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Paris St-Germain had a £110m bid for Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo, 30, rejected on transfer deadline day.


(Daily Express via Globo Esporte) 

West Brom forward Saido Berahino, 22, is set to withdraw his strike threat and will return to training this week.

(Daily Mirror) 

Karim Benzema has reiterated he is happy at Real Madrid and says there was never any truth in speculation he was planning to leave the club this summer. Arsenal had been strongly linked with the 27-year-old French striker.


(Evening Standard) 

Manchester United are keen to bring Borussia Dortmund forward Marco Reus, 26, to Old Trafford. The deal could involve United winger Adnan Januzaj, 20, turning his loan with the Bundesliga club into a permanent move.

(Daily Star) 

Former Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp has fuelled speculation about his next job in management by admitting he may not join an “absolute top club”.


(Liverpool Echo, via Bild) 

Newcastle United turned down the chance to sign 26-year-old QPR striker Charlie Austin on transfer deadline day.

(Evening Chronicle) 

Kevin De Bruyne’s dad has admitted his son may well take special pleasure in scoring against Chelsea for his new club Manchester City. Attacking midfielder De Bruyne, 24, was sold to Wolfsburg by the Blues in January 2014.


(Daily Star) 

Manchester United midfielder Nick Powell, 21, is set to return to training for the first time since undergoing knee surgery in February.

(Manchester Evening News) 

Wales manager Chris Coleman says his team would love to take on England in a friendly before the European Championships in France next summer.


(Sun – subscription required) 

England manager Roy Hodgson says he will experiment with his team in their final three European Championship qualifiers after securing qualification with a 6-0 victory over San Marino.

(Mail) 

Hodgson has also admitted he is concerned that strikers Danny Welbeck, 24, and Daniel Sturridge, 26, may not be fit enough to play for England at Euro 2016.


(Mirror) 

Manchester United striker Anthony Martial, 19, has been impressing in training with the French national team and could start their friendly match against Serbia on Monday.

(Mail) 

Swansea want to release forward Michu from his contract at the club. The 29-year-old Spaniard has not played for the Swans since April 2014 and spent last year on loan with Napoli.


(Sun – subscription required) 

The president of FC Porto has written to Uefa with a proposal that each of the 32 clubs taking part in the Champions League group stage help raise money for refugee charities. The clubs would donate one euro for every ticket sold over the first two matchdays.

(Independent) 

Best of social media

Germany and Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil posted a photo of “three bravehearts” on their way to Scotland for Monday’s Euro 2016 qualifier in Glasgow. That’s Ilkay Gundogan and Emre Can in the photo next to him. “Scotland is a tough team but let’s top the group,”

he tweeted. 

Midfielder

Aaron Ramsey  

thanked fans for their support after Wales’ 0-0 home draw with Israel left them on the brink of qualifying for a major tournament for the first time since 1958. “Great support again today, proud to play in front of you #TogetherStronger,” he wrote on Twitter.

And finally…

Former Middlesbrough and Sunderland wing-back Julio Arca, 34, is set to make his debut for Northern League Division Two side South Shields on Saturday. The Argentine played for Willow Pond in the Sunderland Sunday Morning League last year.

(Evening Gazette)