Alexis Sanchez
Alexis Sanchez

Paper Talk: Friday's football transfer rumours after Deadline Day


Manchester City's failure to sign Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal is making plenty of headlines in Friday's edition of Paper Talk.

DAILY MAIL

Manchester City were left seething at Arsenal's handling of Alexis Sanchez on Thursday night after a dramatic £60million deadline-day move fell flat

Sky Bet's odds: Alexis Sanchez is 8/1 to join Barcelona today!

Harry Redknapp's bid to take midfielder Alex Song to Birmingham collapsed on Thursday night.

Rafa Benitez is furious after Newcastle failed to sign a single player during the final fortnight of the transfer window.

THE SUN

Alexis Sanchez is 'livid' his £60million move to Manchester City was KO'd by Thomas Lemar's refusal to join Arsenal.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho made an audacious last-gasp bid to land Willian from Chelsea.

Willian in action for Chelsea
Willian in action for Chelsea

Laurent Koscielny went down injured in France's clash with the Netherlands - leaving Arsenal fans in even more of a panic about their deadline day nightmare.

Chelsea star Eden Hazard has joked that he would be worth £275million in the current transfer market.

Bournemouth turned down a £15m bid from Championship club Wolves for their 24-year-old striker Benik Afobe.

DAILY MIRROR

Manchester City will attempt to sign Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez on loan next year, and blame the Gunners for the 28-year-old's proposed £60m deadline-day deal collapsing.

Ross Barkley pulled out of his move to Chelsea after having second thoughts during his medical.

Relations between Antonio Conte and Chelsea's board could become even more strained after Tottenham's new striker Fernando Llorente became the latest player to snub a move to Stamford Bridge.

DAILY STAR

Monaco star Thomas Lemar has spoken about his future following his two-goal show for France against the Netherlands on Thursday, saying "For the moment I am Monegasque".

Sky Bet's odds: Thomas Lemar is 7/1 to join Barcelona today!

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud did not complete a move to Premier League rivals Everton because his wife rejected it.

Manchester City and Arsenal were left red-faced after Alexis Sanchez's £60million move to the Etihad collapsed.

THE TIMES

Frank de Boer fears he will be sacked as Crystal Palace manager as early as this weekend following post transfer deadline talks with the board.

Gareth Southgate is ready to keep faith with Joe Hart for England's World Cup qualifier with Malta tonight.

Manchester City were left seething after their £60million bid to sign Alexis Sánchez from Arsenal collapsed.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Jurgen Klopp hailed the "tough decision" of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to leave Arsenal for Anfield but endured frustration in his attempts to add Virgil van Dijk as Southampton would not entertain negotiations with Liverpool.

Riyad Mahrez is on collision course with Leicester, with the club furious at him leaving Algeria's international training camp to "finalise a transfer" which never materialised - the message from Algeria's FA feed has since been deleted.

Phil Jones says his ban for abusing a doping official after Manchester United's Europa League victory was unfair.

THE INDEPENDENT

Thomas Lemar decided to reject the chance to move to the Premier League with Arsenal as he was reluctant to play Europa League.

THE GUARDIAN

Ross Barkley turned down a move to Chelsea partly because Everton refused to let the 23-year-old midfielder speak with Tottenham.

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