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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has asked owner Roman Abramovich not to sell any of his title-winning squad including goalkeeper Petr Cech, 32, who he wants to keep even against his will.


(Daily Mirror) 

Mourinho will do his best to block Arsenal’s attempts to sign Cech and would rather he moved abroad than join another Premier League club.

(Daily Express) 

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger says the club have no plans to sell forward Theo Walcott, 26, and have opened contract talks with the England international.


(Guardian) 

Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann, 24, is open to a summer move to Chelsea and is keen to find out whether the Premier League champions will make a serious bid to sign him.

(Daily Telegraph) 

Manchester United’s Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 27, told French football magazine So Foot that he cried when David Moyes – the man who signed him from their former club Everton – was sacked as Red Devils boss.


(Sky Sports) 

Bournemouth are ready to offer veteran Everton centre-back Sylvain Distin, 37, the chance to stay in the Premier League when his contract expires at Goodison Park.

(Daily Express) 

Distin, 37, says manager Roberto Martinez has not spoken to him since early February.


(L’Equipe – in French) 

Manchester United could sign on-loan Colombia striker Radamel Falcao, 29, for a cut-price fee after Uefa punished parent club Monaco for breach of Financial Fair Play regulations.

(Daily Telegraph) 

Paris St-Germain are planning to take United’s record signing Angel Di Maria, 27, on loan after missing out on 21-year-old Memphis Depay, who will arrive at Old Trafford this summer.


(Sun – subscription required) 

West Brom defender Jonas Olsson, 32, has hinted that he would like to extend his contract with the Baggies.

(Express & Star) 

Newcastle boss John Carver says his side’s clash with West Brom at St James’ Park is the club’s biggest in six years.

(

Daily Star) 

The Magpies’ injured defender Steven Taylor, 29, says his club’s current predicament is like “the fastest kamikaze ride in the world”.

(Daily Mail) 

Arsenal and Tottenham will face competition from Benfica for Red Star Belgrade’s 17-year-old striker Luka Jovic.


(Talksport) 

Chelsea and Liverpool are both interested in signing veteran Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo, 35, who has a year left on his contract and hinted he could leave the Italian champions.

(Tuttosport – in Italian) 

Chelsea will turn to Everton defender John Stones, 20, if they cannot persuade 22-year-old Real Madrid centre-back Raphael Varane to quit the Bernabeu this summer.


(London Evening Standard) 

Real Sociedad boss David Moyes says he is “not going anywhere” despite interest from Newcastle and West Ham.

(Guardian) 

Monaco want to sign Chelsea’s 18-year-old Belgian playmaker Charly Musonda on loan next season.


(Talksport) 

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher says Reds boss Brendan Rodgers must buy a top striker in the summer.

(Sky Sports) 

Bayer Leverkusen are interested in signing Sunderland loanee Ricky Alvarez, 27, from Inter Milan even though he has struggled during his time at the Stadium of Light.


(Sunderland Echo) 

Best of social media

Chelsea captain John Terry has been enjoying the extra days off given to the club’s squad by boss Jose Mourinho for winning the Premier League by playing golf. The 34-year-old posted a picture on his


Instagram 

account of himself with former Chelsea forward Gianfranco Zola and Italian golfer Francesco Molinari. Terry added: “What a pleasure to play nine holes with these two legends today. Great catching up with Franco and to watch first-hand how well Francesco strikes the ball. You know JT still took the money.”

Everton goalkeeper Joel Robles showed in his own back yard he is just as skilful with his feet as he is with his hands. The Spaniard posted a video on

Twitter 

of himself audaciously chipping a ball through a basketball net and posted the message “And…went inside! Yeah!”

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge posted a photo of himself with surgeon Dr Bryan Kelly, describing him as “a genius” on


his Instagram account 

following the recent operation on Sturridge’s troublesome injured hip.

Experienced Everton centre-back Sylvain Distin has posted his first message on

Twitter 

in 266 days in direct response to a story by the

Liverpool Echo 

about his absence from the Toffees first-team. The 37-year-old Frenchman cryptically tweeted “Truth always comes out. Now isn’t the time to talk… See you at the end of the season.”

And finally

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal fined some of the club’s players because they were a minute late for lunch.


(Daily Mirror) 

Outgoing Labour leader Ed Miliband’s slip-up in the general election was compared to the slip made by Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard against Chelsea last season in a number of internet memes.

(Metro) 

Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has played down a potential feud with midfielder Yaya Toure by joking he will present the unsettled player with a birthday cake this week.


(Daily Mail) 

Tottenham defender Bongani Khumalo, 28, has appealed for the return of a Bible given to him by his late mother after his Colchester hotel room was ransacked by thieves.

(London Evening Standard)