Fridays Football 'News & Goss'

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Latest Paper Talk .. Friday June 26


THE SUN
•Manchester City are close to winning the race to sign £60m-rated Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba.
•Real Madrid have turned down Manchester United's bid for defender Sergio Ramos.
•Barcelona star Lionel Messi wants his club to sign Argentina team-mate and Manchester United midfielder Angel Di Maria - but the Premier League side want their £59.7m back.
•Manchester City are close to signing 18-year-old Bursaspor striker Enes Unal.

DAILY MIRROR
•Manchester United are closing in on the £24million capture of Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin.
•Manchester City are considering a move for Valencia defender and Manchester United target Nicolas Otamendi.
•Liverpool are set to go back to Aston Villa with a £25million-plus offer for striker Christian Benteke.
•Crystal Palace are keen on Swansea's Wales international defender Ashley Williams.
•Watford are confident of landing Inter Milan's Serbia international midfielder Zdravko Kuzmanovic.
•Spurs are confident of making Atletico Madrid defender Toby Alderweireld, who impressed on loan at Southampton last season, the latest addition to their defensive revamp.
•Augsburg defender Abdul Baba Rahman has concerns over a proposed move to Chelsea - because he fears he will not play regularly.
•Bournemouth have pulled off a coup by agreeing a whirlwind £8million deal for Ipswich defender Tyrone Mings.
•Southampton have resumed talks about making Eljero Elia's loan from German club Werder Bremen permanent.
•Striker Anthony Martial, a Tottenham target, is set for a new deal at Monaco.
•Marseille want to take Newcastle winger Remy Cabella on loan next season.
•West Brom officials are flying to Turkey as they bid to win the race for Besiktas striker Demba Ba.
•Hull striker Dame N'Doye has told Crystal Palace, Swansea and Norwich he wants £50,000-a-week to join.

THE EXPRESS
•Angel Di Maria has vowed to reject Barcelona and PSG, and will stay at Manchester United to fight for a place in the starting line-up.
•Arsenal are set to bid £21.3m for Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal, who plays alongside Alexis Sanchez for Chile.
•Fiorentina have made a £3million bid for Mo Salah, despite Chelsea spending £11million on him 18 months ago.

DAILY STAR
•Arsenal are set to make a £21.3million move for Juventus and Chile star Arturo Vidal.
•Liverpool are to step up their chase for Aston Villa's Belgian international forward Christian Benteke.
•Robin van Persie is willing to leave Manchester United this summer because he wants to be in top form for Euro 2016.
•Manchester United are close to signing Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin for £24m, meaning they will not sign Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger.
•Chelsea youngster Charly Musonda is closing on a loan move to Marseille.

DAILY MAIL
•Real Madrid have rejected Manchester United's opening offer of £35m for Sergio Ramos and the defender says he wants his future resolved in the next fortnight.
•Barcelona's chances of signing Angel Di Maria from Manchester United will be hampered by a clause in his contract which means he can't return to Spain for less than £85.5m.
•Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew is hoping to sign defender Ashley Williams from Swansea.
•Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba "is very excited to come to Barcelona", according to the Catalan club's presidential candidate Joan Laporta.
•GUARDIAN
•Liverpool will continue their summer spending spree with the £12.5m signing of Southampton full-back Nathaniel Clyne.
•Napoli want £67million for Gonzalo Higuain, linked with Arsenal, AC Milan and Liverpool

THE TELEGRAPH
•Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal remains determined to sign Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos despite having an initial offer rejected, having received sufficient encouragement that the ambitious deal could go through.
•West Ham are closing in on the signing of Barcelona defensive midfielder Alex Song on a free transfer. ..