Sundays Football in the 'Rags'

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Latest Football Gossip .. (Sunday July 5)


SUNDAY MIRROR
•Manchester City are poised to break the British transfer record and sign Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba for £71m.
•Robin van Persie wants a £12m pay-off to leave Manchester United after Turkish club Fenerbahce tabled a four-year offer to the Dutch striker that matches the £250,000-a-week deal he currently earns at Old Trafford.
•Arsenal have made contact with Barcelona over the availability of Spanish forward Pedro, according to reports in Spain.
•Newcastle are closing on a deal for Northampton's teenage striker Ivan Toney.
•Sunderland are ready to make a £2.5m bid for QPR forward Junior Hoilett.

THE SUN
•Manchester United have stepped up their bid to land £40m Harry Kane after United officials made direct contact with Tottenham over a move for the England striker.
•Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe wants to smash the club's transfer record by paying £14m to land QPR striker Charlie Austin.
•Sunderland have signed Belgium defender Nicolas Lombaerts from Zenit St Petersburg for £5m.

THE PEOPLE
•Steve McClaren is closing in on PSV Eindhoven midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum as his first signing for Newcastle after the player snubbed a switch to arch-rivals Sunderland.
•QPR striker Charlie Austin is keeping West Ham and Newcastle sweating while he waits for Chelsea to come in for him.
•Burnley will press Liverpool this week for an £8m compensation deal for striker Danny Ings after rejecting a proposed £5m fee.
•West Ham are battling Tottenham and West Brom in the race for £10m-rated FC Basel striker Breel Embolo.

THE STAR
•Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini will land Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling at the third attempt - for £45m.
•Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has agreed to join Fenerbahce for just £5m.

MAIL ON SUNDAY
•Chelsea and Barcelona have been left to battle it out for Atletico Madrid midfielder Arda Turan with Manchester United opting to focus on Morgan Schneiderlin and possibly Bastian Schweinsteiger.
•Liverpool's pursuit of Christian Benteke has hit an impasse until Aston Villa give them an indication they will be prepared to drop their asking price for the Belgian striker from the £32.5m buy-out clause.
•Robin van Persie plans to return to Manchester United next week for talks with manager Louis van Gaal about his future as Valencia became the latest club to express an interest in signing him.
•Chelsea fear Manchester United are ready to hijack their swoop for Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.

SUNDAY EXPRESS
•Glen Johnson is in talks with West Ham over a return to Upton Park following his release by Liverpool.