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BBC
Manchester City are likely to capitalise on Lucas Paqueta's desire to leave West Ham in the summer - but only if the Football Association's investigation into alleged betting breaches by the Brazil midfielder, 26, has been dropped. (Guardian)
Paqueta's £85m West Ham release clause becomes active in June and Manchester City do not expect personal terms to be an issue. (Athletic - subscription required)
City are prepared to spend £120m to sign 21-year-old Germany forward Jamal Musiala from Bayern Munich. (TeamTalk)
Liverpool are preparing summer moves for Sporting Lisbon's English forward Marcus Edwards, 25, and Portugal defender Goncalo Inacio, 22. (Football Insider)
Paraguay forward Miguel Almiron, 30, and English striker Callum Wilson, 32, are among the players who could leave Newcastle United as the club prepares for a summer rebuild. (Telegraph - subscription required)
Manchester United and Tottenham have approached Fulham's English centre-back Tosin Adarabioyo in an attempt to reach a pre-contract agreement with the 26-year-old. (TeamTalk)
United's Aaron Wan-Bissaka is a £13m target for Inter Milan with the 26-year-old England defender out of contract in the summer of 2025. (Gazetta dello Sport - in Italian)
Tottenham hope to tie up a quick deal for Chelsea's England midfielder Conor Gallagher, 24, when the transfer window opens. (Sun)
Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsi wants to sign a new contract at the Nou Camp despite growing interest from big clubs around Europe in the 17-year-old following his impressive display against Paris St-Germain. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
Arsenal and Liverpool have joined Bayern Munich in the race to sign Spanish left-back Alejandro Grimaldo, 28, from Bayer Leverkusen. (Football Transfers)
Juventus defender Gleison Bremer, who has been linked with Manchester United, has a clause in his contract that allows the 27-year-old Brazil centre-back to leave in the summer of 2025 for 60m euros (£51m). (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian)
Several Premier League clubs and sides in Europe have expressed an interest in signing Manchester United's 22-year-old English striker Mason Greenwood, who is on a season-long loan at Getafe. (Mail)
Brentford manager Thomas Frank has dismissed reports England striker Ivan Toney, 28, could leave for as little as £30m in the summer. (Evening Standard)
Luton Town's English midfielder Ross Barkley says he will not consider his future until the end of the season, amid interest from Manchester United. (Express)
Premier League clubs could capitalise on Nottingham Forest's need to sell key players by moving for New Zealand striker Chris Wood, 32. (Football Insider)
With star player Kylian Mbappe set to leave Paris St-Germain for Real Madrid, the French club are monitoring Inter Milan's France forward Marcus Thuram, 26. (Tuttosport, via Bild - in German)
Barcelona manager Xavi could yet be persuaded to stay at the club after announcing he would leave at the end of the season - but only if he receives assurances that he will be backed in the transfer market. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
AC Milan owner Gerry Cardinale has decided against hiring former Liverpool and Tottenham director of football Damien Comolli as the club's new chief executive. (Sky Italia - in Italian)
Fulham, Sheffield United, Southampton and Queens Park Rangers are all plotting a move for Rangers' Jamaican striker Kemar Roofe, 31. (Football Insider)
Wolves and Leeds United are considering a move for Southampton's Scotland striker Che Adams, 27, who will be available on a free transfer at the end of the season. (TeamTalk)
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has admitted England defender Harry Maguire, 31, wants to play more regularly, with interest from West Ham. (Metro)
Former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is in the frame to be appointed as the next Republic of Ireland manager. (Irish Times)
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DAILY MAIL
Raphael Varane's time at Manchester United appears set to end this summer with the club not prepared to offer him a contract extension on his current salary.
Odds have tumbled on former Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer being named as the next Republic of Ireland manager.
Darren England will be on VAR duty this weekend for the first time since his involvement in Luis Diaz's disallowed goal for Liverpool in their defeat at Tottenham in September. He will be the video referee for Fulham's clash with West Ham on Sunday.
Manchester United could see outgoing and incoming transfers from Serie A over the summer, according to new reports.
Former Southampton chief scout Ian Torrance has been confirmed as the new head of recruitment at Cesc Fabregas' Serie B club Como.
Manchester City and England star Chloe Kelly has teamed up with Anthony Joshua's sports management agency as PSG ponder making a move to sign her this summer.
THE SUN
German police, already on a heightened level of alert, have arrested a terror cell including four teenagers from Dusseldorf who were planning to disrupt Euro 2024 with multiple weapons and Molotov cocktails.
Harry Kane's nanny has been praised for protecting three of the England captain's children when they were involved in a car crash on Monday outside Munich.
DAILY MIRROR
Teenage defender Jack Kingdon is the latest Manchester United academy product to earn a call-up to Erik ten Hag's first-team squad because of a spate of injuries.
Rotherham goalkeeper Viktor Johansson is expected to receive interest from Premier League clubs this summer as he will become available for only £750,000. Johansson has earned rave reviews despite his side's relegation from the Championship.
Toto Wolff said teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli is in the "strongest position" of all the candidates to replace Lewis Hamilton.
THE GUARDIAN
Manchester City are likely to renew their efforts to sign West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta this summer if they are satisfied any issues with the investigation into alleged betting breaches are over.
DAILY STAR
Andy Cole would advise Aaron Ramsdale to look for a way out of Arsenal this summer after he became a clear No 2 behind current Gunners goalkeeper David Raya.
Manchester United youngster Jack Kingdon has been promoted to first-team training ahead of Saturday's Premier League match against Bournemouth.
THE INDEPENDENT
Xavi is convinced Barcelona's season would have ended "in disaster" if he had not announced his intention to leave at the end of the season - the Catalans are now unbeaten in 12 games and won at Paris Saint-Germain in midweek.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Liverpool officials will meet with the club's supporters board on Saturday in an attempt to build bridges in the aftermath of the protest about ticket prices against Atalanta that led to flags being removed from the Kop.
Billionaire twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have become co-owners of Spartan South Midlands League club Real Bedford with an investment of £3.6m in bitcoin.
The set of irons, made on a 3D printer, which Bryson DeChambeau used to great effect in leading the Masters at halfway, were only approved for use by the USGA on Monday.
Ineos Grenadiers boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe has penned an open letter to cycling's governing body UCI calling for "real action" to address safety issues in the wake of last week's pile-up at the Tour of the Basque Country which left a series of high-profile riders with serious injuries.
South Africa's Bulls are facing criticism over their squad selection for the Champions Cup clash with Northampton after announcing what amounted to a second XV because of injuries and a desire not to make struggling players take two long-haul flights to the UK.
THE TIMES
Adam Cole, the co-founder of the failed Football Index gambling website, has been revealed as being one of the people behind a new venture KiX which has striking resemblances to the one which collapsed owing users more than £90m.
DAILY RECORD
Norwich City defender Grant Hanley hopes returning from an absence with four games remaining in the season will give him enough time to secure a place in Scotland's Euro 2024 squad.
Alfredo Morelos could soon be looking for a new club, with the former Rangers striker having been removed from Santos' first-team squad and told his contract could be terminated.
Reports in Colombia have suggested Rangers are one of the European teams interested in signing Fluminense winger Jhon Arias.
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U21s record third straight Premier League 2 win at Norwich
Norwich City U21s 0-2 West Ham United U21s
Premier League 2, Carrow Road, Friday 12 April 2024, 7pm BST
West Ham United U21s brushed aside Norwich City with a 2-0 win to go top of Premier League 2 on Friday evening.
The Hammers, who have now won their last three development league fixtures (Derby County, Brighton & Hove Albion and Norwich City), scored two first-half goals at Carrow Road, with Lewis Orford and George Earthy both on the scoresheet inside 30 minutes.
Sat level on points with leaders Tottenham Hotspur at kick-off, the Hammers made the perfect start to boosting their seeding for the knockout stages.
England U18 Orford found the net on ten minutes after Earthy put a well-struck finish on a plate with a beautiful bit of skill and then a neat reverse pass.
The provider then turned scorer with half-an-hour played when he found the top corner from 25 yards out – an effort of the same calibre as Orford’s strike against PSV U21s on Tuesday evening.
A hatful of U18s also made good impressions, with Airidas Golambeckis making his first start, while Ezra Mayers, Dan Rigge, Josh Ajala and Emeka Adiele also got valuable minutes at development level.
The search for another goal in the second half saw Orford send a free-kick narrowly over, Callum Marshall hit the post, and Adiele strike wide, although two first-half goals proved enough for the U21s' 13th victory of the league season.
Having already secured their place in the Premier League 2 knockouts, the U21s have one final regular season fixture remaining – at home to Leicester City on Friday 26 April – before the knockout mini-tournament to decide the development league champions begins in May.
West Ham United U21s: Knightbridge, Robinson (Adiele 55), Golambeckis, Casey © (Tarima 59), Mayers, Moore, Kelly, Orford, Earthy (Rigge 59), Marshall, Swyer (Ajala 85)
Sub not used: Terry (GK)
Goals: Orford 10, Earthy 30
Booked: Mayers, Kelly
Prenderville praises Hammers’ professionalism
There was a lot for assistant coach Gerard Prenderville to admire from West Ham United’s performance at Carrow Road, with a small gathering of Claret & Blue roaring on the U21s in the South Stand.
For the second time this season, following a 5-2 win over Leeds United in August, the U21s were entertained at an EFL Championship ground, with Orford and Earthy leading the charge for the win with two moments of real quality.
A busy week has seen the Hammers record a PL2 win on either side of their Premier League International Cup semi-final exit to PSV on Tuesday.
The U21s needed to bounce back on Friday evening, and they did just that.
Prenderville explained: “It’s a great game for the lads to play at the stadium [Carrow Road] in front of over 2,300 fans. I thought the boys’ application was good in what has been a three-game week.
"We’re really, really pleased with the clean sheet, as it’s been a while since we last had one. The two goals we scored were two really good team goals, and we are probably disappointed we didn’t score a few more.
"It was a tough game against Derby last week, then we played against a top PSV team during the week when the conditions were up against us in the second half, and managed to get another important win tonight."
Orford, Earthy, Knightbridge, and Casey all travelled to Bayer Leverkusen too for the first-team's UEFA Europa League tie.
“They only came back this morning," Prenderville enthused. "So it shows a lot of resilience, and for me it shows a group of boys that have the enthusiasm to play and train every day."
Golambeckis makes first U21 start
As venues go, Carrow Road was not a bad place for 16-year-old Airidas Golambeckis to make his U21 debut.
A run of impressive performances for Kevin Keen's U18s saw the young centre-half rewarded with Premier League 2 action, his first minutes for the U21s coming from the start.
The young Hammer made a couple of crucial interceptions and also impressed in one-v-one duels, although due to West Ham's dominance in Norfolk most of his work was done with the ball.
He explained: "In the first few minutes I was a bit nervous, but the lads helped me settle in, especially Kaelan Casey, who played in the middle of the back three.
"The venue was good and it is easily the biggest crowd I have ever played in front of, so it was a big challenge for me but it is preparing you for the next steps as a footballer.
"The last six months have been great. The U18s are doing well and now to play with the U21s who are doing well is good too.
"Everyone is together as a team at West Ham and I just want to keep impressing with the U18s and hopefully U21s as well."
Up next
There is a week break for the U21s before their 20th and final fixture of the regular Premier League 2 season.
The Irons will host Leicester City on Friday 26 April at Rush Green Stadium, with kick-off set for 7pm.
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