Thursdays Football Headlines

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Latest Paper Gossip . . (Thursday May 19th)

DAILY MIRROR

Leicester are worrying about the possible exit of midfielder N'Golo Kante with Arsenal weighing up a move to trigger the 25-year-old's £20million release clause this summer.
Ronald Koeman is happy to continue at Southampton with the hope of landing a bigger job in a year.
Yaya Toure's agent claims he is in talks with Inter Milan over a move from Manchester City.

THE SUN

John Terry has agreed a £100,000-a-week pay cut to stay at Chelsea.
Reece Oxford wants £40,000 a week and a £1m signing-on fee to commit his future to West Ham.
Atletico Madrid have been given a huge boost ahead of the Champions League final after Tottenham and Manchester United target Saul Niguez put pen to paper on a new long-term deal.
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal will start the FA Cup final with the same team that went up against Bournemouth in their final Premier League game of the season on Tuesday.

DAILY STAR

Michael Carrick would consider performing a U-turn and remaining at Manchester United if Louis van Gaal gets sacked.
Mario Gotze's summer switch to Liverpool could be off after the Reds slumped to a 3-1 defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League final.

DAILY MAIL

Manchester United fear missing out on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang due to the playing style of Louis van Gaal scaring away top transfer targets.
Pep Guardiola is still keen to bring Ilkay Gundogan to Manchester City despite the Borussia Dortmund midfielder suffering a major knee injury.

THE EXPRESS

Liverpool have reportedly agreed a deal in principle to send Mario Balotelli to Fiorentina in return for midfielder Josip Ilicic.
Chelsea have a 'verbal agreement' in place to sign Juventus winger Kwadwo Asamoah.

THE TELEGRAPH

The number of English players starting matches in the Premier League this season has fallen by almost 15 per cent to its lower-ever figure.
Romelu Lukaku will leave Everton this summer, with Bayern Munich or Manchester United the preferred destination, according to the striker's father.

THE INDEPENDENT

Ryan Giggs is a better option than Jose Mourinho to manage Manchester United should Louis van Gaal be replaced, claims the club's former assistant manager Rene Meulensteen.