Paper Talk
- The Brazil international Neymar is considering approaches from Manchester United and Chelsea, with United willing to pay the £170m release clause in his contract.
- Manager Rafa Benitez is to stay at Newcastle next season, with the club on the brink of an immediate return to the Premier League.
- Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is poised to make a summer move for Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye.
- James Rodriguez will spark a four-way transfer battle when he quits Real Madrid this summer with Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal ready to go all out to sign the £50m forward.
- Premier League giants Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City are all chasing Gianluigi Donnarumma, AC Milan’s boy-wonder keeper.
- West Brom are willing to shatter their transfer record to land Watford’s striker and captain Troy Deeney for £20m.
- Pep Guardiola has dropped a huge hint that Manchester City must break the bank this summer to bring in more goals.
- Yaya Toure could be trying to beat Manchester City next season, after telling interested clubs that he wants to stay in the Premier League.
- David Ospina looks certain to leave Arsenal at the end of the season.
- Former Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka has been offered the chance to be reunited with Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.
- Burnley midfielder Joey Barton has been given another reprieve after his latest appearance before an FA commission was postponed.
- Everton are confident they have beaten off competition from Liverpool and Chelsea in the race to sign Burnley’s new England defender Michael Keane.
- Toulouse centre-back Issa Diop is the next name on Antonio Conte’s Chelsea shopping list.
- West Ham and promotion-bound Newcastle will rival Everton for Arsenal defender Calum Chambers, who is impressing during a season-long loan with Middlesbrough.
- West Ham are ready to make a renewed bid to bring Anthony Modeste back from German club Cologne.
- Sacked Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka has been offered the chance to reunite with Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.
- Antonio Conte is close to agreeing a new long term deal with Chelsea despite only taking charge at Stamford Bridge last summer.
- Liverpool have reportedly entered the race to sign Fenerbahce star Simon Kjaer.
- West Ham want to sign Jack Wilshere from Arsenal this summer.
- Jose Mourinho is preparing a double swoop on Monaco for Djibril Sidibe and Benjamin Mendy.
- Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is ready to enter the race for England star Michael Keane.
- West Ham are leading a three-way fight to land Wilfried Bony this summer.
- Guardiola has echoed Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger by saying that qualifying for the Champions League “is definitely like winning a trophy”.
- Chelsea are in talks over a potential ground share with rivals West Ham United if their preferred option of Wembley falls through as they prepare to move out of the soon-to-be renovated Stamford Bridge.
- Jose Mourinho has told Manchester United to prioritise the signing of a specialist holding midfielder player after blaming their lack of a Premier League title challenge on failing to land N’Golo Kante (who went to Chelsea from Leicester) last summer.