Paper Talk: Tuesday's football transfer rumours


A round-up of the latest football stories from Tuesday's newspapers.

DAILY STAR

Jose Mourinho has reportedly held talks with Barcelona superstar Neymar about a move to Manchester United.

Manchester City are keeping tabs on Southampton defender Cedric Soares ahead of a potential summer swoop.

Southampton and Napoli are considering summer swoops for Liverpool's Mamadou Sakho, currently on loan at Crystal Palace.

Inter Milan are ready to offer Erik Lamela an escape route from Tottenham.

Brentford midfielder Alan McCormack is wanted by Millwall and MK Dons this summer.

THE SUN

Jesse Lingard has confirmed he is in talks about extending his contract with Manchester United.

Everton have put Orlando City striker Cyle Larin on their wanted list as they search for Romelu Lukaku's replacement.

Franck Ribery claims he turned down the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United to stay at Bayern Munich in 2009.

Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce wants Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone in a £3m permanent move.

Arsenal are lining up a £13m bid for Sporting goalkeeper Rui Patricio to replace Petr Cech.

DAILY MIRROR

Chelsea are bracing themselves for a summer-long battle with Real Madrid over Eden Hazard.

Southampton are preparing a £20m bid for Mamadou Sakho.

Manchester City winger Jesus Navas is a summer target for former club Sevilla.

Thierry Henry wants to succeed Arsene Wenger as Arsenal manager - and claims he is learning the job now as Belgium No 2.

DAILY MAIL

Monaco midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko is a top transfer option for Chelsea this summer.

Real Madrid will test Chelsea with a world-record bid for Eden Hazard.

Barcelona have admitted they are open to signing Juventus forward Paulo Dybala, but anticipate it will be difficult to do a deal with the Serie A giants.

Tottenham forward Erik Lamela is likely to miss the rest of the season as he trains alone after a five-month absence.

DAILY EXPRESS

Southampton midfielder Oriol Romeu admits it is nice to be linked with a return to Barcelona - but insists he is happy at St Mary's.

Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha has made a personal plea to Billy Gilmour in a last-ditch bid to persuade the wonderkid to snub Chelsea.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

West Brom are in talks with defender Craig Dawson over a contract extension.

Claudio Bravo says he is happy to stay at Manchester City, despite losing his place to Willy Caballero.

Chelsea have moved into pole position to land £50m-rated Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk.

THE GUARDIAN

Liverpool are taking no risks in their preparations for Saturday's Merseyside derby by hiring a private jet to return Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino from international duty in Brazil.

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