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Paper Talk: Friday's football transfer rumours from the back pages
By Sporting Life
Football
Fri March 01, 2019 · 6y ago
A look at the back pages on Friday - including Fulham looking to the SPFL for Claudio Ranieri's replacement...
DAILY MIRROR
- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is winning the race to be named as Manchester United's permanent manager because of his stunning success.
- Bristol City manager Lee Johnson is a contender for the permanent Fulham manager's job following Claudio Ranieri's sacking.
- Romelu Lukaku rates Luke Shaw as Manchester United's player of the year.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
- Manchester United risk losing David de Gea unless they make him the club's highest-paid player alongside Alexis Sanchez in a deal that reflects his status as their outstanding performer over the past five seasons.
- Major doubt has been cast on the legality of the flight which killed Emiliano Sala after Willie McKay admitted agreeing to pay the full cost of the trip.
- West Bromwich Albion's players will land a £10m bonus if they are promoted back to the Premier League this season.
DAILY MAIL
- Fulham sacked Claudio Ranieri amid concerns over what they perceived as outdated coaching methods from the Italian.
- Marcelo Bielsa may quit Leeds if they do not win promotion to the Premier League this season.
- The Football Association have formally submitted their application to register Declan Rice as an England player.
- Gareth Southgate is considering a surprise England recall for Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse.
- League Two side Crawley are on the brink of a £7m takeover by a Singapore consortium.
THE SUN
- Chelsea must move fast to tie up Zinedine Zidane as their next manager - because Juventus want him.
- Tottenham fear Mauricio Pochettino will quit for Real Madrid in the summer.
- West Ham midfielder Jack Wilshere is to miss the rest of the season after a fresh setback to his ankle injury.
- Gareth Southgate could hand a England call-up to Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse for the first time since March 2017.
THE TIMES
- Amir Khan's charitable foundation has been criticised for the second consecutive year for a lack of financial transparency.
DAILY RECORD
- Fulham have Kilmarnock manager Steve Clarke high on their list of potential replacements for Claudio Ranieri.