Paper Talk: Friday's football transfer rumours and gossip from the UK newspapers

10:50 · FRI June 09, 2017

A round-up of the latest football gossip from Friday's national newspapers.

DAILY STAR

Manchester United will make a take-it-or-leave bid of £60million for Real Madrid ace Alvaro Morata.

Sky Bet Transfer Specials: Man U still head the betting to sign Morata

Garry Monk is a shock contender to replace Claude Puel as Southampton boss.

Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva is in talks over a move back to Brazil with Gremio.

Midfielder Marten de Roon is set to join Lazio from Middlesbrough in a £12million deal.

DAILY MIRROR

Bayern Munich want to make Alexis Sanchez their highest paid player and are willing to offer the Arsenal forward a £350,000-a-week deal.

Sky Bet Transfer Specials: Can Arsenal keep hold of Sanchez?

Antonio Conte axed Diego Costa by text message after deciding he was not committed enough to Chelsea.

Lille have offered Claudio Bravo the chance to leave Manchester City following Ederson's move to the Etihad.

Jose Mourinho's hopes of signing Alvaro Morata for Manchester United have been boosted after the striker's agent claimed he could leave Real Madrid.

Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva claims he is in talks with former club Gremio about returning home to Brazil.

Crystal Palace have spoken to highly-rated former Alaves boss Mauricio Pellegrino in their hunt for a new manager.

THE SUN

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been offered the chance to land Borussia Dortmund midfielder Emre Mor.

Cristiano Ronaldo has fuelled talk he could be set to leave Real Madrid in the near future by revealing "nothing is impossible."

Bristol City are eyeing a move for Birmingham's Ryan Shotton as a possible replacement for Aden Flint.

Arsenal could be forced to lower their £15million asking price for Kieran Gibbs as they struggle to sell the left-back.

Real Madrid are reportedly willing to sell Manchester United target Gareth Bale in order to fund a move for Monaco ace Kylian Mbappe.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola's move for Kyle Walker is on the verge of collapsing as Tottenham slap a £60million price tag on the defender.

David Wagner wants Aaron Mooy to become Huddersfield's £12million record buy - as he is "the heart" of the team.

DAILY MAIL

Wayne Rooney is giving serious consideration to seeing out the rest of his contract at Manchester United.

Sky Bet Transfer Specials: Rooney still a big price to stay at Old Trafford

Chelsea officials are stunned by Antonio Conte's decision to dump Diego Costa - saying it may cost millions.

Manchester United and AC Milan are in a tug of war over Italy and Torino striker Andrea Belotti, according to reports in Italy.

Southampton will reject bids that fall short of their £70million-plus valuation of Virgil van Dijk, with top club officials confident they will keep hold of the player unless a world record fee is agreed.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Alexis Sanchez has said that his future now rests on talks between his agent and Arsenal, with Bayern Munich emerging as the front-runners to sign the Chile striker.

Southampton have told Virgil van Dijk that he is not for sale this summer and believe that their complaint over Liverpool's conduct - which may still result in a formal Premier League investigation - has shown how serious they are about their stance.