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Paper Talk: Monday March 18 - Chelsea to sack Maurizio Sarri this week
By Sporting Life
Football
Mon March 18, 2019 · 6y ago
Has Maurizio Sarri's time at Stamford Bridge come to an end? That's one of the reports in Monday's national newspapers. Get up-to-date with all the key news and gossip with Paper Talk.
DAILY EXPRESS
- Chelsea could sack manager Maurizio Sarri during the international break following Sunday's defeat to Everton.
- Tottenham's Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen, whose contract with the London club expires in summer 2020, is a target for Real Madrid and he has dreamed of playing for the Spanish club since he was a child.
Chelsea's defeat to Everton was Sarri's seventh in the Premier League
THE SUN
- European football's superpowers are to propose a radical Champions League shake-up in showdown talks with UEFA.
- Tottenham scouts were impressed with Benfica's £85m-rated teen striker Jota in their Europa League win against Dinamo Zagreb.
- Juventus are willing to offer Alexis Sanchez a Manchester United escape route, but the striker would need to take pay-cut.
- Tottenham have joined Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain in the battle for Fulham ace Ryan Sessegnon.
- Manchester United and Arsenal are on red alert with Inter Milan reportedly ready to sell Mauro Icardi and Ivan Perisic.
- Manchester United are lining up the next Giggs - Ryan's son, Zach, is training with the club's academy at Carrington.
- Chelsea could decide not to sell 18-year-old England winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, whose contract runs out in 2020, if they sell Belgium forward Eden Hazard to Real Madrid this summer.
THE TIMES
- Arsenal could turn to Marc Overmars after Monchi returns to Sevilla as their sporting director.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
- The FA will launch an investigation into the three pitch invasions by supporters at the weekend.
- Arsenal will consider hiring former player Marc Overmars as their technical director after top target Monchi chose to return to Sevilla following his departure from Roma.
- Proposals to make changes to Champions League qualification and play matches in the competition on a weekend are set to be discussed at a meeting between Uefa and Europe's top clubs on Tuesday.
DAILY MIRROR
- Benfica have rebuffed Liverpool's attempt to sign central defender Francisco Reis Ferreira.
- Arsenal will tempt Crystal Palace with two of their fringe players as they try to get a deal for Aaron Wan-Bissaka over the line.
DAILY MAIL
- Birmingham are braced for a 12-point deduction over FFP breaches that would place the club's Championship status under threat
SCOTTISH SUN
- Darren Bent would be interested in following his former team-mate Jermain Defoe to Scotland by joining Celtic or Rangers.