Saturdays Football Headlines

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Latest Paper Gossip . . (Saturday July 2nd)

THE TELEGRAPH

Manchester City are prepared to pay up to £50m to land John Stones and are confident of signing the defender in time for him to return from a post-Euro 2016 break for pre-season training with them.
Liverpool have received a bid of £25m from Crystal Palace for Christian Benteke.
Tottenham Hotspur's bid to sign AZ Alkmaar striker Vincent Janssen is being bizarrely held up by the brainchild of 'Moneyball' Billy Beane.

DAILY MIRROR

Watford have been forced to turn down a £37.5m bid from Shanghai SIPG for Odion Ighalo - because the striker does not want to go to China.
Portugal wonderkid Renato Sanches DID snub Manchester United, according to international team-mate Nani.
Paul Pogba's father claims that a transfer to Real Madrid would be an "interesting" move.
Jose Mourinho is set to be officially introduced as Manchester United boss on Tuesday.
Arsenal expect to complete a deal for Japanese forward Takuma Asano , who plays for Sanfreece Hiroshima, in the next few days.
Antonio Conte has moved to reassure Cesar Azpilicueta and Spanish compatriot Pedro that he wants them both to stay at Chelsea.
Burnley will have to smash their transfer record to prise Tom Lees away from Sheffield Wednesday after the Owls slapped a £10m price tag on the defender.
Stoke have made a £16m bid for West Brom's Saido Berahino.
Crystal Palace are set to shatter their transfer record after making a £25m bid for Liverpool's Christian Benteke.
Fulham have told Sheffield Wednesday to stump up a club record £15m for striker Ross McCormack.

THE SUN

N'Golo Kante will snub an improved contract offer from Leicester City with Chelsea his preferred option.
Crystal Palace have made an official bid of £25m for Liverpool striker Christian Benteke.
Jose Mourinho will have clear-the-air talks with Luke Shaw next week - after the Manchester United defender implied he was 'greedy' when he was Chelsea boss.
Crystal Palace will press on with their summer spending spree by signing £10m defender James Tomkins.
Mark Hughes is hoping to make Portugal winger Nani his marquee signing at Stoke City this summer.
Atletico Madrid are ready to launch a cash-plus-player bid for Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain worth £42m.
Toni Kroos insists he won't be leaving Real Madrid this summer despite being linked with a Premier League move.

DAILY MAIL

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is on the verge of completing his move to Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund, with the deal expected to be done at the weekend.
Christian Benteke is edging closer to leaving Liverpool after holding positive talks with Crystal Palace.
Arsenal have turned down an approach from Juventus for Alexis Sanchez. Arsene Wenger has no desire to sell the Chile international despite talk the 27-year-old is growing unsettled.
Arsenal are closing in on a move for highly-rated 21-year-old Japan international Takuma Asano.
Crystal Palace have agreed a £12.5m fee for West Ham defender James Tomkins.
Italian defender Gabriele Angella has left Watford to rejoin Udinese on a four-year contract.
Burnley plan to reject any mega-money bid from Leicester for Michael Keane and offer him a new bumper contract.
Fabricio Coloccini has brought his eight-year spell at Newcastle to an end and will rejoin San Lorenzo, a Primera Division club in his native Argentina.

DAILY STAR

Diego Costa has rocked Chelsea by demanding a £40m return to Atletico Madrid.
Manchester United are closing in on a club record £80m deal for Paul Pogba.
N'Golo Kante is leaning towards leaving Leicester this summer - with Chelsea his favoured destination.
Diego Costa has rocked Chelsea by demanding a £40m return to Atletico Madrid.
England are set to axe sports psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters as the fall-out from their Euro 2016 flop continues.

DAILY RECORD

Rangers target Matthew Knox is set for a switch to the English Championship with several clubs preparing moves for the Livingston starlet with one concrete offer expected later today.
Kenny Miller is tipping Mark Warburton for the England job - bit only after he brings a barrel-load of trophies to Rangers.

THE GUARDIAN

Crystal Palace have formalised their interest in Christian Benteke by submitting an opening bid worth £25m to Liverpool for the Belgium forward.

THE INDEPENDENT

Tottenham transfer target Vincent Janssen has hit out against his club AZ Alkmaar after they rejected a £16.5m offer from Spurs for the Holland striker.

THE TIMES

Alan Pardew has poured scorn on the managerial ability of television pundits Alan Shearer and Gary Neville, saying it makes his "blood boil" that the pair have considered themselves worthy of coaching England.

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THE TIMES

Alan Pardew has poured scorn on the managerial ability of television pundits Alan Shearer and Gary Neville, saying it makes his "blood boil" that the pair have considered themselves worthy of coaching England.

Says a bloke who has also won NOTHING..........