUN

  • England left-back Ben Chilwell is poised to sign a £135,000-a-week contract with Leicester City.
  • Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has claimed Manchester United have the best players of any club in the Premier League.
  • Antoine Griezmann is a target for Paris Saint-Germain should Neymar re-join Barcelona next summer.
  • Richard Scudamore expects Video Assistant Referees to be used in the Premier League next season.

DAILY MAIL

  • Manchester City are lining up a £70m raid for Holland and Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong.
  • Arsenal manager Unai Emery estimates it will be more than a month before Laurent Koscielny can play after he resumed training this week.
  • Manchester United are expected to make a revised contract offer to Anthony Martial in the coming weeks.
  • Bailiffs turned up at League Two side Oldham Athletic because one of their players had not paid a fine for driving a club car in a bus lane.

DAILY MIRROR

  • Pep Guardiola has admitted jettisoning Joe Hart at Manchester City was the toughest decision of his career.

THE TIMES

  • Jack Collison has stepped up to take charge of West Ham's U18 side in the wake of coach Mark Phillips being suspended earlier this week.

THE SCOTSMAN

  • Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has accepted he could lose Scott Brown to Western Melbourne in the A League next year.

DAILY RECORD

  • Steven Gerrard has called on Scottish football to see sense and enter Paul Gascoigne into the Hall of Fame.
  • Filip Benkovic has revealed Leicester are able to recall him from his loan spell at Celtic in January but he would love to stay.

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