Thursdays Back Pages Headlines

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Thursday's football transfer rumours and gossip (January 18th 2018)

Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has reportedly told the club he is on his way to Manchester United - all today's rumours in the back pages.

DAILY EXPRESS

Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has reportedly told the club he is on his way to Manchester United.

Juventus have begun negotiations for Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin.

DAILY MIRROR

Andy Carroll has told West Ham he is unable to train amid interest from Chelsea - but ankle scans have indicated no problem.

Jordy Clasie hopes to make his loan move to Club Brugge permanent and says his spell at Southampton was "horrible."

Newcastle midfielder Henri Saivet is being lined up for a £5m move to Montpellier.

Birmingham City are in the grip of a bitter boardroom power struggle.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Manchester United have begun talks with David de Gea over a new long-term contract to ward off interest from Real Madrid.

Daniel Sturridge is attracting interest from Sevilla and Inter Milan.

West Ham are prepared to sell striker Andy Carroll to Chelsea but would want Michy Batshuayi on loan as part of any deal.

THE SUN

Alexis Sanchez is set to become Britain's first £500,000-a-week player after agreeing a £118.3m contract to join Manchester United.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's agent and father Pierre-Francois have flown to London to finalise his £53m move to Arsenal.

West Ham say Chelsea's idea of loaning Andy Carroll is an "insult" to the £100,000-a-week striker.

Manchester City will splash out £23.5m to complete the signing of West Brom defender Jonny Evans.

Rafa Benitez will consider his future as Newcastle manager, but not until this summer.

Liverpool are refusing to let Ben Woodburn join his former Wales manager Chris Coleman on loan at Sunderland.

Southend have Lincoln City boss Danny Cowley at the top of their list of replacements for Phil Brown.

Huddersfield are set to sign Chievo's Belgium midfielder Samuel Bastien for £3.5m.

DAILY STAR

Watford expect to hold further talks with Leicester over £29m-rated striker Islam Slimani this weekend.

Manchester City will increase their efforts to sign Real Sociedad defender Inigo Martinez.

Furious Newcastle fans have urged Mike Ashley to sell up for the good of the club.

Watford striker Stefano Okaka is poised to complete a move to Marseille.

DAILY MAIL

Liverpool have rejected an offer from Sevilla to take Daniel Sturridge on loan for the remainder of the season.

Swansea are monitoring AC Milan striker Andre Silva, who has struggled in Serie A since his move from Porto.

Tottenham are looking to tie Christian Eriksen down to a new deal amid interest from Serie A side Juventus. The Dane has two years left on his contract.

Richarlison will consider his Watford future in the summer but the club has no intention of cashing in on him in January.

Jon Flanagan's Liverpool future is under serious threat after he was sentenced to a 12-month community order on Wednesday.

THE TIMES

Watford are fighting a discrimination claim by former medical chief Richard Collinge, who is suing on the grounds he lost his job because he was English and not Italian.

Casey Stoney has been lined up to join the England Women coaching staff once Phil Neville is confirmed as head coach.

DAILY RECORD

Rangers flop Carlos Pena was booed by Cruz Azul fans after being substituted during their Copa MX game at home to Puebla.