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News, Views & Gossip . (Monday July 6)


THE EXPRESS
•Liverpool will continue their summer spending spree by matching the £32.5m buy-out clause in Christian Benteke's contract to bring the 24-year-old Belgium forward to Anfield.
•Manchester United face competition from Chelsea and Barcelona for Atletico Madrid's Arda Turan, and the midfielder has flown to meet his agent to discuss his next step.

DAILY MIRROR
•Manchester United are considering hijacking Chelsea's move for Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.
•Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla is being targeted by Atletico Madrid to replace want away Arda Turan, who is a target for Barcelona and also getting interest from Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain.
•Newcastle have confirmed they are in talks with PSV Eindhoven and Holland midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum over a £15m transfer.
•Southampton are expecting to trump Tottenham and complete a permanent deal for defenderToby Alderweireld after Atletico Madrid failed to cancel their buy-out clause in time.
•Xherdan Shaqiri wants to stay at Inter Milan and prove his worth to Roberto Mancini. Stoke City had agreed a £12m deal to sign the Switzerland international from Inter.
•Juventus want to land the unsettled Chelsea winger Juan Cuadrado. The Colombia international moved to Chelsea from Fiorentina in a £27m deal in January but made just four league starts.
•West Ham hope to confirm the capture of Alex Song this week. They are understood to have reached an agreement with Barcelona to take the 27-year-old midfielder on a permanent basis after the Catalans had initially demanded £6m.
•Aston Villa expect to complete the £9million signing of Lille's Senegalese midfielder Idrissa Gueye this week.
•West Brom expect to land one of their major transfer targets this week - QPR winger Matt Phillips.
•Liverpool's Luis Alberto looks all set to join Deportivo La Coruna on loan, after the midfielder spent last year on loan at Malaga.
•Manchester United have agreed to sell young striker Angelo Henriquez to Dinamo Zagreb, where he scored 20 goals in 25 appearances on loan last season.

THE SUN
•Premier League newcomers Bournemouth are preparing a club-record £14m bid for QPR striker Charlie Austin.
•Former France boss Raymond Domenech has urged Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 25, to quit the south-coast club and join Manchester United this summer.

DAILY STAR
•Tottenham must pay £18m if they want to sign 21-year-old winger Yannick Ferreira Carrasco from Monaco.
•Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has not yet agreed a deal to join Fenerbache, according to his agent Kees Vos.
•Meanwhile, United are concerned that the injury Angel Di Maria suffered while on international duty could rule him out of the beginning of the new season.
•Crystal Palace are in talks to sign former Newcastle now PSG midfielder Yohan Cabaye.

DAILY MAIL
•Manchester United winger Nani was in Istanbul for a medical on Sunday ahead of his proposed move to Fenerbahce. He is expected to sign a deal worth around £55,000 a week.
•David de Gea will link up with Manchester United for pre-season training today when he returns from holiday. The Spain international has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid for some time.
•Doubts over a long-standing shoulder injury mean Newcastle United are only prepared to pay £12m for QPR frontman Charlie Austin.
•Juventus defender Angelo Ogbonna is flying in to hold talks with West Ham as they close in on a move to bring him to Upton Park.
•QPR have rejected a £7million bid from West Brom for star winger Matty Phillips.

THE TELEGRAPH
•Raheem Sterling could be in line for a £4m cut of his agent's fee if Manchester City meet Liverpool's £50m asking price for the England striker.
•Newcastle are closing in on their first signing of the summer after PSV Eindhoven left 24-year-old striker Georginio Wijnaldum out of their squad for a pre-season friendly.

THE INDEPENDENT
•Raheem Sterling will report for pre-season training with Liverpool on Monday, but the forward's participation in the club's pre-season tour of Bangkok is in serious doubt.
•Arsenal have made initial contact with Pedro's representatives over a move for the 27-year-old Barcelona winger.