Paper Talk: Mateo Kovacic, Malcom and Wilfried Zaha all feature
Paper Talk: Mateo Kovacic, Malcom and Wilfried Zaha all feature

Paper Talk: Tuesday's football transfer rumours and gossip


Spurs step up pursuit of Brazilian star and Wilfried Zaha is wanted by German giants Borussia Dortmund, according to the day's back pages...

The Sun

  • Tottenham have stepped up their pursuit of Bordeaux winger Malcom.
  • Borussia Dortmund will use the money from Andriy Yarmolenko's transfer to West Ham to help fund a move for Wilfried Zaha.
  • Paul Gascoigne will fly out to Moscow to watch England in their World Cup semi-final - 28 years after he famously shed tears in Turin.
  • England are ready to stick with a winning team in tomorrow's World Cup semi-final.

Daily Mirror

Cristiano Ronaldo won a fifth Champions League title
Cristiano Ronaldo won a fifth Champions League title in May
  • Manchester City have made an enquiry for Mateo Kovacic amid doubts over their pursuit of Jorginho.
  • Kyle Walker insists England might never have a better opportunity to win the World Cup.
  • Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has revealed he did not have a clue who Kylian Mbappe was last year.
  • Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Juventus will "attract other champions" to the Serie A holders, Marcello Lippi has claimed.
  • Joe Hart will be helped by Manchester City to find the right move to restart his stalled career.

Daily Mail

  • Everton are interested in signing Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha this summer.
  • West Brom are closing on a £3.5m deal for Swansea City defender Kyle Bartley (pictured, below) and will push to sign Brentford's Romaine Sawyers once James McClean joins Stoke.
Kyle Bartley

The Guardian

  • Manchester City are optimistic Riyad Mahrez (pictured, below) will be unveiled as their £60m record signing by Friday, after they made a breakthrough with Leicester City.
  • Up to 10,000 England fans are expected in Moscow for Wednesday's World Cup semi-final against Croatia, with last-minute travel and logistics complicated but manageable for those with cash.
Riyad Mahrez: The Algerian attracted interest from Manchester City in January

The Daily Telegraph

  • Derby manager Frank Lampard wants to sign England U19 international Mason Mount on loan from Chelsea.
  • Gordon Banks says he feels let down by the FA and doesn't know if he will be invited to Russia.

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