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Manchester United have agreed to pay Paul Pogba £11m a year and are ready to make a £100m offer to Juventus for the France midfielder, 23. (AS)

United manager Jose Mourinho will sell up to eight players to finance the deal for Pogba, with Marcos Rojo, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger among those at risk at Old Trafford. (Sun on Sunday)

Meanwhile, Mourinho is still interested in another France international – Paris St-Germain’s 29-year-old midfielder Blaise Matuidi.(ESPN)

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Mourinho will also offload former Chelsea midfielder Juan Mata for £20m to free up funds to finance his midfield moves. (Sunday Express)

Chelsea’s bid for Real Madrid’s Spain striker Alavaro Morata, 23, has been rejected as the La Liga giants hold out for £64m.(Mail on Sunday)

Everton hope to beat Chelsea to the signing of Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly by offering £40m for the Senegal international, 25. (La Gazzetta dello Sport)

Bruno Peres will cost Manchester City £17m as manager Pep Guardiola chases the Torino full-back, 26, as well as Everton’s John Stones and Leonardo Bonucci of Juventus to strengthen his defence.(Mail on Sunday)

Meanwhile, Guardiola will not look to sell City’s Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure this summer.(Sunday Mirror)

Toure has been offered a £500,000-a-week deal to leave City and go and play in the Chinese Super League.(Star on Sunday)

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Sado Berahino will reject a new contract offer from West Bromwich Albion with Premier League rivals Stoke City and Watford interested in the 22-year-old striker. (Sunday Telegraph)

West Ham have turned down a £10m bid from Lazio for their Ecuador striker Enner Valencia, 26. (Sunday Express)

Bradford City are set to sign Blackpool goalkeeper Colin Doyle, 31, after triggering a release clause – reported to be just £1 – in his contract. (Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez hopes sign defenders Grant Hanley, 24, from Blackburn Rovers and Isaac Hayden, 21, from Arsenal. (Newcastle Chronicle).

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Birthday cakes, or the supposed lack of one, can be a touchy subject in football but Manchester United’s Ashley Young wasn’t forgotten as he celebrated his 31st birthday. Chef Mike Donnelly – a sounding board for former United manager Louis van Gaal – came up trumps to earn the thanks of the winger.

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Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish was delighted to see former club captain Stiliyan Petrov, 37, continue his attempted comeback after recovering from cancer, with his first appearance for the club in more than four years in a friendly on Saturday.

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And finally…

Former Everton, Middlesbrough, Blackburn and Reading striker Yakubu, 33, turned out for National League side Boreham Wood in a friendly on Saturday after ending a spell in Turkish football. (Borehamwood and Elstree Times)