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Manchester United are preparing a £100m deal to sign Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale, 25. The ex-Tottenham player cost Real £85.3m when he moved in September 2013.


(Telegraph) 

Liverpool are closing in on a £22m deal for Real Madrid’s Russia midfielder Denis Cheryshev, 24, who is currently on loan at Villarreal.

(Express) 

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has set a 10-day deadline for Manchester United target Nathaniel Clyne to decide on his future as the 24-year-old England right back stalls over a new contract.


(Daily Mail) 

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, 32, will leave the club at the end of the season and move to either Arsenal or Paris St-Germain.

(Mirror) 

Tottenham will only let Hugo Lloris, 28, leave the club for a world-record fee for a goalkeeper. The current record is the £32.6m Juventus paid Parma for Gianluigi Buffon in 2001.


(Telegraph) 

Chelsea are set to sign 19-year-old Brazilian midfielder Nathan for £4.5m from Brazilian side Atletico Paranaense.

(London Evening Standard) 

Newcastle United have refused to deny rumours linking them with Rayo Vallecano boss Paco Jemez.


(The Chronicle) 

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce has denied claims he has opened talks over a new contract at West Ham. Allardyce’s current deal expires at the end of the season.

(Sky Sports) 

Former Sunderland boss Gus Poyet wants to return to Premier League management less than two months after being sacked by the Black Cats.


(Sunderland Echo) 

Marseille want Patrick Vieira, Manchester City’s elite development squad boss, to be their next head coach. However, City will not let Vieira leave the club.

(Manchester Evening News) 

Swansea City are interested in signing 22-year-old Dutch forward Luc Castaignos from FC Twente. Castaignos has represented Netherlands at Under-21 level.


(South Wales Evening Post) 

West Brom defender Gareth McAuley, 35, whose contract expires in the summer, deserves a new deal, says team-mate Chris Brunt.

(Birmingham Mail) 

Watford manager Slavisa Jokanovic says he would be “very happy” to sign a contract extension at the club. Jokanovic, who has taken the Hornets into the Premier League, is set to be offered a one-year rolling contract.


(Sky Sports) 

Barnet boss Martin Allen is in contention to be Leeds United’s next manager.

(Mirror) 

Everton say they will subsidise the cost of tickets for supporters travelling to West Ham to watch the Toffees on 16 May. The tickets for adult away fans cost £55, but Everton will reduce those prices by £10.


(Mirror) 

Burnley cannot rely on striker Danny Ings, 22, to save club from relegation, says Clarets boss Sean Dyche.

(Express) 

Tottenham midfielder Erik Lamela, 23, says he has no plans to return to Italy at the end of the season.


(Talksport) 

QPR centre-half Richard Dunne, 35, hopes to be playing for the club next season, even if they are relegated to the Championship.

(London Evening Standard) 

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Tottenham full-back Ben Davies, who will not play again this season after suffering a dislocated shoulder,


posts a picture on Twitter 

and says: “Operation went well and now on the mend. Thanks for all your kind messages.”

Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 25, hopes to feature again this campaign, despite club manager Ronald Koeman saying he would miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury.

Schneiderlin writes on Twitter: 

“Sad about my injury. I am not giving up on coming back before the end of the season. Thanks to everyone for their support.”

Everton’s Romelu Lukaku, Liverpool’s Simon Mignolet, Aston Villa’s Christian Benteke and Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois all post messages on Twitter to pay tribute to former Belgium Under-21 international Gregory Mertens, who died aged 24 three days after collapsing during a match.

AND FINALLY

An Aston Villa fan has cut a planned family holiday to Dubai short so he and his two sons can watch the FA Cup final on television. The man’s wife will stay on holiday on her own for the last day of the trip – 30 May, the same day as Villa play Arsenal in the Wembley final.


(Daily Star) 

Former Everton and Arsenal player Anders Limpar has won Swedish reality television show The Greatest Adventure. The 49-year-old faced a series of physical and mental challenges, similar to those in Bear Grylls’s recent show Mission Survive.

(Daily Mail)