Saturdays 'Rags'

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Latest Paper Gossip (Saturday Aug 22)


DAILY MIRROR
•Jose Mourinho has had a stunning move for £70million-rated Paul Pogba rejected by Juventus.
•West Ham have made a £6million bid for Chelsea winger Victor Moses.
•Norwich have failed with an approach for QPR striker Charlie Austin.
•Manchester City's Martin Demichelis is wanted by River Plate as a replacement for Everton-bound Ramiro Funes Mori.
•Manchester City close on Kevin De Bruyne with £50m deal likely to be done in the next 48 hours.
•Liverpool still want to sign Asier Illarramendi but the midfielder is happy to stay at Real Madrid.
•Roberto Martinez has told John Stones he would be wasting his time trying to force a move by submitting a transfer request.
•Louis van Gaal insists Manchester United will not panic buy in the final 11 days of the summer 2015 transfer window.
•Sam Allardyce is in line to take over at Sunderland if Dick Advocaat walks away from the Stadium of Light.

THE SUN
•Manchester United have been in secret talks to buy Brazilian superstar Neymar.
•Chelsea have agreed a stunning g £69m deal to sign Paul Pogba from Italian champions Juventus.
•John Stones is close to slapping in a transfer request at Everton to try and get his dream move to Chelsea.

DAILY STAR
•Arsenal have agreed a £45m deal to sign Real Madrid hitman Karim Benzema, according to Italian journalist Emanuele Giulianelli, who claims the Gunners could announce the signing of the former Lyon star on Tuesday.
•Chelsea have submitted a world record £86m bid for Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba.

THE EXPRESS
•Chelsea's move for Juventus star Paul Pogba hotted up as they had an opening £60million players plus cash bid rejected.
•Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has said no to selling Arsenal target Karim Benzema in the transfer window.
•Manchester City are set to continue their summer spending as they look to land former Chelsea man Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg.

DAILY MAIL
•Sadio Mane has told Ronald Koeman he wants to stay at Southampton despite interest from Manchester United.
•Jose Mourinho is refusing to give up on the chase for Everton's central defender John Stones.
•Florian Thauvin has revealed that Arsenal were the only other Premier League club to show an interest before his £13million move to Newcastle.
•Pedro's agent Antonio Sanz claims Manchester United 'fell asleep' in negotiations over the Barcelona star.
•Roberto Martinez has warned Chelsea that Everton will not sell John Stones even if the England defender hands in a transfer request.
•Dick Advocaat has refused to rule out quitting Sunderland after warning owner Ellis Short that his club will again be relegation candidates if 'quality' players are not signed.

THE GUARDIAN
•Kevin De Bruyne has agreed personal terms with Manchester City but the transfer depends on the club making an acceptable bid for he Wolfsburg midfielder.

THE INDEPENDENT
•Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says that the "funds are there" for one more big signing, such as Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, before the transfer window closes, but Wenger did admit that he is "not close" to signing anyone.
•Manchester United may take little time to get over the failed move for Pedro by launching an attempt to sign Gareth Bale this summer.
•Liverpool have reportedly had a bid of £15m for Henrikh Mkhitaryan accepted by Borussia Dortmund.
•Tottenham Hotspur are ready to table a second bid, in excess of £20m, for West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino, as they try to bring in more support for Harry Kane in the final days of the transfer window.