Wednesday News & 'Gossip'

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Thursdays (NOT as above Wed) Paper 'Gossip' Jan 28


THE SUN
•Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will test Barcelona's resolve to keep former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez by making a summer bid. The Gunners, meanwhile, face a race against time to land Valencia left-back Jose Luis Gaya, 19, who is set to be offered a vastly improved new deal by the Spanish side.
•Darren Fletcher's Manchester United exit has hit a snag over a cash wrangle.
•Meanwhile, United are ready to take a £9m hit on winger Wilfried Saha and allow him to return to former club Crystal Palace where he is currently on loan.
•West Brom boss Tony Pulis has set up a £3.5m deal for Swansea left-back Neil Taylor, 25 - if he passes a medical.
•Midfielder Stuart O'Keefe, 23, is set to join Cardiff City from Crystal Palace today in an £800,000 deal.
•Former Leicester City defender Sean St Ledger, 30, has gone to Washington for a trial with DC United.

DAILY MIRROR
•Athletic Bilbao's 20-year-old French defender Aymeric Laporte wants a move to Manchester United - but his Spanish side have a £32m buy-out clause on him.
•Serbian midfielder Danilo Pantic, 18, claims he is leaving Partizan Belgrade to join Chelsea before Monday's transfer deadline.
•Liverpool, Manchester City, Everton and Spurs are keeping an eye on Arsenal starlet Chuba Akpom, 19, who has been offered a new three-year deal by the Gunners but wants assurances over chances in the first team.
•Liverpool have watched Porto's highly-rated 17-year-old midfielder Ruben Neves, who is valued at £25m.
•Newcastle midfielder Moussa Sissoko, 25, has admitted he would a love a move to French champions Paris Saint-Germain as he wants to play in the Champions League.
•QPR want Crystal palace striker Fraizer Campbell as part of a swap deal for midfielder Jordan Mutch.
•Southampton have made an enquiry for 20-year-old Feyenoord midfielder Tonny Vilhena.
•Sky Bet Championship club Cardiff City have made an approach to West Ham for out-of-favour winger Matt Jarvis.
•Meanwhile, the Hammers still hope to sign Hamilton left-back Stephen Hendrie.
•German club VFL Wolfsburg have denied reports that they are interested in Chelsea winger Andre Schurrle, who sat out the Blues' Capital One Cup semi-final win over Liverpool last night.
•Juventus star Andrea Pirlo has warned Manchester United they will never get midfielder Paul Pogba back after allowing him to leave on a free.

DAILY STAR
•Real Madrid have rekindled their interest in signing Liverpool and England forward Raheem Sterling, 20, and are willing to pay £50m.
•Swansea have opened talks with French club St Etienne over £3m midfielder Franck Tabanou, but face competition from Inter Milan.
•Middlesbrough are set to seal a £2.5m deal for 23-year-old Wigan Athletic midfielder Adam Forshaw.

THE EXPRESS
•Chelsea have contacted the agent of Sergio Ramos as they hope to persuade the 28-year-old Real Madrid defender to move to Stamford Bridge.

DAILY MAIL
•Cardiff City and West Brom are set to try and tempt out-of-favour West Ham midfielder Matt Jarvis, 28, into a move away from Upton Park.
•Birmingham City winger Demarai Gray, 18, is wanted by Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg.

THE TIMES
•Stoke City have joined Crystal Palace in expressing an interest in Bolton midfielder Lee Chung Yong, who is valued at £1m.
•Meanwhile, Palace are close to agreeing a £3.6m fee with French club Lille for Senegal left-back Pape Souare, after missing out on Swansea's Neil Taylor.
•West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison is expected to have a medical with Italian side Lazio today after agreeing a pre-contract.
•Yevhen Konoplyanka is still holding out for a move to Spurs, even though he looks set to leave Dnipro for Roma.
•Spurs, meanwhile, have withdrawn their interest in signing PSG midfielder Adrien Rabiot on loan.
•Borussia Dortmund are monitoring Andre Schuule's proposed move to Wolfsburg, but will not meet Chelsea's valuation of the forward.
•West Brom defender Donervon Daniels has joined Aberdeen on loan.

THE TELEGRAPH
•West Brom are set to complete a £4.75m move for 23-year-old Wigan Athletic winger Callum McManaman today, after having two previous bids rejected.