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Barcelona could move for Manchester United and England striker Marcus Rashford, 24. (Sport - in Spanish)
Manchester United could sell Rashford, France forward Anthony Martial, English right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Ivory Coast centre-back Eric Bailly, ex-England defender Phil Jones and Brazil left-back Alex Telles this summer as part of the overhaul under new manager Erik ten Hag. (Sun)
West Ham's England midfielder Declan Rice, 25, is high on Ten Hag's transfer wish-list at Manchester United. (Guardian)
Netherlands midfielder Donny van de Beek, 25, is set to be handed the chance to revive his Old Trafford career by his former Ajax boss, when his current loan at Everton ends. (Sun)
A new centre-back, two central midfielders, a winger and a striker will be Manchester United's top transfer priorities this summer. (Sky Sports)
Manchester United have refused Ten Hag's request to bring Sir Alex Ferguson's former assistant Steve McClaren back to the club as part of his coaching team. (Telegraph)
Bruges boss Alfred Schreuder is the leading contender to replace Ten Hag at Ajax. (Sky Germany - in German)
Real Madrid and Wales forward Gareth Bale, 32, is in talks over a move to MLS side DC United. (Washington Post)
RB Leipzig have again insisted France attacking midfielder Christopher Nkunku, 24, will still be their player next season, despite interest from Manchester United and Arsenal.(Sky Sports Germany - in German)
Crystal Palace and Borussia Monchengladbach are interested in Arsenal's 22-year-old English forward Eddie Nketiah. (Mail)
AC Milan could move for Chelsea and Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 28. (Goal)
Burnley have made interim Wales manager Robert Page their number-one target to replace Sean Dyche. (90Min)
Brentford and Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen, 30, has agreed to rejoin former club Tottenham in the summer. (Todofichajes - in Spanish)
Everton have joined Tottenham in the race to sign 29-year-old West Brom and England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone. (Mirror)
Real Madrid are monitoring Newcastle and Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 24. (AS - in Spanish)
Besiktas and Turkey left-back Ridvan Yilmaz, 20, is being eyed by Tottenham and a host of European clubs. (TRT Spor - in Turkish)
Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard was casting an eye over Marseille's French defensive midfielder Boubacar Kamara, 22, when he watched the French club's win over Nantes on Wednesday. (Mail)
Villa are keen on making their loan signing of 32-year-old Roma and Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen permanent. (Football Insider)
Paris St-Germain and Argentina winger Angel di Maria, 34, is wanted by Juventus when his contract expires in the summer. (Gianluca di Marzio)
Leicester City are trying to beat Tottenham to the signing of Brazil centre-back Gleison Bremer, 25, from Italian side Torino. (Telegraph)
Aberdeen right-back Calvin Ramsay, 18, is being monitored by Liverpool following an impressive breakthrough season for the Scotland Under-21 international. (Liverpool Echo)
Manchester City and Newcastle are both pursuing a move for 18-year-old Rangers midfielder Alex Lowry. (Football Insider)
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THE SUN
Real Madrid are keeping tabs on Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes ahead of the summer transfer window.
Gareth Bale could reportedly be set for a sensational switch Stateside to sign for MLS team DC United on a free transfer.
Steven Gerrard has launched an 11th-hour bid to snatch Marseille midfielder Boubacar Kamara from Atletico Madrid's clutches.
Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus is keen to leave the Premier League champions with Barcelona interested in snapping him up, according to Brazilian newspaper Lance.
Erik ten Hag faces a baptism of fire with his first game in charge of Manchester United set to be against Liverpool.
Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini has been linked with a summer switch to MLS to finish his career.
Newly announced Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag will reportedly bank a 'record-breaking' salary for taking over as boss.
DAILY EXPRESS
Liverpool have been handed a transfer boost after Red Bull Salzburg announced a signing of a player many view as being Karim Adeyemi's replacement.
Tottenham have been tipped to make a move for Inter Milan star Denzel Dumfries amidst their failure to capture Adama Traore in the winter transfer window.
Manchester United assistant manager Chris Armas will leave the club once Ralf Rangnick steps down as interim boss this summer.
DAILY MIRROR
The owners of Sheffield United have reportedly accepted a £115m bid from American businessman Henry Mauriss to purchase the Championship club.
Former Liverpool striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been credited with transfer interest from three Premier League clubs less than a year after departing Anfield permanently.
Corey Blackett-Taylor is wanted by several Championship clubs with Charlton braced for approaches this summer.
DAILY MAIL
Arsenal have not yet given up all hope of persuading Eddie Nketiah to stay at the Emirates.
Max Verstappen could not resist poking fun at Lewis Hamilton's ambitions to own Chelsea, saying: "I thought he was an Arsenal fan".
Manchester United's hopes of signing Christopher Nkunku have reportedly taken a hit, with RB Leipzig insisting the France international will play for them next season.
Scottish wonderkid Ben Doak has confirmed his move to Liverpool on social media after the club forked out a £600,000 compensation fee to sign him from Celtic.
West Ham face an unwanted distraction around what would be their biggest game in decades with defender Kurt Zouma's court date set for the week after the Europa League final.
THE TIMES
Erik ten Hag will be given more than £120m to spend on revitalising the Manchester United squad next season.
Eddie Nketiah is weighing up offers from Crystal Palace and Borussia Monchengladbach despite Arsenal having not given up hope of the striker signing a new deal.
Steven Gerrard has suggested he should have joined Celtic or Rangers instead of moving to the United States near the end of his playing career.
Sam Simmonds could be a doubt for England's summer tour to Australia as Exeter Chiefs await further assessments on the hip injury that ruled the No 8 out of the defeat to Munster last weekend.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Erik ten Hag looks set to win his battle with Manchester United over his choice of No 2 by appointing former colleague Steve McClaren as assistant manager, as the club prepare to accelerate their transfer plans ahead of a huge summer of rebuilding.
Leicester will make a push for Torino centre-back Gleison Bremer in the summer race for the £40m-rated Brazilian defender.
THE GUARDIAN
Erik ten Hag will not be backed with a lavish budget to rebuild Manchester United but will receive what the club regard as adequate funds to enhance a squad the new manager believes he can vastly improve with his coaching.
Dan Burn believes Eddie Howe's transformation of Newcastle's fortunes should make him a strong contender to rival Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola for the manager of the season award.
Wimbledon has been warned it could face legal action from the Belarusian Tennis Federation after it was accused of acting illegally by banning Russian and Belarusian players from this year's championships.
SCOTTISH SUN
Rangers have been boosted by the news Aaron Ramsey's season is not over.
Neil Lennon has slammed some of his former Celtic team-mates who 'stabbed him in the front, not the back'.
Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack has revealed the Dons' new stadium will cost up to £75m - around £30m more than previous estimates.
DAILY RECORD
Celtic defender Josip Juranovic is in a fight to feature again before the end of the season, according to a report.
Clyde will soon play home matches at Hamilton Accies' New Douglas Park - and will play their last game at Broadwood this weekend.
HITC
‘They might go’: Coach fears star duo will leave for Newcastle and West Ham
Danny Owen
Moussa Niakhate and Jerry St Juste could both leave Mainz amid interest from Premier League clubs Newcastle United, Everton and West Ham, Bundesliga boss Bo Svensson tells the Allgemeine Zeitung.
If it’s a reliable centre-half you want – and make no mistake, Everton need one of those – then the MEWA Arena is the place to go. A Mainz side who only avoided relegation via the skin of their teeth last term have conceded just 36 goals in 30 league games this.
Only Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig and Freiburg can better that tally.
Niakhate, Mainz’s captain colossus who scores goals as well as keeps them out, has played his way onto the radars of Everton, West Ham and Newcastle, according to The Telegraph.
The Hammers and the Magpies are also looking at Niakhate’s centre-back partner St Juste – a jet-heeled Dutchman clocked as the fastest player in the Bundesliga recently. Leicester are admirers too.
Both Niakhate and St Juste are out of contract in 2023. And, according to reports, the defensive duo could be available for a bargain £8 million and £10 million respectively.
From Bundesliga to the Premier League?
“They might both go. It’s also possible that one of them stays. To think that both will stay is very optimistic,” admits Svensson, Mainz’s miracle-working manager and a fitting successor to Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel.
“Everyone sees the quality they both have. They are at their best footballing age. They still have a year left on their contracts and you don’t go into the last year of a contract with players like that without them either extending or going somewhere else.
“That’s the situation. I value both of them very much. Not only as footballers, but also personality-wise. They are both absolute leaders.
“Should they leave us, I’ll be very grateful for the time I’ve spent with them here. We’ll have to try to replace them in that case.”
According to Sky Germany, Newcastle opened talks to sign former Feyenoord man St Juste in January.
The former Netherlands U21 ace would add real pace to a Newcastle defence which, while increasingly durable under Eddie Howe, is not exactly the quickest.
90 Min
Tomas Soucek's West Ham future in doubt after halt in contract talks
Tomas Soucek's long-term future at West Ham is in doubt after talks over a new contract were put on hold at the behest of David Moyes, 90min understands.
The 27-year-old has clocked up close to 4,000 minutes in 45 appearances for the Hammers in all competitions this season and has played a key role in holding West Ham's midfield together with Declan Rice.
Discussions over a new contract first surfaced in January, with 90min revealing that the club were prepared to offer Soucek an improved deal to reward his fine performances over the past two years.
However, 90min subsequently learned at the beginning of April that those talks had been shelved, with the intention of returning to the negotiating table at the end of the season.
But it appears that Soucek's long-term future at the London Stadium - he has two years left on the contract he signed when joining from Slavia Prague in the summer of 2020 - may not be as secure as first thought.
Sources close to the situation have told 90min that one reason talks were paused was because Moyes informed the club's hierarchy of his belief that Soucek did not warrant receiving a new contract at the moment - despite his healthy involvement in both the Premier League and Europa League.
That stance is understood to have left Soucek feeling somewhat undermined - despite him appearing to be a key member of the side - and is likely to complicate matters should the club resume talks with a player who is incredibly popular in the dressing room.
Indeed, sources have told 90min that some are surprised at the reluctance to reward Soucek with extended and improved terms.
90min also understands that Soucek is attracting interest from elsewhere, with at least two Premier League clubs among those considering a move - though it's still possible that he extends his contract at West Ham providing any offer put forward to him accurately reflects his standing.
Soucek's goal output has reduced on his impressive first full season at West Ham, but there's no denying that he remains an integral member of the squad.
The Czech has continued to trouble defenders with his aerial threat - though he has played in a more withdrawn midfield role at times - and scored the vital opener against Sevilla in the home leg of West Ham's Europa League last 16 tie with the six-time winners. That is one of six goals he has scored this season, the other five coming in the Premier League.
More impressively, Soucek has shown great durability and stamina to appear in 99 club games in just over two-and-a-half years, as well as turning out in 18 internationals for the Czech Republic.
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