Fridays Football Headlines

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Latest Paper Gossip - - (Friday August 26th)

DAILY MIRROR

Chelsea are refusing to give up on exciting young AC Milan defender Alessio Romagnoli - but could be forced to pay more than £40million to land him.
Crystal Palace will need to offer Wilfried Zaha a new double-your-money contract to fight off interest from Tottenham Hotspur.

THE SUN

Southampton are expected to finalise the £21million transfer of Sofiane Boufal from Ligue 1 club Lille on Friday.
Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane has snubbed a move to Manchester United… even though Jose Mourinho offered to double his wages.
Christian Pulisic is being linked with a £17million move to the Potteries as Mark Hughes looks to add to his Stoke City side before the transfer window shuts next week.
Everton boss Ronald Koeman has stepped up his chase in the transfer market by offering Napoli's Manolo Gabbiadini £3million-a-year to join Goodison Park.

DAILY STAR

Burney have asked Chelsea about striker Patrick Bamford.

THE EXPRESS

Stoke boss Mark Hughes has issued a 'hands off' warning to any club considering a cheeky bid for Peter Crouch.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was on Sir Alex Ferguson's radar at Manchester United, according to Hull boss Mike Phelan.
Inter Milan will challenge Juventus with a rival bid for Chelsea winger Juan Cuadrado.

DAILY MAIL

Arsenal have made Calum Chambers available on loan but are not willing to sell the defender on a permanent deal.
Schalke have sealed the season-long loan signing of Nabil Bentaleb with a view to completing a permanent £17million deal for the Spurs midfielder.
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers will step up efforts to take unsettled Everton midfielder James McCarthy on loan after securing a Champions League windfall.

THE GUARDIAN

Arsenal have agreed to pay £35million to sign Valencia's Shkodran Mustafi, with the purchase of the Germany defender and Deportivo la Coruña striker Lucas Pérez set to take the north London club's spending in the summer transfer window close to the £100million mark.