Alexis Sanchez
Alexis Sanchez

Paper Talk: Thursday's football transfer rumours and gossip from UK newspapers


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

DAILY MIRROR

Manchester City are now the front runners to sign Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal, as Bayern Munich back out over rising fee.

West Ham are ready to offload Robert Snodgrass, just six months after his £10m move from Hull.

Chelsea are tracking Roma defender Kostas Manolas, his planned £26m move to Zenit St Petersburg having stalled.

Spurs are eyeing AC Milan star Suso and boss Mauricio Pochettino is also plotting a cut-price swoop for £25m-rated Everton midfielder Ross Barkley.

West Brom are closing in on £14m Jay Rodriguez deal, after new Saints boss Mauricio Pellegrino gave the transfer the green light.

However, the Baggies are facing a battle to keep hold of defender Jonny Evans as Leicester prepare to improve initial offer.

THE SUN

Chelsea will kick off this week's £95m spending spree by completing Tiemoue Bakayoko's move from Monaco.

Arsenal have launched a £35m bid for Monaco winger Thomas Lemar.

Birmingham boss Harry Redknapp will bid £5m for Barnsley skipper Marc Roberts.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Arsenal have had a bid in excess of £30m turned down for Monaco winger Thomas Lemar and are now considering whether to formalise their interest in Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez.

DAILY MAIL

Everton winger Gerard Deulofeu has rejected the chance of a return to Barcelona, with AC Milan and Juventus both vying for his services.

Borussia Dortmund's star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could be the latest to make a lucrative move to the Chinese Super League this summer. Liverpool and Chelsea are interested but Tianjin Quanjian are ready to swoop.

Paris Saint-Germain have emerged as competition for Chelsea as the Premier League champions try to sign Alex Sandro from Juventus.

Liverpool target Naby Keita has ambitions of playing for 'one of the very big clubs', but appears to have a preference for Manchester City over Jurgen Klopp's side when it comes to the Premier League.

Manchester City fear they could be stuck with Samir Nasri and it could end up costing them as much as £25m.

DAILY EXPRESS

Manchester United are interested in signing Middlesbrough midfielder Marten de Roon.

Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham is set to sign a bumper new contract at Stamford Bridge before being sent out on loan.

Manchester United star David de Gea has told agent Jorge Mendes to call Real Madrid over a transfer this summer.

Atletico Madrid and Spain U21 star Saul Niguez has rubbished talk he could join Manchester United or Barcelona.

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