Thursdays Football Gossip

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Latest Paper Gossip (Thursday March 10th)

DAILY MIRROR

West Ham have added Wilfried Bony and Christian Benteke to their list of striker targets.
Barcelona have dropped their interest in Everton defender John Stones as they fear he would struggle to adapt to La Liga.
Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey fears his thigh injury could keep him out of Wales' Euro 2016 campaign this summer.
Aston Villa are getting ready to offload flops Idrissa Gana, Jordan Ayew and Jordan Veretout at the end of the season.
Nigerian wonderkid Kelechi Nwakali has revealed he has signed a five-year contract with Arsenal.

DAILY STAR

Liverpool and Manchester United will battle it out for World Cup star Mario Gotze this summer as Bayern Munich prepare to sell the forward.
Goalkeeper Arthur Boruc is set to sign a new contract at Bournemouth.
Swansea are poised to sign Reading's Wales midfielder Hal Robson-Kanu when his contract expires at the end of the season.

THE SUN

Italian World Cup winner Gennaro Gattuso - now boss at Pisa - says he would walk to Old Trafford to become Manchester United manager.
Chelsea have been left stunned by John Obi Mikel's decision to put his contract talks on hold. Mikel's current terms run until June 2017 and at 28 years old, his next move will likely be his last.

THE TELEGRAPH

Arsenal players ripped into each other during a fiery half-an-hour crisis meeting after their defeat by Swansea in a desperate bid to save their season. The dressing-room summit was led by Petr Cech, Per Mertesacker, Tomas Rosicky and Mikel Arteta.

DAILY MAIL

Former Tottenham left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto has revealed he prefers to buy his football boots on eBay rather than take handouts from sponsors.
West Brom have stepped up their pursuit of Laurent Depoltre by inviting the Gent striker's agent to watch a match at the Hawthorns.
Newcastle will give Rafa Benitez the title of 'manager' as they look to appoint him before Monday's trip to Leicester, but first they must sack head coach Steve McClaren.
Aaron Ramsey will discover the extent of his thigh injury today amid fears he will miss most of Arsenal's run-in.

THE EXPRESS

Fabrice Muamba is on course to become a full-time academy coach, four years on from the day he suffered cardiac arrest playing for Bolton at Tottenham.

THE TIMES

Ilkay Gundogan, the Borussia Dortmund midfielder, is one of Pep Guardiola's top targets for Manchester City after photographs emerged of the Germany player's agent meeting Txiki Begiristain, City's director of football.