Mondays, Rags, Goss & 'Jib Jab'

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Latest Paper Gossip .. (Monday May 18)


THE SUN
•Louis van Gaal fears goalkeeper David de Gea has played his last game for Manchester United with Real Madrid poised with a bid.
•Meanwhile, Chelsea stopper Petr Cech is ready to join the Spanish giants if De Gea opts to stay at Old Trafford.
•Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has been offered £8m a season to finish his career with Qatari side Al Gharafa.
•Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert is set for a return to the south coast with Premier League newcomers Bournemouth interested in the 33-year-old.
•Wigan Athletic are demanding £2.5m for Republic of Ireland international winger James McClean.
•Dick Advocaat will quit as Sunderland boss at the end of the season - even if he keeps the Black Cats up.
•Sam Allardyce expects to leave West Ham after discovering that the club has been talking to potential new managers . Bye Sam
•Jake Livermore faces the sack from Hull City after failing a drugs test.

DAILY MIRROR
•Liverpool are to launch a cut-price £12m bid for Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic.
•Meanwhile, Reds striker Rickie Lambert, 33, is being lined up by Premier League new boys Bournemouth.
•Bournemouth will also step up their bid to sign Spanish midfielder Jota after his Brentford side missed out on promotion from the Championship.
•Louis van Gaal fears goalkeeper David de Gea has played his last game for Manchester United - but has warned he will not be sold on the cheap.
•West Brom boss Tony Pulis has urged striker Saido Berahino not to leave the club this summer. The 22-year-old has scored 18 goals this season and been linked with the Manchester clubs, Liverpool and Tottenham.
•Stoke City are set to sign 23-year-old Danish keeper Jakob Haugaard from FC Midtjylland for around £700,000.
•Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has demanded greater control over transfers this summer.
•West Brom and Aston Villa are tracking 18-year-old Coventry City midfielder James Maddison.
•Former Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd believes current owner Mike Ashley's reign will end if they are relegated on Sunday.
•Derby County are set to sign Millwall and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper David Forde on a free transfer.

DAILY STAR
•Jordan Henderson feels Liverpool's players let fellow midfielder Steven Gerrard down in his final game at Anfield on Saturday which ended in a 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace.

DAILY MAIL
•Manchester City have been warned off a move for £40m-rated Wolfsburg midfielder Kevin De Bruyne by the German club's chief executive, who has described the 23-year-old playmaker "unsellable".
•Manager Steve Bruce wants to explore the possibility of weekly in-house drugs testing at Hull City after midfielder Jake Livermore was suspended following his positive test for cocaine.

THE EXPRESS
•Manuel Pellegrini had told Liverpool target James Milner that staying at Manchester City would be best for his career.

THE TIMES
•Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew says there is no need to sell their most important players this summer, despite interest in midfielder Yannick Bolasie and defender Scott Dann