Wednesdays Football Headlines

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Wednesday's football transfer rumours as Chelsea could miss out on Sarri (May 30 2018)

Chelsea's move for Maurizio Sarri could collapse over his release clause, while Man City close in on Riyad Mahrez in today's papers.

DAILY EXPRESS

Chelsea's deal to appoint Maurizio Sarri is close to collapse over Napoli's insistence on them paying his full £7m release clause.

Manchester City will complete their £75m move for Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez this week.

THE GUARDIAN

Roma will demand £80m for goalkeeper Alisson, a target for Liverpool and Real Madrid.

THE SUN

Manchester United and Chelsea will fight it out to sign Barcelona left-back Jordi Alba, according to reports in Spain.

Rafa Benitez could get an extra £30m to spend with the club set to allow Aleksandar Mitrovic to leave for Fulham, sell Chancel Mbemba and Mats Sels to Anderlecht and give Mikel Merino the chance to move back to Spain.

Thousands of people have signed a tongue-in-cheek petition calling for the World Cup to be delayed until doubts over Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner's fitness for the tournament have been resolved.

Unai Emery's backroom shake-up could mean the end of the road for Arsenal legends Steve Bould and Jens Lehmann.

Louis van Gaal has revealed his pride in developing Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard into key Manchester United and England stars.

Manchester City are set to land Riyad Mahrez for a knockdown fee - but it will still break their transfer record.

Ashley Young says his bust-up with England team-mate Dele Alli is all forgotten.

THE MIRROR

Arsenal still hope to sign Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Caglar Soyuncu before the World Cup begins.

Tottenham are keeping tabs on Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy as a possible understudy for No 1 Hugo Lloris.

Lazio expect to lose Sergej Milinkovic-Savic to a Champions League club this summer but have no intention of selling him on the cheap.

DAILY MAIL

A significant VAR-related rule change could now mean players being retrospectively sent off over an incident of violent conduct which occurred earlier in a game.

Hull City defender Michael Dawson is closing on a move back to boyhood club Nottingham Forest.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Manchester City will not loan out Phil Foden next season as they prepare to announce the teenage midfielder's lucrative new deal.

DAILY STAR

Fulham are ready to make a £9m raid on Bristol City for defender Aden Flint as well as sign loanees Matt Targett and Aleksandar Mitrovic.

THE TIMES

FA chiefs have publicly confirmed for the first time that a winter break for Premier League clubs is to be brought in.

DAILY RECORD

Rangers midfielder Carlos Pena has checked into rehab in Mexico after being found buying alcohol while still in the training gear of his loan side Cruz Azul.

Celtic have no fears over Odsonne Edouard's impending court date impacting on their £5m signing of the striker.

THE SCOTTISH SUN

Celtic are poised to enter the race to sign Hibs midfielder John McGinn, offering Scott Allan as a sweetener.

Hibernian's hopes of re-signing Florian Kamberi have improved after Sunderland withdrew their interest in the Grasshoppers striker.

Interest from across Europe has placed Odsonne Edouard's permanent move from Paris Saint-Germain to Celtic in doubt.