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TRANSFER GOSSIP
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal wants to sign Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal, 27, in a £34m deal that would take the two-year transfer spend at Old Trafford through the £200m barrier.
(Independent)
United could use the Italian club’s interest in striker Javier Hernandez, 26, to help secure a deal for Vidal.
(Daily Express)
Manchester United will follow up their move for
Angel Di Maria
by signing Netherlands utility player Daley Blind, 24, from Ajax for £18m in the next few days.
(Sun – subscription required)
Arsenal look set to be beaten to the signing of Olympiacos centre-back Kostas Manolas by Roma after the Italian club had a £10.3m offer accepted for the 23-year-old Greece international.
(Goal)
Manchester United and Arsenal have received a huge boost in their pursuit of Roma defender Mehdi Benatia, 27, after the Italian club scrapped a proposed meeting with potential suitors Bayern Munich.
(Daily Star)
Arsenal are set to chase Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho, 22, after the Portuguese club lowered their asking price.
(Daily Express)
The Gunners could move for either Manchester United’s Danny Welbeck, 23, or QPR’s Loic Remy, 27, as they fear France striker Olivier Giroud could be out for three months with an ankle injury.
Destro scored 13 goals in 20 appearances in Serie A last season.
Southampton have made a move for Atletico Madrid defender Toby Alderweireld and hope to beat Monaco to a deal for the 25-year-old Belgium international.
(Times – subscription required)
Tottenham are willing to meet the £8m release clause of Sevilla captain and Argentina defender Federico Fazio, 27, according to the La Liga club’s sporting director Monchi.
Chelsea are in talks to sign Mattia Destro, 23, according to the Roma forward’s agent.
(Daily Star)
QPR are close to signing Liverpool left-back Jack Robinson, 20, in a £1m deal.
West Ham have made enquiries about Bayer Leverkusen’s 25-year-old centre-back Philipp Wollscheid.
(Daily Mail)
Sunderland, QPR and West Brom all want Leicester midfielder Andy King, 25.
Bournemouth are keen to sign West Ham striker Carlton Cole for £1m but the 30-year-old does not want to drop into the Championship.
(Daily Mirror)
King (right) has started both of Leicester’s Premier League matches this season.
Sunderland are close to signing Liverpool’s Uruguayan defender Sebastian Coates, 23, on a season-long loan deal.
Swansea are set to complete the £1.5m signing of Gambian striker Modou Barrow, 21, from Swedish second division club Ostersund FK.
(Western Mail)
Wolves are closing in on the signing of Chelsea midfielder George Saville, 21.
Hull have not given up hope of signing striker Jordan Rhodes, 24, even though Blackburn insist their key player is not for sale.
(Hull Daily Mail)
Scotland international Rhodes is considering putting in a transfer request in order to force through a move to the KC Stadium.
(Daily Mail)
Celtic target Stefan Scepovic, the 24-year-old defender with Spanish second-tier side Sporting Gijon, has asked to train alone ahead of a proposed £3m move to Parkhead.
(Daily Record)
Midfielder Adam Forshaw is set to complete his move to Wigan this week after Brentford accepted a third offer from the Latics for the 22-year-old.
OTHER GOSSIP
Former Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood is being lined up to replace QPR manager Harry Redknapp.
(Daily Mirror)
England winger Andros Townsend could be left on the fringes at Tottenham, with a move away from the club apparently dependent on Southampton changing their stance over Morgan Schneiderlin.
(Guardian)
Ki (left) spent last season on loan at Sunderland
Former Liverpool midfielder Gary McAllister fears new signing Mario Balotelli could tear Liverpool’s dressing room apart.
(Talksport)
Ex-Manchester United and England midfielder Ray Wilkins believes the club’s British record signing of Angel Di Maria is a sign of desperation.
(Talksport)
South Korea international midfielder Ki Sung-yueng, 25, has opened talks over a new deal at Swansea and insists: “It would be great to stay here.”
(South Wales Evening Post)
Brighton are still awaiting international clearance for their new Spanish striker Adrian Colunga.
(The Argus)
Former West Brom defender Darren Moore is to return to the club as a youth coach.
(Birmingham Mail)
BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
New Liverpool signing Mario Balotelli posts a picture on his
instagram account
with new team-mates Adam Lallana and Jon Flanagan en route to watch the match at Manchester City.
Match of the Day host
Gary Lineker,
in Germany for the Sport Bild awards, tweets of Manchester City’s 3-1 win over Liverpool: “Seeing the result from afar it seems Liverpool could do with someone like Balotelli.”
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy displays a rarely seen sense of fun, captured by the
club’s Twitter feed,
by taking part in the Ice Bucket Challenge, having been nominated by one of the managers he sacked – Andre Villas-Boas – and nominates Real Madrid president Florentino Perez next.
AND FINALLY
Petr Cech is clearly using his time on Chelsea’s bench to work on his Twitter comeback skills – after trolling a Manchester United fan who asked him about Thibaut Courtois.
(Metro)