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Latest football transfer talk & rumours (July 21 2018)

Joe Hart is on Chelsea's shortlist to replace Thibaut Courtois and Aston Villa want Thierry Henry as their new manager..

THE SUN

Joe Hart is on Chelsea's shortlist to replace Thibaut Courtois and the club are willing to offer Manchester City £5m to sign him.

Tottenham are bracing themselves for a £50m bid from Real Madrid for right-back Kieran Trippier, with the player himself aware of the interest.

Chelsea could attempt to sign Juventus' Miralem Pjanic after he signed up with the Macedonian agent Fali Ramadani, who was involved in Maurizio Sarri's move to Stamford Bridge.

Tottenham are to abandon any pursuit of Wilfried Zaha to concentrate on signing Jack Grealish from Aston Villa.

New Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has arranged for shipments of mozzarella, Tuscan beef and Italian coffee as he is not a big fan of English produce.

THE INDEPENDENT

Manchester United chiefs still believe the club is in position to sign Toby Alderweireld from Spurs after initial talks broke down over his valuation.

Everton are braced for a third bid from RB Leipzig for Ademola Lookman, who spent the second half of last season on loan at the Bundesliga side.

Arsenal are close to agreeing a £2m deal with Belgian side Sint-Truiden for striker Chuba Akpom.

DAILY MIRROR

Aston Villa want Thierry Henry to be their new manager after billionaire Nassef Sawiris bought a 55 per cent stake in the Championship club and promised significant investment.

Real Madrid have reserved the number seven shirt, vacated by Cristiano Ronaldo, for transfer target Eden Hazard.

Carl Jenkinson and Joel Campbell have been told they have no future at Arsenal after the three were among five players left out of Unai Emery's squad to fly out to Singapore.

Everton have made an offer of just over £22m for Barcelona's Lucas Digne.

Middlesbrough, West Brom and QPR are battling for the signature of Iceland striker Vidar Orn Kjartansson, who currently plays in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

THE TIMES

Chelsea will attempt to withhold a portion of the £9m owed to Antonio Conte in severance pay because of the infamous text message sent to Diego Costa 12 months ago, which they will claim adversely affected his transfer value.

DAILY STAR

Francesco Totti, now a director at Roma, says the club were "forced' to sell Alisson to Liverpool due to financial reasons.

New Liverpool signing Naby Keita says he used to pretend he was Steven Gerrard when he played football on the streets in Guinea.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Jose Mourinho is ready to risk Alexis Sanchez in Sunday's game against San Jose Earthquakes despite the emergence of young talent on their US tour.

DAILY MAIL

Pep Guardiola has claimed Jorginho would have made a mistake signing for Manchester City if he only wanted to work with Maurizio Sarri.

Stoke City boss Gary Rowett hopes to complete moves for West Brom's James McClean, Aston Villa defender James Chester and Huddersfield forward Tom Ince in the next week.

DAILY RECORD

Aberdeen and Motherwell will compete to sign Tottenham academy graduate Alexander McQueen.

Raging Rosenborg players have gone to war with the club's management over the sacking of manager Kare Ingebrigtsen and his assistant Erik Hoftun.