Manchester United will make a
£40m bid for Tottenham striker
Harry Kane, 21, as they switch
their attention to the England
international after Real Madrid
insist they will not sell Gareth
Bale, 25. (Daily Mirror)
But Tottenham chairman Daniel
Levy has told manager Mauricio
Pochettino that he has no
intention of selling Kane or
France international goalkeeper
Hugo Lloris, 28. (Daily Telegraph)
Manchester City are prepared to
pay a British record transfer fee
of £60m to beat Chelsea and
Barcelona to the signature of
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba,
22. (Sun - subscription required)
Manchester City also expect a
protracted battle for Liverpool
forward Raheem Sterling as they
prepare to table a £40m offer
for the 20-year-old after having
an initial £30m bid rejected.
(Manchester Evening News)
Alternatively, City make the Reds
a 'take it or leave it' offer for
Sterling in the next 48 hours as
they kick off a £150m spending
spree. (Daily Mirror)
Meanwhile, Arsenal are not
prepared to get involved in a
bidding war with Manchester
City for Sterling, especially if
Liverpool do not lower their
£50m asking price. However, the
Gunners could be interested in a
player-plus-cash deal. (London
Evening Standard)
The Gunners are trying to
complete the £11m signing of
Chelsea keeper Petr Cech, 33, by
the end of next week. (Daily Mail)
England and Arsenal forward
Theo Walcott, 26, is set to sign a
new contract to extend his stay
with the Gunners beyond 2016.
(Sun - subscription required)
West Ham have told Newcastle
that only a permanent deal
would allow boss Steve McClaren
to take former Magpies striker
Andy Carroll, 26, back to St
James' Park. (Times -
subscription required)
Aston Villa manager Tim
Sherwood will make former
Manchester City defender Micah
Richards, 26, his first signing for
the club on a free transfer next
week. (Daily Star)
Chelsea midfielder Jon Mikel Obi,
28, is wanted by Turkish club
Fenerbahce. (Daily Express)
Inter Milan manager Roberto
Mancini remains hopeful of
signing midfielder Yaya Toure,
32, from former club Manchester
City. (La Stampa - in Italian)
New West Ham manager Slaven
Bilic wants to make Paris St-
Germain's former Newcastle
midfielder Yohan Cabaye, 29 -
who is also a target for Crystal
Palace - his first signing. (Daily
Star)
Real Madrid are keen to
complete the signing of
Manchester United goalkeeper
David De Gea in time for the 24-
year-old to play on their pre-
season tour of Australia, which
includes a game against
Manchester City on 24 July.
(Independent)
Arsenal's England midfielder Jack
Wilshere, 23, is not interested in
a move to Manchester City just to
bolster their number of home-
grown players. (Daily Express)
Sunderland may have to make a
straight offer for Celtic defender
Virgil van Dijk, 23, as any swap
deal involving Black Cats striker
Steven Fletcher, 28, could prove
awkward. (Sunderland Echo)
Germany international Ilkay
Gundogan, who has one year
left on his contract with
Borussia Dortmund, has denied
agreeing a deal to join Barcelona
or Manchester United. The 24-
year-old says he will decide on
his future after his country's
Euro 2016 qualifier against
Gibraltar on Saturday.
(Manchester Evening News)
Arsenal have been linked with
Porto striker Jackson Martinez
but the Portuguese club's
chairman says the 28-year-old
Colombia international has
chosen to join AC Milan instead.
(Guardian)
Aston Villa midfielder Fabian
Delph, 25, believes it would be a
"big loss" to the club if 24-year-
old striker Christian Benteke
leaves. But he added: "If they
have a chance to move on and
better themselves, I can't tell
them not to do that." (Guardian)
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi,
27, insists there is "no rivalry"
with Real Madrid star Cristiano
Ronaldo, 30, and it is something
invented by the media. (Shortlist)
Aston Villa want to sign Burnley
right-back Kieran Trippier, 24,
and could offer fellow defender
Matthew Lowton, 26, to the
Lancashire club as part of any
deal. (Birmingham Mail)
Little-known Portuguese coach
Carlos Carvalhal has emerged as
an early favourite to become
Sheffield Wednesday's new head
coach following the sacking of
Stuart Gray. (Yorkshire Post)
Best of social media
QPR striker Charlie Austin has
been linked with a move to
Newcastle but he does not
appear to be too impressed. He
tweeted "Honestly where do
people get this stuff from"
before quickly deleting it.
Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez
helped hosts Chile to a 2-0 win
over Ecuador in the opening
game of Copa America before he
posted a picture of himself at
"home one evening".
And finally
Gainsborough Trinity paraded
their new signing Marc
Newsham with one slight
problem - the club's name was
spelt wrong, missing off the
second 'o' on the scarf the
striker was holding for pictures.
(Lincolnshire Echo)
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