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BBC
Former Bayern Munich, Monaco and Wolfsburg coach Niko Kovac is emerging as a surprise name under consideration to succeed Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool boss. (Mail)
Newcastle United have made Nottingham Forest's English attacking midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, 24, one of their main summer transfer targets. (Mirror)
Liverpool could sign English winger Marcus Edwards, 25, from Sporting Lisbon for £30m this summer. (Football Insider)
Marcus Rashford is set to stay at Manchester United as Paris St-Germain have made it clear they have no interest in signing the 26-year-old England forward. (Sun)
Chelsea are preparing a bid for Netherlands midfielder Teun Koopmeiners, 26, having sent scouts to watch him during Atalanta's Europa League win at Liverpool. (Sportmediaset - in Italian)
Tottenham are tracking Leicester City's English midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and could sign the 25-year-old for between £30m and £40m this summer. (Football Insider)
Tottenham are also interested in signing Italian defender Riccardo Calafiori, 21, from Bologna in the summer. (Tuttosport - in Italian)
Spain winger Bryan Gil could seek a departure from Tottenham in the summer and Spurs would be willing to let the 23-year-old leave on a permanent transfer. (Give Me Sport)
Everton are keen on signing 28-year-old Belgium midfielder Leander Dendoncker, who is currently on loan at Napoli, from Aston Villa this summer. (Football Insider)
Barcelona are confident Spain centre-back Pau Cubarsi, 17, will sign a new contract despite interest from some of Europe's biggest clubs. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
Barca are also working to extend Lamine Yamal's contract, even if Paris St-Germain follow up their interest with a big bid for the 16-year-old Spain winger. (Nicolo Schira)
Bayern Munich have contacted Zinedine Zidane, who is yet to return to management since leaving Real Madrid three years ago, to gauge his interest in succeeding Thomas Tuchel at the end of the season. (Marca - in Spanish)
Newcastle are expected to offer England full-back Kieran Trippier a new contract, with the 33-year-old's current deal running out at the end of next season. (Football Insider)
Former Argentina and Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze could be set to join Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta's backroom staff, with the pair reportedly having held talks. (ESPN, via Metro)
Sky Paper Talk
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Nottingham Forest's appeal over breaching spending rules will take place next week, in what could prove a pivotal outcome in the Premier League relegation battle.
Gloucestershire are again considering the sale of their historic home ground in Bristol with accounts - due to be published on Monday - likely to show losses of around £1m.
DAILY MAIL
Former Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita is in line to face punishment for his refusal to take part in Werder Bremen's Bundesliga clash against Bayer Leverkusen after being informed that he would not start the match.
Arsenal star Kieran Tierney has cast doubt on his future at the club by revealing that he doesn't talk to manager Mikel Arteta.
Football and cricket's transgender inclusion policies are set to come under government scrutiny at a meeting on Monday afternoon.
Former Bayern Munich boss Niko Kovac is emerging as a surprise name under consideration by Liverpool.
THE TIMES
Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has been seeking to negotiate an extension that would allow the club's potential buyers 777 Partners extra time to raise funds and adhere with the conditions of its planned takeover.
THE SUN
Arsenal have been handed a major boost ahead of the second leg of their quarter-final clash with Bayern Munich with Kingsley Coman joining the German side's list of injury doubts.
Josh Murphy's red-hot form for Oxford United has attracted interest from five Championship clubs and the MLS.
Gleison Bremer could swap Juventus and the Old Lady for Manchester United and Old Trafford - but not until next year.
Mikel Arteta is reportedly lining up controversial former Manchester United star Gabriel Heinze to add to his backroom team.
Paris Saint-Germain have cooled their interest in Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford with a source claiming he has never even been on their radar.
Newly-crowned German champions Bayer Leverkusen are ready to join Premier League clubs in the race to sign Leeds winger Crysencio Summerville.
Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho is on collision course with the club's manager Erik ten Hag after appearing to "like" social media posts slamming the Dutchman.
Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are investigating racist abuse sent to Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka in the wake of their midweek Champions League game against Bayern Munich.
Tom Wagner has no doubts he can transform Birmingham City into a football force again despite the threat the club could be spending next season in League One.
Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni was the subject of racist gestures after scoring the winner against Mallorca on Saturday.
DAILY MIRROR
Eric Dier believes an "outstanding" atmosphere at the Allianz Arena can help Bayern Munich blow Arsenal away in the Champions League.
DAILY EXPRESS
Katie Boulter has revealed that Emma Raducanu played a key role in helping her get her first tour-level win on clay during Britain's Billie Jean King Cup tie.
Bournemouth defender Marcos Senesi says it is only a matter of time before Gareth Southgate brings Dominic Solanke into his England squad.
GUARDIAN
Roma defender Evan Ndicka is recovering in hospital after collapsing on the pitch during Sunday's Serie A clash with Udinese.
Jason Day has revealed his desire to play in his first Olympic Games golf tournament after missing the 2016 return over fears about the Zika virus and then not qualifying for Tokyo 2020.
THE SCOTTISH SUN
Don Cowie revealed Philippe Clement apologised for not shaking his hand following Ross County's shock win over Rangers.
DAILY RECORD
Ex-Celtic star Jeremie Frimpong says it "still doesn't feel real" after helping Bayer Leverkusen romp to the Bundesliga title for the first time.
Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart admits he is loving life at the top of the Scottish Premiership but nothing will change his mind on retiring at the end of the season.
Rangers cast-off Sam Lammers continues to be in red-hot form for FC Utrecht, with Sunday seeing him equal a club record as he scored a goal in six successive games.
Guardian
Pereira doubles up for Fulham win to hurt West Ham’s European hopes
Simon Mail at the London Stadium
If David Moyes was looking for a rousing performance from West Ham to instil hope of mounting a Europa League comeback against Bayer Leverkusen there were no signs of encouragement during this flat defeat to Fulham.
A bright start from West Ham failed to translate into a goal and Andreas Pereira exposed a defensive mistake for the breakthrough. Fulham took control of the match – their dangerous attacks rewarded with another finish from the livewire Brazilian – to flatten the hosts and weaken their prospects of qualifying for European football again next season.
West Ham must overturn a two-goal deficit against Leverkusen on Thursday night but this limp loss offered no evidence to suggest they are capable of delivering another famous European night.
Moyes said: “I’m gutted because it was a great chance to go sixth. But we gave the ball away in the midfield and it opened us up and we were punished.”
On their chances of upsetting Leverkusen in the second leg, the West Ham manager said: “Miracle is a strong word. But we’ll have to play really well. We didn’t have our shooting boots today. We’re going to need our goalscorers to come up with the goods.”
West Ham started with purpose and should have scored the opener inside the first four minutes after Vladimir Coufal’s attempt was parried by Bernd Leno and Michail Antonio thrashed the ball over from close range.
There was no initial sign of fatigue after their midweek exploits in Leverkusen and Mohammed Kudus curled a shot from the right edge of the area narrowly past Leno’s far post. The early dominance continued with Lucas Paquetá’s half-volley striking the side netting.
Fulham had hardly got out of their own half but punished West Ham ruthlessly after taking advantage of a defensive blunder. A hopeful punt into the penalty area from Alex Iwobi was not dealt with by Konstantinos Mavropanos, the defender’s heavy touch handing the ball to Pereira and the Brazilian midfielder rounded Lukasz Fabianski to tap into the empty net.
Buoyed by the breakthrough, Fulham nearly doubled their lead with Willian breaking away down the left wing and his cross was drilled wide by the goalscorer. Pereira almost struck again but his powerful effort was saved by Fabianski. At the other end, Coufal found himself in a decent position on the edge of the area but the defender’s half-volley flew wide of the target.
Fulham were looking increasingly comfortable with their lead and after a spell of possession the midfielder João Palhinha curled a shot from just outside the area narrowly past Fabianski’s far post. Willian then forced Fabianski into a save from a tight angle as Fulham pushed for a second goal before the break. Rodrigo Muniz almost extended their lead after latching on to the ball but his low shot lacked power and Fabianski saved the effort.
Fulham, who are now up to 12th, nearly struck again at the start of the second half with Muniz’s impudent flick forcing Fabianski into another save. Willian, so often at the heart of Fulham’s counterattacks, raced towards goal before offloading to Iwobi and his powerful shot was superbly pushed around the post by Fabianski.
West Ham’s attacks were increasingly scarce but Paquetá’s header from a corner was blocked by Leno. The ball was eventually worked to Danny Ings but he thrashed his volley wastefully over the bar.
Fulham doubled their lead when Pereira again punished West Ham’s porous defence. Iwobi teed the ball up for the unmarked midfielder to sidefoot home from close range. Pereira had scored only once this season heading into this match but the Brazilian’s double increased his haul to three goals in his past two matches for Fulham at the London Stadium.
Marco Silva, Fulham’s manager, said: “It was a great win for us. To be honest, we really deserved the three points. West Ham started better than us but after we scored the first goal we started to control the game and got the confidence.”
There were 11 minutes of injury time, following a lengthy delay to take off West Ham’s 19-year-old debutant midfielder George Earthy for a head injury.
Moyes said: “I’m really disappointed for George. He’s being doing really well in training and the under‑21s. He started really well with the ball. He’s fine. We believe it’s a head knock. He’s awake, he’s gone to hospital but we think he’s OK.”
Sport Witness
West Ham ‘pressuring’ club to sell them player – Hammers could offer bonuses to seal bargain deal
Sunday saw the launch of stories in the Portuguese media about Sporting interest in Zeno Debast. More than one newspaper had the claims, and it felt like the whole thing had something behind it, rather than being grasped from thin air.
Those claims continue on Monday, which gives further weight to the idea Sporting interest in Debast is serious. That reliability is interesting for West Ham United… because they get a mention too.
Firstly, let’s have a look at Debast and why Sporting, and reportedly West Ham, want him.
The 20-year-old has played 34 games for Anderlecht this season as a central defender. He’s also a Belgium international and will be hoping, and probably expecting, to go to the Euros in the summer.
Sporting are keen because their pair of Ousmane Diomande and Goncalo Inacio are both wanted by other clubs, mainly in the Premier League.
According to the O Jogo report, Anderlecht want €15m+, and Sporting, despite expecting to get well over €100m combined for the above two players, will plead poverty to try and agree a cheaper deal.
West Ham are said to be ‘pressuring’ Anderlecht to sell Debast to them, and they’re not the only other club involved.
That €15m sounds like a good deal, and the Hammers would probably consider that even as an initial payment with potential bonuses added on.
Bonuses could be key for West Ham, so Anderlecht can brag about a big headline figure and the Hammers can know that will only be paid should Debast be worth it.
West Ham make offer for signing – €5m short of asking price, but pushing Wolves aside
By Naveen Ullal
West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers are among the clubs chasing Royale Union Saint-Gilloise star Mohamed Amoura, according to Le Soir.
Having arrived at the Jupiler Pro League side last summer, he’s enjoyed an impressive debut season so far, scoring 21 goals and registering five assists from 37 games.
Towards the end of December, Fennec Football reported Wolves were keen on signing the 23-year-old in January but no deal took shape. Gary O’Neil’s side still seem to be keen him and are joined by West Ham in the transfer race.
It’s said the Jupiler Pro League side have received an offer from the Hammers. Their bid is around €15m and doesn’t meet the expectations of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, who paid €4m to buy him from Swiss side FC Lugano.
The Algeria international’s contract lasts until 2027 and the report explains Royale Union Saint-Gilloise want at least €20m to part ways with him. Wolves are also in the picture, but haven’t yet made a bid to sign Amoura.
This claim about West Ham is backed by DZ Foot, who state they have made a concrete bid for Amoura. It’s said David Moyes’ side seem to be in the ‘best position’ with an offer worth €15m, which is €5m short of the Belgian club’s demand.
DZ Foot, who make no mention of Wolves in their report, indicate Amoura could leave in the next window, after increasing his value by ‘tenfold in one season’.
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