Thursdays 'Gossip' & News

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Latest Paper 'Goss' (Thurs May 7th)


DAILY STAR
•Manchester City are set to make a £70m swoop for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba and could sell Yaya Toure, Samir Nasri, Aleksandr Kolarov and Edin Dzeko to fund the deal.

DAILY MAIL
•Juventus are allowing Paul Pogba's agent Mino Raiola to discuss options, with a fee of around £58million expected. Chelsea and Manchester City remain in the race for the midfielder.
•Inter Milan have joined the race to sign second-choice Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech.
•Former England manager Graham Taylor has insisted he would never have blocked black footballers' path into the national team and denied that two FA members tried to cap numbers.
•Real Madrid No 2 Paul Clement has emerged as a contender for the Newcastle job after Steve McClaren appeared to rule himself out of a move to Tyneside.
•Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti insists Gareth Bale must not be sold under any circumstances.
•West Ham have made enquiries about signing 26-year-old Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Stefan Reinartz.

DAILY MIRROR
•Manchester City are plotting a £50m-plus transfer bid for Paul Pogba as a summer-long tug-of-war looms.
•Inter Milan eye Martin Skrtel as the defender stalls over a new Liverpool deal.
•Former England manager Graham Taylor has angrily denied he was told to limit the amount of black players picked for the national side.
•Manchester United and Chelsea transfer target Gareth Bale is refusing to quit on his Real Madrid dream.
•Radamel Falcao's loan spell at Manchester United could be extended until January.
•Arsenal are set to revive interest in William Carvalho - and may offer Joel Campbell as a makeweight in the deal.
•Chelsea target Paulo Dybala's future will be decided in the next two weeks.
•Southampton have opened talks with
•Jay Rodriguez over a new five-year deal in a bid to fend off interest from Tottenham and Manchester City.
•Tottenham are weighing up a £2m summer move for Almeria keeper Julian Cuesta.
•Wolfsburg are out of the race to sign Manchester United target Ilkay Gundogan.

THE SUN
•Graham Taylor was told by FA officials not to pick too many black players for England, according to a new book.
•Manchester United and Chelsea must bid at least £80m to have any hope of landing Real Madrid's Gareth Bale.
•15-year-old Benfica goalkeeper Joao Virginia has impressed during a trial at Old Trafford.
•Brentford boss Mark Warburton, who leaves the club at the end of the season, is top of Fulham's shortlist.
•Manchester United winger Nani does not want to stay at Sporting Lisbon after his loan spell ends

THE INDEPENDENT
•Graham Taylor has rejected claims that the FA told him not to pick 'too many black players' during his time as England manager.
•Gareth Bale is the 'future' of Real Madrid and won't join Manchester United this summer, claims his agent.

THE GUARDIAN
•The FA told Graham Taylor not to pick 'too many' black players for England, according to a new book about racism in football.
•Steve McClaren's refusal to countenance Newcastle United's three-game offer to save their season appears to have convinced Mike Ashley to look elsewhere for a permanent manager this summer.

THE EXPRESS
•Bournemouth and Watford have joined the queue to sign out-of-contract Man City defender Micah Richards.

THE TELEGRAPH
•Inter want to sign Yaya Toure from Manchester City on a free transfer to help finance his wages.
•Real Madrid coach Paul Clement is on Newcastle's summer shortlist for the manager's job.