Thursdays Gossip (saving the best till last)

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Latest News, Talk and Gossip (Thurs Sep 3rd)


DAILY MIRROR
•Manchester United will make one final attempt to keep David De Gea at Old Trafford with the offer of a lucrative long-term contract.
•Chelsea have been warned that Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba will cost over 100million Euros if they want to firm up transfer interest next year.
•Daniel Sturridge will not be ready for a Liverpool return against Manchester United later this month, although he has stepped up training a since his return from hip surgery.
•Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey has slammed Robert Huth, claiming the Leicester defender could have killed Bournemouth's Callum Wilson in an incident during Saturday's match.
•James Wilson wants to fight for his place at Manchester United despite talk that Louis van Gaal is about to send him out on loan once the window re-opens.

DAILY STAR
•The David De Gea saga will end any hopes Manchester United had of ever signing Wales star Gareth Bale from Real Madrid.
•Sunderland great Kevin Phillips has questioned striker Fabio Borini's decision to rejoin the Black Cats 12 months after snubbing the club.
•Victor Wanyama is ready to turn down the offer of a new five-year contract at Southampton to force a move to Tottenham next summer.
•Aaron Lennon hopes his move to Everton will re-ignite his hopes of a return to the England squad.
•The Arsenal Supporters' Trust will make an "official complaint" about the club's lack of transfer activity when they next meet with the Gunners' board.

THE SUN
•Former Chelsea defender Ashley Cole, 34, has been left out of Roma's Serie A and Champions League squad.
•Jonas Gutierrez, 32, is poised to join Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna as a free agent after leaving Newcastle.

DAILY MAIL
•Real Madrid will have to pay David De Gea £3.6m if he joins them next year because of a penalty clause in his pre-agreed contract with the club that protected him against the failure of a move this summer.
•Midfielder Victor Wanyama, 24, is set to reject a new five-year deal at Southampton.
•Arsene Wenger has defended his transfer policy - despite Arsenal's failure to buy a senior outfield player during the summer window.
•Harry Redknapp has branded Liverpool as 'bang average' and the 'worst Liverpool side I have seen in years' just four games into the Premier League season.
•La Liga chairman Javier Tebas says Real Madrid's version of the David De Gea deal collapse is closer to the truth than Manchester United's.

THE EXPRESS
•Arsene Wenger reportedly pulled out of a move to sign Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani because the Uruguay international would have no sell-on value.
•Real Madrid turned down a deal for left-back Alberto Moreno after Liverpool offered them the chance to sign him on deadline day.
•Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish claims he had agreed a deal for Reading defender Michael Hector before Chelsea signed the 23-year-old.
•Barcelona are plotting a January bid for Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Yarmolenko, who was linked with Everton and Liverpool over the summer.

THE TELEGRAPH
•Saido Berahino has softened his stance on going on strike but has no plans to apologise to chairman Jeremy Peace over his Twitter outburst on deadline day.
•Manchester United will prioritise quality over quantity in future transfer windows now Louis Van Gaal is pleased with the depth in his squad.
•Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor, 31, opted against leaving before the transfer deadline on the advice of his pastor.

THE INDEPENDENT
•A section of disgruntled Arsenal fans planned a protest at the club's lack of transfer activity on Tuesday night ...but no-one turned up.
(You couldn't make it up with these clowns at Arsenal)