What The Sports Papers Say

Sunday's Paper Talk: Transfer rumours and football gossip including McGinn, Pogba, Phillips and Maguire
Football
10:10 · July 28, 2019 · 2 min read


Real Madrid will make a last-gasp £150m bid to land Paul Pogba once Gareth Bale completes his move away from the club.

THE SUN ON SUNDAY
Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson wants his old club to sign Aston Villa's Scottish terrier John McGinn.
Real Madrid will make a last-gasp £150m bid to land Paul Pogba after shifting Gareth Bale.
Romelu Lukaku has begged Manchester United to lower his transfer fee.
Arsenal have agreed a stunning £72m fee for Nicolas Pepe - but face huge competition to land him.
Newcastle are trying to push through a cut-price £1m deal for Swedish right-back Emil Krafth.
Kalvin Phillips could put the freeze on Leeds - to make sure he gets a move to Aston Villa.
Danny Welbeck has not been able to find a new club - and it is the cost of signing the free agent that has put many off.
Newcastle boss Steve Bruce is plotting a £5m bid for Everton's forgotten man James McCarthy.
Crystal Palace have been approached by agents for two Chinese clubs with offers for £32m striker Christian Benteke.
Emiliano Martinez looks set to stay at Arsenal despite Championship interest.
MAIL ON SUNDAY
Real Madrid may have to take a stunning £86m loss on Gareth Bale if his record-breaking move to Jiangsu Suning can be completed before the Chinese transfer window shuts on Wednesday.
Manchester United need to pay a greater percentage of Harry Maguire's world-record fee up front - because Leicester aren't convinced they'd receive add-ons for Champions League qualification.
Rafa Benitez has insisted to friends that he would have stayed at Newcastle for at least a year had he felt able to trust the board.
Swansea hope the presence of head coach Steve Cooper can be the key to landing Chelsea youngster Kasey Palmer ahead of their Championship rivals Bristol City.
SUNDAY EXPRESS
Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye has rejected a late bid from Manchester United and is due to travel to France on Sunday for a medical with Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain.
Aston Villa boss Dean Smith is plotting a bid for his 11th summer signing of the transfer window, and is considering an offer for Cardiff goalkeeper Neil Etheridge, despite already spending £100m.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says his club cannot afford to play 'fantasy football' in the transfer market and insisted he is not glancing enviously at the spending of rivals.
Clubs across the Women's Super League are breaking their season ticket sales records following England's fourth-placed finish at the World Cup this summer.

Tuesday's Paper Talk: Latest football gossip and transfer rumours including Maguire, Rondon, Neymar, Lukaku and Dybala
Football
09:46 · July 30, 2019 · 2 min read


Tuesday's Paper Talk includes the latest on Harry Maguire's potential Leicester exit, Premier League offers for Paulo Dybala and Steve Bruce's reaction to planned protests at Newcastle United.

THE SUN
Furious Harry Maguire wants Leicester to push through his dream Manchester United move.
Angry Manchester United fans have sent an open letter to the Glazer family demanding answers about their ownership of the club.
Salomon Rondon has revealed he wanted to stay at Newcastle - but says he knew he had to leave as soon as Rafa Benitez did.
Crystal Palace are preparing a move for Newcastle centre-back Ciaran Clark.
Harry Maguire heads home for Leicester City in their pre-season win over Cambridge United
Harry Maguire missed Leicester City training on Monday, although illness are the reason given
DAILY MAIL
Gareth Bale has been left too distressed to join the Real Madrid squad for their trip to Munich after having a move to China torpedoed by the Spanish giants.
Lazio president Claudio Lotito has revealed he is open to the idea of selling Manchester United target Sergej Milinkovic-Savic if the right offer is made.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's son Noah is in the Kristiansund squad for Tuesday's friendly against United in Oslo.
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THE MIRROR
Eden Hazard 'was 7kg overweight' when he arrived at Real Madrid from Chelsea.
Juventus have confirmed there have been offers for Argentine forward Paulo Dybala, amid interest from Manchester United and Tottenham.
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DAILY STAR
Manchester United may have found an unexpected solution in their bid to offload Matteo Darmian in the form of Barcelona.
Moise Kean has agreed to join Everton with the Toffees still attempting to strike a deal with Juventus.
PSG defender Stanley N'Soki will this week become Steve Bruce's second signing as Newcastle boss.
THE EXPRESS
Neymar's Paris St-Germain team-mate Marco Verratti admits that the club must sell the 27-year-old Brazilian forward if he is unhappy at the Parc des Princes, despite coach Thomas Tuchel's desire to keep the player.
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DAILY RECORD
Virgil van Dijk insists Kieran Tierney has all the tools to be a smash hit at Arsenal.
Irish midfielder Sam Foley, who is a free agent, is closing in on a move to St Mirren.
Neil Lennon is set to give Craig Gordon the chance to stake his claim to win back the Celtic No 1 jersey with his first competitive outing in seven months in Tallinn.