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Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, 27, Everton's John Stones, 21 and Tottenham's Danny Rose, 25, top incoming Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola's transfer list. (Sun)
Guardiola is also still hopeful of bringing Borussia Dortmund's Ilkay Gundogan to the Etihad after the 24-year-old midfielder underwent knee surgery. (Bild, via Manchester Evening News)
The father of Barcelona and Brazil forward Neymar says Manchester United made a £145m offer for the 24-year-old. (COPE, via Daily Express)
Leicester City want to sign Arsenal forward Theo Walcott, but the 27-year-old England international is keen to stay in north London. (Daily Star)
Mauricio Pochettino is prepared to sell Son Heung-Min, 23, less than a year after the South Korean joined Tottenham from Bayer Leverkusen for £22m and will also listen to offers for Nabil Bentaleb, 21, and Ryan Mason, 24.(Daily Telegraph)
Arsenal will offer Juventus forward Alvaro Morata a five-year-contract worth £155,000-a-week in order to beat Chelsea to the 23-year-old's signature.(Sun)
Chelsea remain hopeful of signing Radja Nainggolan, despite the 28-year-old midfielder's public claims that he does not want to leave Roma.(Daily Telegraph)
Everton want more than £23m for Ramiro Funes Mori following interest from Lazio in the 25-year-old, who the Toffees signed for £9.5m last summer.(Daily Mirror)
Incoming Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has opened talks with Everton duo John Stones, 21, and Romelu Lukaku, 23.(HLN, via Daily Star)
Belgium international Lukaku can speak for himself regarding his future and his dad should keep quiet, according to former Toffees midfielder Barry Horne.(Liverpool Echo)
Stoke City have made fresh enquiries for West Brom striker Saido Berahino, 22, with manager Mark Hughes targeting British recruits this summer.(Daily Telegraph)
France forward Antoine Griezmann, 25, is ready to sign a long-term contract at Atletico Madrid, despite interest from Manchester United.(Sun)
Midfielder Moussa Sissoko, 26, is being targeted by Arsenal and could be the first Newcastle player to leave following the club's relegation from the Premier League.(Daily Mirror)
The Gunners are poised to make their first signing of the summer with the acquisition of 23-year-old midfielder Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach for a fee in the region of £35m. (Daily Mail)
Former Chelsea player and manager Gianluca Vialli believes the club made a mistake in sacking Jose Mourinho. (Goal.com)
Nottingham Forest will battle Blackburn Rovers for manager Neil Warnock, who has three promotions from the Championship on his CV. (Daily Mirror)
Liverpool transfer target Mario Gotze, 23, needs "a coach who wants him", according to Germany boss Joachim Low. (Kicker, via Liverpool Echo)
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew is keen to keep 32-year-old striker Emmanuel Adebayor at the club next season. (Metro)
Real Betis hope to sign Chelsea midfielder Charly Musonda on a permanent basis, but believe the 19-year-old's transfer fee is "laughable". (Goal - in Spanish)
Leicester City will attempt to convince 19-year-old defender Ben Chilwell his future lies with the Premier League champions after he was linked with a move to Arsenal or Liverpool. (Leicester Mercury)
Everton are expected to hand 17-year-old midfielder Tom Davies a new long-term contract after his first-team breakthrough this season. (Liverpool Echo)
Bayern Munich defender Philipp Lahm is confident Manchester City have a coach in Pep Guardiola who is about "more than winning trophies". (Daily Mail)
Walter Mazzarri is meeting Watford's board to finalise his contract, though the club are not expected to announce their new boss until next week. (Watford Observer)
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has been appointed a Grand Officer of the Italian Order of Merit, one of his home country's highest honours. (Guardian)
Foxes defender Robert Huth says people can call Ranieri the "Tinkerman or Thinkerman", but to him the boss is like "your favourite teacher at school". (BeIn Sports, via Leicester Mercury)
Bradford co-chairman Mark Lawn says the Bantams cannot afford the Football League proposals made this week to create four divisions of 20 teams in the Football League go through - reducing the number of home games each club play by four - and the plans "will be the straw that breaks the camel's back." (The Times)
Tottenham and Belgium midfielder Mousa Dembele, 28, says his intention was not "to do something bad" to Chelsea's Diego Costa, 27, in an altercation that cost him a six-game ban.(World Soccer)
The Olympic Stadium may not be ready for West Ham's first game of next season if the club qualify for the Europa League.(Daily Mail)
Harry Kane, one of five Spurs players in the England squad, insisted last Tottenham's disappointing end to the season will not have a negative effect on preparations for Euro 2016. (The Times)
Former England striker Teddy Sheringham wants to see captain Wayne Rooney, 30, take Euro 2016 "by the scruff of the neck and start ripping people apart". (Paddy Power)
Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal's love for the FA Cup started with Jimmy Greaves' goal for Tottenham in the 1962 final against Burnley. (Manchester Evening News)
Former Crystal Palace striker Mark Bright believes the Eagles' current squad can go one better than his 1990 team-mates and make history by winning the FA Cup against Manchester United. (BT Sport)
And finally
A Leicester City fan endured a seven-hour process to get Foxes manager Claudio Ranieri's face tattooed on his back. (Leicester Mercury)
A Croydon hospital has warned fans "not to get too drunk" if Crystal Palace win the FA Cup on Saturday. (Croydon Advertiser)
HITC
Barcelona outcast Martin Montoya would be a superb addition for West Ham
West Ham United need to bring in a new right-back this summer.
Tom Thorogood
West Ham United need to bring in a new right-back this summer and one man who certainly fits the bill is Barcelona’s out of favour fullback Martin Montoya.
The Barcelona academy graduate has spent the past few months out on loan at Real Betis, making 13 La Liga appearances and averaging an impressive 3.2 tackles and 3.3 interceptions per league match.
According to a recent report in Mundo Deportivo, Montoya will not be staying at Betis beyond his loan spell as the Spanish club need to make some cutbacks and can’t afford the player’s wages.
The 25-year-old is a very capable player, and it wasn’t too long ago that he was heavily linked with a number of big Premier League clubs before having a short spell in Italy with Inter Milan.
West Ham have enjoyed a terrific campaign this past season, finishing in a respectable seventh position and thus putting themselves in a position to qualify for next season’s edition of the Europa League.
With the club set to move in to the Olympic Stadium, the club is really bouncing at present and the owners have already made some big statements ahead of potential mouthwatering signings this summer.
While a big-money striker has been sounded out, another key area to strengthen for the Hammers is at right-back as over the past few months winger Michail Antonio has fulfilled that role.
Antonio has been excellent, but he is naturally a winger and arguably his best work is going forward.
Montoya is more defensive-minded, and with his future at Barcelona largely in the balance, West Ham could strike themselves a potential bargain by bringing him to East London this summer.
The former Spain U23 international will only leave the Nou Camp for a big club, and there is no doubt that West Ham now fall into that category as they will look to challenge for the top four next season.
Sport Witness
West Ham and Swansea set for personal terms talks over defender transfer
A lot of players from Ligue 1 have been repeatedly linked to West Ham United, especially after the impact Dimitri Payet has made at the club. It's no secret West Ham are interested in signing Marseille star Michy Batshuayi, and also Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette, but the club from London are also keen on a Paris-Saint Germain star.
On Saturday, according to French newspaper L'Equipe, West Ham and Swansea have already made a 'practical' approach to sign Grégory Van der Wiel in the summer. The Dutch international is a free agent in the summer, and is generating interest from several clubs in Europe, but prefers a move to England.
The 28-year-old spent most of the season on the bench for PSG, as Serge Aurier has been preferred ahead of him, despite his recent controversy with Laurent Blanc. In any case, Grégory Van der Wiel should be a good signing for Swansea or West Ham on a free transfer, and it's a gamble worth taking.
Any talks will be about personal terms, because there's no transfer fee to pay.
C&H
Valencia; West Brom update
Enner Valencia not be joining West Bromwich Albion in the summer.
However, ClaretandHugh has learned that sources keen to the player are keen to move him on to an interested clubs in Europe.
We were told that although the player’s contract has another three years to run the club are ready to listen to offers close to the £12 million the Irons paid for the Ecuador international.
However, a move to the Hawthorns isn’t even an option with a source close to the player saying: “There has been no contact and no enquiry. That is just the media at work.
“The suggestion was anyway that Albion would want a knock down deal or even a loan and neither would be acceptable to either the club or player.”
Valencia is – as reported in the past on this site – more likely to find himself heading for China – but at this stage there has been no contact.
We were told: “It’s too early to be talking deals but we don’t expect there to be any shortage of interest or takers once the window opens.
However, it’s all rather sad because however you want to look at it when he and Diafra Sakho were West Ham’s front two they looked a very potent attacking force indeed last season.”
Hammers will listen to midfielder bids
Napoli are again being reported as being ready to to bid for Pedro Obiang in the summer transfer window.
A report in www.calciomercato.it claims that the Serie A team hope to lure the 24-year-old away from the Premier League with the promise of regular first team football.
And this morning (Sat) ClaretandHugh was told by insiders at West Ham that that the club would be ready to listen to sensible offers.
Obiang has become frustrated with his lack of first-team starts for the Hammers and Napoli have been monitoring his situation for weeks.
The report claims they would test the Hammers with a £7m bid. Although the Spanish midfielder recorded 24 appearances in a claret and blue shirt this season, thirteen of these were as a substitute and his 1,079 minutes on the pitch is equivalent to just 12 games. Obiang scored no goals and made one assist.
Obiang was Slaven Bilic’s first signing in June 2015 paying Sampdoria for £4.5 million in return for a five-year contract.
