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Latest Paper 'GOSSIP' (Thursday May 14)


DAILY MIRROR
•Manchester City are closing in on a £35m deal for Wolfsburg star Kevin de Bruyne.
•Liverpool could target Southampton captain Jose Fonte and reunite him with Dejan Lovren.
•Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger fears Chelsea will block his attempts to sign keeper Petr Cech this summer.
•Bournemouth will go back in for Birmingham winger Demarai Gray this summer.
•Former Southampton and Reading manager Nigel Adkins has dismissed reports linking him with Sky Bet Championship side Leeds United, where current head coach Neil Redfearn's future remains in doubt.

DAILY STAR
•Slaven Bilic is ready to hold talks with West Ham about succeeding Sam Allardyce as manager.
•Yaya Toure is keen on a move to Inter Milan and is willing to go on the cheap to push through a deal.
•Manchester United are plotting a swoop for Stoke keeper Asmir Begovic if David de Gea moves to Real Madrid.
•Jordan Ibe will sign a new five-year deal at Liverpool next week.

THE SUN
•Liverpool and Monaco are tracking AC Milan striker Jeremy Menez, 28, who has netted 16 goals in Serie A this season.
•Charlie Austin says he will report for pre-season with QPR unless he is told otherwise by the club.
•Manchester United could welcome Nani back in from the cold next season, after a season-long loan at Sporting Lisbon.
•Meanwhile, United have opened talks to sign Ghana youngster Bernard Mensah, according to the player.
•Arsenal are poised to beat United to the signature of French youth international striker Yassin Fortune, 16, from Lens.
•Swansea hope to sign Sweden keeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt, 25, from Dutch club Heerenveen who rate him at around £3m.
•Tony Pulis wants to sign Crystal Palace midfielder Joe Ledley for West Brom.
•Brighton manager Chris Hughton wants to sign 29-year-old Derby County winger Jamie Ward.
•Sheffield Wednesday and Shrewsbury will battle it out over 6ft 4ins Swiss goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler, 24.

THE EXPRESS
•Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toutre is willing to take a significant pay cut in order to join Inter Milan.
•Southampton director of football Les Reed is confident 24-year-old England right-back Nathaniel Clyne, who is out of contract next year, will sign a new deal.
•Gaston Ramirez has been ruled out of Hull City's final games of the season as they fight relegation.
•Liverpool winger Jordan Ibe, 19, will sign a new five-year deal next week.

DAILY MAIL
•Liverpool are confident striker Danny Ings will choose them over Manchester United and Real Sociedad, with the Burnley player's contract set to expire.
•Swansea are in talks for a cut-price deal for Twente striker Luc Castaignos.
•Aston Villa are eyeing up new goalkeepers and are interested in Cologne's Timo Horn, Molde's Orjan Nyland and Brentford's David Button.
•Burnley are set to revive their interest in Nottingham Forest attacker Henri Lansbury.
•Meanwhile, Forest are weighing up a move for Newcastle striker Haris Vukic, 22, who scored nine goals during a loan spell at Rangers.
•Everton are keen on Honduras striker Alberth Elis, 19, who plays for Olimpia.
•Striker Danny Welbeck is set to return for Arsenal this weekend against former club Manchester United.

THE TIMES
•Chelsea have offered a new five-year contract to England Under-21 striker Patrick Bamford. The 21-year-old is on loan at Middlesbrough and reportedly attracting interest from Everton, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace.

THE GUARDIAN
•Manuel Pellegrini is set to remain as Manchester City manager as the club put their summer recruitment plans in motion.

THE TELEGRAPH
•Portugal winger Nani, 28, is set to return to Manchester United this summer after a season-long loan at Sporting Lisbon - potentially costing his parent club another £17m to cover his wages.

THE INDEPENDENT
•Roman Abramovic's interest-free loan to Chelsea has exceeded £1billion.
•Meanwhile, the new Premier League champions are also in talks about establishing a loan agreement with French Ligue 1 side Marseille.