Saturdays Football Headlines

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Saturday's football transfer rumours and gossip March 23, 2019)

Manchester United can sign long-term target Toni Kroos from Real Madrid for just £50m this summer according to Saturday's papers.

THE SUN

Manchester United can sign long-term target Toni Kroos from Real Madrid for just £50m this summer.

Tottenham are ready to offload right-backs Serge Aurier and Kieran Trippier this summer, with Everton interested to put in a £20m transfer bid for the England defender.

Arsenal have added Cagliari's Nicolo Barella and Milan's Franck Kessie to their transfer shortlist in a scramble to replace Juventus-bound Aaron Ramsey.

Chelsea have still not told Willian whether they want him to sign a new deal - despite being about to enter the final year of his contract.

Real Madrid are preparing to smash their club record for a teenager to land Brazilian whizkid Reinier Jesus as they are ready to pay Flamengo his £60.5m release clause.

DAILY EXPRESS

Barcelona will demand at least £86m for Philippe Coutinho this summer, with Manchester United keen on the Brazil international.

DAILY MIRROR

Manchester United are preparing to tempt Napoli with a huge bid for Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer prepared for next season.

Manchester United officials have 'met with Jadon Sancho's representatives' in the race for the £70m Borussia Dortmund star's signature.

DAILY MAIL

Aston Villa, Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday are among the clubs who now face sanctions for breaches of financial regulations after Birmingham City were slapped with a nine-point deduction.

Liverpool have been tracking Callum Hudson-Odoi amid interest from Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich but Chelsea remain reluctant to do business with a Premier League rival.

PSG will make an £86m move for Antoine Griezmann if Real Madrid swoop for either Neymar or Kylian Mbappe.

DAILY STAR

Manchester United have opened talks with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's agent Jim Solbakken over the role as permanent boss after a brilliant start to life as interim manager.

Manchester United might suffer a striker crisis against Watford after the international break as they could now be without Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez and Anthony Martial.

Lionel Messi has been ruled out of Argentina's friendly with Morocco on Tuesday after suffering a pelvic injury in the 3-1 loss to Venezuela.

Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa is considering a move for Uruguayan midfielder Nahitan Nandez.

Newcastle want France midfield star Boubakary Soumare - Manchester City have already failed with a £22m bid.

Aston Villa have made Barnsley centre-back Liam Lindsay a priority signing - Leeds and Celtic also want the £5m man.

THE INDEPENDENT

Juventus have denied the decision to play in the International Champions Cup in Asia rather than the United States was specifically due to avoid difficulties with Cristiano Ronaldo's alleged rape case.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

The Premier League was dealt another setback in its search for a new chief executive as candidate Sir Gary Verity stepped down from his role at Tour de Yorkshire due to "ill health" and "errors of judgement".

Ander Herrera remains keen to stay at Manchester United despite a stand-off with the club over a new deal and interest from French champions Paris Saint-Germain.

THE TIMES

Frank Lampard's future as Derby County manager has been plunged into doubt after club owner Mel Morris cancelled the squad's trip to Dubai in one of his latest cost-cutting measures.

DAILY RECORD

Lewis Holtby has been linked with a move to Rangers as the former Tottenham star gets set to leave Hamburg.

Aberdeen have been dealt a blow after transfer target Scott Pittman penned a new deal at Livingston through to 2021.

Olivier Ntcham has handed Celtic a major injury boost ahead of next weekend's Premiership showdown with Rangers as he played 45 minutes of a bounce game against Morton on Friday.

SCOTTISH SUN

The Scottish FA have no plans to discuss Alex McLeish's position as head coach after their catastrophic 3-0 defeat in Kazakhstan.