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Manchester United are interested in Brentford's 28-year-old England striker Ivan Toney. (90min)
Tottenham could move for Brentford's Toney if there is a lack of competition for his signature. (GiveMeSport)
Manchester United may let 12 players leave this summer, including England forward Marcus Rashford, 26, and 32-year-old Brazil midfielder Casemiro. (Mirror)
Mauricio Pochettino's future as Chelsea manager could depend on whether he can achieve European qualification for next season. (Times - subscription)
Chelsea may be open to offers from Saudi Arabia for 29-year-old England forward Raheem Sterling, while 25-year-old Spain defender Marc Cucurella could be sold. (Telegraph - subscription)
Newcastle United are leading the race to sign Sporting Lisbon's 20-year-old Ivory Coast defender Ousmane Diomande, who has a release clause of 80m euros. (A Bola - in Portuguese)
Tottenham are well placed to sign Chelsea's England midfielder Conor Gallagher, 24, this summer despite interest from Newcastle.(Football Insider)
Napoli's Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, 25, is close to joining Paris St-Germain, although Chelsea are also interested. (Il Mattino - in Italian)
Arsenal have been linked with a move for Real Madrid's France defender Ferland Mendy, 28, while Liverpool, Manchester United and Newcastle are also interested. (L'Equipe - in French)
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is pushing to sign Athletic Bilbao's 21-year-old Spain winger Nico Williams. (GiveMeSport)
Villa are monitoring Leeds United's 22-year-old Dutch winger Crysencio Summerville. (Football Insider)
Tottenham could offer Genoa the chance to sign their on-loan English defender Djed Spence, 23, permanently in exchange for 26-year-old Iceland striker Albert Gudmundsson. (Calcio Mercato - in Italian)
Arsenal are prepared to accept offers of £20-25m for Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey, 30, and are still interested in Aston Villa's 25-year-old Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz as a replacement. (Football Insider)
Feyenoord have identified FC Twente manager Joseph Oosting as one of their top managerial targets, should they lose Arne Slot to Liverpool. (Mirror)
West Ham have been in talks with former Spain manager Julen Lopetegui for months, with David Moyes' contract expiring in June. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
Newcastle are set to sign Chelsea academy graduate and English defender Lewis Hall, 19, on a permanent deal in the summer. (Football Insider)
Erik ten Hag will face a 25% pay cut as Manchester United manager if he remains as manager, with the club set to miss out on Champions League qualification. (ESPN)
Bayern Munich are considering a move for Germany defender Jonathan Tah but Bayer Leverkusen are keen to extend the 28-year-old's contract. (Sky Sports Germany)
Sky Paper Talk
THE TIMES
Mauricio Pochettino's Chelsea future is hanging in the balance after Tuesday's 5-0 defeat by Arsenal, with European qualification believed to be a key factor in whether he will keep his job for next season.
Formula 1 is likely to increase the number of drivers who earn points at each race from 10 to 12 from next season to give the less-successful teams something to fight for.
DAILY MIRROR
Bernardo Silva has decided to leave Manchester City this summer and complete a long-awaited move to Barcelona.
West Ham are in talks with former Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui after seemingly being duped by highly-rated Sporting boss Ruben Amorim.
Erik ten Hag will be forced to take a 25 per cent pay cut at Manchester United should the club fail to qualify for the Champions League.
DAILY MAIL
Referees' chief Howard Webb will hold peace talks with Nottingham Forest's owners this week at which the VAR audio of their three penalty appeals in Sunday's controversial defeat at Everton will be played to the club.
Chelsea would run the risk of a dressing room backlash if they sacked Mauricio Pochettino as manager.
Graham Potter could be in Amsterdam to finalise a return to management with Ajax on Thursday following talks with the Eredivisie club, according to reports.
THE SUN
Chelsea have reportedly made contact with RB Leipzig for star defender Castello Lukeba after shipping five goals against Arsenal.
THE TELEGRAPH
Tiger Woods will receive an email from Sawgrass HQ informing him that he will receive up to $100m in equity for staying loyal to the PGA Tour, with Rory McIlroy benefitting possibly to the tune of $50m for not joining LIV.
Ronan O'Gara is open to coaching France in the future, emphasising that he wants to win a Rugby World Cup with either Ireland or his adopted country.
Jamie Overton's hopes of becoming England's big-hitting bolter for June's T20 World Cup are hanging by a thread due to a back issue.
THE ATHLETIC
Xavi will remain as Barcelona's head coach on a contract that runs until the end of June 2025 after reversing his decision to leave the club this summer.
DAILY RECORD
Rangers captain James Tavernier will reportedly be offered a move to the Saudi Pro League this summer by Steven Gerrard's Al Ettifaq.
Cremonese midfielder Charles Pickel reportedly wants a move to Celtic after he was 'offered' to the Hoops as an option.
The Trivela Effect
Why West Ham won’t hire Julen Lopetegui to replace David Moyes
Kevin Parvizi
West Ham United are in the market for a new manager, as David Moyes could very well be on his way out of London at the end of the season when the Hammers make a final decision on his future.
The season started brightly for Moyes and West Ham, who seemed to be rebounding from a poor 2022/23 campaign, strengthened by the additions of key attacking talents James Ward-Prowse and the young Mohammed Kudus.
But recent results have been uninspiring. The actual quality of play on the pitch has deteriorated to the doldrums, to the point where West Ham fans cannot see how things get better under Moyes, who has seemingly peaked at the club.
Julen Lopetegui has been one of the names thrown around as a possible Moyes replacement, much to the chagrin of West Ham fans. They would like someone with more exciting attacking ideas and a better recent track record of success, even if Lopetegui did have good times with Sevilla (nearly challenging for the LaLiga title in 2021/22 before Real Madrid ran away with it).
According to The Guardian’s Jacob Steinberg, West Ham have had talks with Lopetegui, but there are those within the club’s hierarchy who are not convinced by him and are cautious about hiring him as Moyes’ replacement.
It sounds like there is more trepidation regarding Julen Lopetegui, who fared poorly with Wolves and was not a good solution for Real Madrid either, prior to finding some limited success at Sevilla.
West Ham are showing interest in Paul Fonseca, who is a younger and more exciting option than Lopetegui. After struggling at Wolves, a higher-profile Premier League gig in West Ham probably isn’t in the cards for the Spanish manager
Sport Witness
Cockiness that club can beat West Ham to signing – Maybe it’s time for Hammers to flex some muscle
Perhaps West Ham and Sporting are destined to have an ongoing history of tussles that find their way into the media.
It is hard to forget the Hammers’ efforts to sign William Carvalho from Sporting and the subsequent very public argument. Bruno De Carvalho was then the president of the Portuguese club and to say he was erratic is being kind.
After West Ham made a ridiculously low offer for the midfielder, he became furious. Insults and insinuations were traded, sometimes via the media and sometimes directly, before De Carvalho published all the correspondence and everyone started threatening legal action.
Of course, it went nowhere but was highly entertaining.
Just this week, there’s been the drama of Sporting’s manager Ruben Amorim flying to London for West Ham talks, which didn’t seem to go well, and Thursday’s edition of Record talks about the battle between the clubs for Zeno Debast.
Sporting could sell Ousmane Diomande and Goncalo Inacio for huge fees this summer, but they want to source a replacement on the cheap. That’s where Anderlecht’s Debast comes in, and he has just over a year left on his current contract.
Record make clear that there’s a belief in Lisbon they’ve convinced Debast, who would choose them over West Ham, and now it’s a case of convincing Anderlecht.
The Belgian side want €18m+ and Sporting don’t want to go above €16m. Debast is likely worth at least €20m, and West Ham could easily flex their financial muscle and blow others out of the water.
If those in charge at the London club are a little stung over their Amorim experience this may be a way to calm that, and Debast is an excellent central defensive talent, who could help now and also grow further in the future.
Sporting and Anderlecht have a meeting in the next few days to talk about a million here or there, maybe that needs disrupting.
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