Saturdays 'Rags & Gossip'

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All the 'Gossip' & 'Jibber Jabber' .. (Saturday May 16)


DAILY MIRROR
•Manchester City midfielder James Milner, 29, will choose Liverpool over Arsenal and move to Anfield on a free transfer in the summer.
•Meanwhile, Brendan Rodgers has pledged to help Steven Gerrard become a future Liverpool manager.
•Louis van Gaal has warned keeper David de Gea that Manchester United are already planning for life without him.
•United have ended their interest in Southampton defender Nathaniel Clyne, 24, who is set to sign a new deal with the Saints.
•Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech could be on his way to Paris St-Germain despite Arsenal's interest in the 32-year-old.
•Chelsea are keen on Ajax winger Anwar El Ghazi after his nine goals and eight assists for the Dutch club this season.
•Bournemouth are battling with neighbours Southampton to sign £5m-rated 26-year-old Nantes central defender Papy Djilobodji.

THE SUN
•Manchester United are preparing for life without keeper David de Gea with Real Madrid poised with a £20m bid.

DAILY STAR
•Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool's chances of signing Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, 27, have improved after reports that the La Liga club want to re-sign Alvaro Morata from Juventus.
•Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has told keeper David de Gea that the time has come to make his mind up about his future plans after stalling on a new deal and being heavily linked with Real Madrid.

THE EXPRESS
•Manchester United are considering signing Roma pair Miralem Pjanic, 25, and Radja Nainggolan, 27, for a combined fee of £66m.
•Liverpool could move for midfielder Andrea Pirlo this summer if the 35-year-old Italian leaves Juventus, with the potential arrival of Liverpool's former player Xabi Alonso at the Italian champions.
•Stoke will hold further contract talks with £8m-rated goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, 27, who has been linked with Liverpool and Manchester United.

DAILY MAIL
•West Ham have made Napoli manager Rafael Benitez their number one choice to replace Sam Allardyce as manager.
•Dick Advocaat could remain in charge of Sunderland next season after admitting talks are planned over his future.
•Steve Bruce will remain manager of Hull City even if the club is relegated from the Premier League, according to owner Assem Allam.
•Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale, 25, should return to the Premier League where he will be appreciated and allowed to flourish again, according to former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher.

THE TELEGRAPH
•Chelsea keeper Petr Cech has emerged as a potential target for Manchester United should they lose David de Gea to Real Madrid.
•Spurs have not given up hope of signing Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin this summer.
•Tim Sherwood has warned striker Christian Benteke that leaving Aston Villa could wreck his hopes of starting at Euro 2016 for Belgium.