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News & Views from the 'Rags' .. (Friday July 17th)


THE SUN
•Arsenal are set to make a £40million move for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.
•Liverpool have beaten bitter rivals Manchester United to the punch by triggering Christian Benteke's £32.5million release clause.
•Tottenham have made an £8million move for Chelsea winger Victor Moses.
•Arsenal are giving Hector Bellerin a hefty pay rise as reward for his emergence as first-choice right-back.
•Leicester forward Leonardo Ulloa is a target for Turkish club Besiktas.
•Jack Wilshere wants talks with Arsene Wenger to clarify his Arsenal position amid concerns over playing time at the Emirates Stadium.

DAILY MIRROR
•Liverpool are on the brink of completing a £32.5million deal for Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke.
•Filipe Luis is closing in on a return to Atletico Madrid, with Chelsea confident of landing Abdul Baba Rahman as his replacement.
•Newcastle manager Steve McClaren has made a fresh move for QPR striker Charlie Austin.
•Tottenham have made an £8million move for Chelsea winger Victor Moses.
•West Brom boss Tony Pulis has made a move for Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert.
•Claudio Ranieri is hoping to make Nice star Nampalys Mendy his first signing at Leicester.
•Reading want £4million from Swansea for Wales winger Hal Robson-Kanu.
•Everton are close to a £7million deal for Manchester United defender Jonny Evans.

DAILY MAIL
•Liverpool are poised to take their summer spending beyond £80million after triggering the release clause in Christian Benteke's contract.
•Chelsea have finalised a £6.3million deal for young Brazilian forward Kenedy.
•Atletico Madrid are hopeful of securing a deal for Chelsea defender Filipe Luis this week.
•Everton are discussing a deal with Manchester United for defender Jonny Evans.
•Tottenham are prepared to offer £12million plus winger Aaron Lennon for Everton midfielder James McCarthy.
•Newcastle are likely to make a £15million bid for QPR striker Charlie Austin in the next 48 hours.
•New Barcelona signing Arda Turan could head out on loan until he is eligible to play at the Nou Camp - but not to a Champions League club, according to club president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
•Paris Saint-Germain believe they can finalise a deal for Angel Di Maria this weekend.
•Bayern Munich are moving quickly to replace Bastian Schweinsteiger as they close in on a move for Arturo Vidal while Mario Gotze could move in the opposite direction.

DAILY STAR
•Chelsea are ready to hijack Newcastle's bid to sign striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, who is valued at £15million.
•West Brom will step up their interest in Arsenal's Serge Gnabry after Nottingham Forest rejected their £5million offer for winger Michail Antonio.
•Chelsea are set to lose another striker as Loic Remy is closing in on a transfer to Crystal Palace.
•Middlesbrough have agreed a £2.8million fee with Espanyol for Uruguay striker Lewis McGugan.

THE INDEPENDENT
•Manchester United will tell Real Madrid to accept their £35million offer for Sergio Ramos or forget any hope of signing David de Gea this summer.
•Chelsea's bid to sign Barcelona winger Pedro for £22million will be blocked if Joan Laporta wins the presidential election at the Nou Camp on Saturday
•Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette will not leave the club for less than £35million, says the President of the French club.

THE TELEGRAPH
•Paris Saint-Germain believe that Angel Di Maria wants to join them - but they will not sell Edinson Cavani to Manchester United as part of any deal.

THE EXPRESS
•Christian Benteke will become Liverpool's latest summer signing after the club's owners backed Brendan Rodgers by triggering the striker's £32.5million release clause.
•Arsenal have been handed a boost after the agent of Schalke's Julian Draxler played down reports of a summer move to Juventus.
•Tottenham are prepared to challenge Manchester City for Everton star James McCarthy.
•Arsenal are set to make an improved offer in excess of £30million for Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
•Nicolas Otamendi was left out of Valencia's kit launch amid claims the defender is close to a move to Manchester United.
•AC Milan have handed Arsenal and Liverpool a huge boost in their pursuit of Monaco defender Aymen Abdennour by ruling themselves out of the running.
•Manchester United have made a final offer of £42million for Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos.