Paper Talk: Thursday's football transfer rumours and gossip

Daily Mirror

• Antonio Conte is set for the Chelsea exit before the players report back for pre-season training at the weekend.
• Loris Karius is to remain Liverpool's No 1 after the club were priced out of deals for Alisson and Jan Oblak.

Sky Bet: Loris Karius now 5/4 favourite to be Liverpool's goalkeeper on first league game of 2018/19, Jack Butland 6/4 and Nick Pope 5/1

The Sun

• Manchester United want Xherdan Shaqiri as Jose Mourinho considers a £12m deal for the Stoke winger.
• Newcastle winger Matt Ritchie has been offered a £4m-a-year deal to join Stoke for £15m.
• Chelsea are willing to trade Willian with Manchester United for Anthony Martial.
• Eric Bailly (pictured, below) wants talks with Jose Mourinho to sort his long-term Manchester United future before the start of the season.
• Roberto Martinez's chances of becoming Spain boss are boosted by the bitter rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
• Brighton are making a shock move to buy former England keeper Scott Carson from Derby.
• Jack Butland will be offered a staggering £20,000-per-week pay rise to fend off interest from Chelsea.

Xherdan Shaqiri transfer odds: Liverpool 1/4 to sign Switzerland playmaker this summer, Man United 10/1

Daily Mail

• England players stayed up past six o'clock in the morning after the Colombia match, recalling stories from their historic shootout victory.
• Sweden defender Emil Krafth has claimed they will watch out for 'diver' Ashley Young in their England quarter-final clash.
• Jordan Henderson will volunteer to take a penalty against Sweden despite his miss against Colombia - but fears Gareth Southgate won't let him.
• Dejan Lovren (pictured, below) insists Croatia have the same spirit that drove Liverpool towards the Champions League final.
• Watford have agreed a £4m fee with West Brom for goalkeeper Ben Foster.
• Premier League clubs are understood to regret voting to bring forward the end of the transfer window in a World Cup year.
• Lucas Torreira's father has described his son's impending move to Arsenal as 'scary' but insists the midfielder has a good support system in place.

Daily Express

• Manchester United will not make a move for Real Madrid talisman Cristiano Ronaldo this summer.
• Rangers manager Steven Gerrard is targeting Millwall star Jake Cooper.
• Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers is facing a major battle to convince Liverpool to loan him Harry Wilson.

The Guardian

• Harry Kane has reported fit for Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against Sweden but Jamie Vardy is a cause for concern.

The Daily Telegraph

• Willian has jumped to the defence of Gabriel Jesus amid criticism of the Manchester City striker's lack of goals for Brazil at the World Cup.

The Times

• Antonio Conte (pictured, above) has clashed with Chelsea over pre-season plans and the date the players are due to resume training even though he is not expected to return to Stamford Bridge this summer.

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