Paper Talk

Real Madrid could try again to sign David de Gea from Manchester United before the transfer window closes.
Manchester City must pay £35m to prise shock target Jonny Evans away from West Brom.
Chelsea face taking a £20m hit on their asking price for wantaway striker Diego Costa.
Barcelona are closing in on the transfer of Paris Saint-Germain winger Angel Di Maria.

Manchester City are ready to offer £22m for West Brom captain Jonny Evans.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has had a new £63m bid for Juventus defender Alex Sandro rejected.
Manchester United have not given up on Ivan Perisic - with a £39m offer to Inter Milan still on the table.
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has hinted other clubs are pursuing midfield target William Carvalho.
Crystal Palace are weighing up a move for Red Bull Leipzig youngster Oliver Burke.
PSG have told Julian Draxler he can go with the German linked over moves to Arsenal and Liverpool.

Barcelona will "fight" to sign Philippe Coutinho up until the transfer window closes with the growing expectation that they will soon submit an improved offer after Liverpool flatly rejected a bid of £90m.
Slaven Bilic is confident that he will not be faced with another player demanding to leave West Ham if Liverpool try to replace Philippe Coutinho with Manuel Lanzini.
Bojan Krkic could be on the way out at Stoke after falling out of favour with manager Mark Hughes.

Tottenham have been outbid by Lyon for Pape Cheikh Diop but the Celta Vigo starlet is won over by the idea of a move to London.
Steve McClaren held positive talks this week over a move to Maccabi Tel Aviv but has decided not to head to Israel for 'personal reasons'.
Toby Alderweireld's contract talks have stalled at Spurs and he wants parity with the club's top earners.

Manchester United are close to extending Luke Shaw's contract as the left-back nears a return to fitness.
Arsenal are considering renewing their long-standing interest in Julian Draxler after PSG decided that the winger is surplus to requirements following the arrival of Neymar.

Manchester City bosses will sell Eliaquim Mangala on the cheap to boost their chances of landing West Brom star Jonny Evans.
Sunderland risk losing record signing Didier Ndong this month with Lyon keen on taking the midfielder back to France.

West Ham are ready to hand Manuel Lanzini a new four-year contract and will resist any moves from Liverpool to lure the Argentine to Anfield.

Scotland international Robert Snodgrass is ready to escape from the West Ham wilderness by moving to Newcastle.

Friday, 18 August 2017