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The Sunday Mirror, Manchester Evening News and numerous online outlets are reporting an agreement between Pep Guardiola and Manchester City for the Bayern Munich boss to become City manager in the summer.


(Manchester Evening News) 

Elsewhere, though, the club have played down the reports.

(Star on Sunday) 

Jose Mourinho says it will be impossible to emulate the one-club longevity of Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger.


(Sunday Telegraph) 

Liverpool have reportedly placed a £20m initial bid for Manchester United target Alexandre Lacazette. And that would spell the end for Mario Balotelli on Merseyside, with Sampdoria hopeful of signing the Italian international.

(Sunday Express) 

Chelsea are leading the race for £40m-rated Atletico Madrid star Koke.


(Sun on Sunday – subscription required) 

Wolfsburg have slapped a £45m price tag on former Chelsea forward and Manchester City target Kevin de Bruyne.

(Sunday Mirror) 

Antoine Griezmann, a £43m target for Chelsea, could have moved down the road to Fulham for £12m in January 2014. Then-Cottagers manager Rene Meulensteen enquired about a deal for the Real Sociedad striker, but bought Greek flop Kostas Mitroglou for £11m instead.


(Sunday Telegraph) 

Manchester United’s owners will reject the idea of selling the naming rights to Old Trafford. The Glazer family will forego a potential £20m-a-year windfall, acknowledging that changing the stadium’s name is off-limits for United fans.

(Sunday Telegraph) 

Cristiano Ronaldo has made a £5m donation to Save the Children to help victims of the Nepalese earthquake. French sports magazine So Foot has stated that the 30-year-old former Manchester United man handed over the money to help Nepal after the disaster which has killed more than 8,000 people.


(Independent on Sunday) 

In fact, Cristiano was feeling so charitable this week, he even missed a penalty against Valencia.

(Observer) 

Manchester United’s pursuit of PSG forward Edinson Cavani will be thwarted by a move to Juventus for the Uruguayan.


(Mail on Sunday) 

Veteran midfielder Andrea Pirlo is believed to be on the radar of Chelsea and Liverpool, according to reports in Tuttosport. The 35-year-old midfielder has one year left on his deal at Juventus.

(Independent on Sunday) 

Best of social media

Rueful reflections on

Twitter  

from the Burnley camp after their win at Hull wasn’t enough to save them from the drop.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was enthused (as were many others) by another


swift knockout performance 

by British heavyweight Anthony Joshua who beat Raphael Zumbano Love within two rounds on Saturday.

Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish Tweeted his delight at his first

man-of-the-match award 

since his elevation to the first team.

And finally

Sir Alex Ferguson famously likes a nice drop of red, but current Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal revealed an unexpected facet of his footballing philosophy when a gust of wind revealed a wine list among his notes on the bench at Crystal Palace.

(Metro)