Premier League and EFL football gossip and transfer rumours

Paper Talk: Saturday's football transfer rumours and gossip from the back pages

By Sporting Life

Football

Sat July 25, 2020 · 4y ago

We look at the transfer rumours and gossip from Saturday's back pages, where Jan Oblak is the subject of interest from two clubs.

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has been informed by chairman Daniel Levy that he will not have to sell Harry Kane this summer.
Premier League clubs still involved in European competitions - Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Wolves - may be handed a grace period, meaning they would not play their first domestic fixture until 30 days after their final European match this season.
The pandemic will make it 'very difficult' for Premier League matches to be staged with full crowds for at least another year and capacities face being capped at 25 per cent when stadiums eventually re-open, a leading government adviser has said.
Brighton have asked about Germany U21 international centre back Luca Kilian of Paderborn.

Wilfried Zaha has been given the blessing of Crystal Palace to leave this summer if the club receives an acceptable offer for their star player.

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Brighton have emerged as frontrunners to sign Adam Lallana following the midfielder's Liverpool exit this weekend.
Eddie Howe has refused to commit his future to Bournemouth beyond Sunday's relegation showdown at Everton, saying only that he will "see what happens next" after the season has been concluded.
Steve Bruce is convinced he will be Newcastle manager at the start of next season as he gently applied pressure on owner Mike Ashley to sanction the transfers needed to turn the team into top 10 side next season.

FA Cup replays will be scrapped next season to try and ease Premier League fixture chaos.

Chelsea could face a battle to sign Alex Telles this summer with Premier League rivals Manchester United and Manchester City also interested in the FC Porto left-back.

Manchester United and Chelsea are both keeping tabs on Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak, amid the poor form of both clubs' current goalkeepers.
Manchester United face a £70m financial black hole if they fail to qualify for next season's Champions League.
Premier League teams are likely to be without packed stadiums for at least another year as a result of coronavirus.
Bayer Leverkusen boss Peter Bosz is "confident" Chelsea target Kai Havertz will be around for next month's Europa League campaign.
New Borussia Dortmund star Jude Bellingham has revealed that a conversation with Manchester United target Jadon Sancho helped convince him to snub United and move to Germany.

Manchester United have asked to be kept informed of offers for Lille centre back Gabriel Magalhaes with Everton, Inter Milan and Napoli also pursuing the 22-year-old Brazilian valued at over €25m.
Celtic are locked in stalemate with AEK Athens in the move to sign £6.5m-rated goalkeeper Vasilios Barkas.