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Manchester City have made official contact with Liverpool over a potential deal for 20-year-old winger Raheem Sterling.


(Sun) 

Liverpool will not sell Raheem Sterling to Manchester United. Liverpool insist Sterling is not for sale, to United or any other club.

(Sky Sports) 

Arsenal have made a £29.4m bid for Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain, 27, but the Serie A club are determined to hold out for a fee closer to £36.4m.


(Gazetta Dello Sport) 

Karim Benzema could be set for a transfer to Manchester United after the 27-year-old Real Madrid striker’s agent was seen holding talks with Ed Woodward, the Premier League club’s executive vice-chairman.

(Manchester Evening News) 

New Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez is set to use a 4-2-3-1 system at his new club with Cristiano Ronaldo operating in the number nine role previously occupied by Karim Benzema, who will instead be used as a rotation option.


(AS) 

Manchester United’s 31-year-old striker Robin van Persie has agreed to make a £10m move to Serie A side Lazio.

(Daily Star) 

Colombian striker Radamel Falcao, 29, who spent part of last season on loan at Manchester United from Monaco, has encouraged Chelsea to make a move for him this summer by admitting he wants to remain in the Premier League.


(Daily Mail) 

Chelsea will grudgingly allow goalkeeper Petr Cech to join another English club this summer in a move that is poised to spark competition between Arsenal and Manchester United for the 33-year-old.

(Daily Telegraph) 

Arsenal have made an £18.2m bid for Monaco’s 22-year-old midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia, who is also wanted by Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool.


(Daily Star) 

Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal has not agreed a deal to join Real Madrid, says the Italian club’s sporting director Giuseppe Marotta, who has also insisted the 28-year-old will not be moving to Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United this summer.

(Daily Express) 

Southampton head the list of suitors looking to sign 25-year-old England striker Charlie Austin from QPR this summer.


(Guardian) 

Aston Villa defender Ron Vlaar, 30, is considering his future with the club, who lost out in the race to sign midfielder Tom Cleverley to Everton on Friday.

(Daily Telegraph) 

Liverpool are set to complete the free transfer signing of Bolton goalkeeper Adam Bogdan, 27, when his contract at the Championship club expires at the end of this month.


(Daily Telegraph) 

Meanwhile Liverpool assistant manager Colin Pascoe will follow first-team coach Mike Marsh out of the club, despite having 12 months remaining on his contract. Sources suggest the decision was a mutual one between Brendan Rodgers, Mike Gordon and Tom Werner during the end-of-season review this week.

(Liverpool Echo) 

Norwich have been linked with Manchester City striker John Guidetti, 23, who scored 15 goals in 35 appearances on loan at Celtic last season and is out of contract at the end of this month.


(Eastern Daily Press) 

Moussa Sissoko has welcomed prospective new boss Steve McClaren to Newcastle – and insisted that playing regularly is the most important thing to him next season, ahead of Euro 2016.

(Newcastle Chronicle) 

Best of social media

Barcelona players Neymar and Dani Alves were looking very relaxed en route to Berlin for Saturday’s Champions League final against Juventus, in a photo posted on the


former’s Instagram account. 

Former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard has

posted footage of himself doing a training workout on Instagram 

as he prepares to make his switch to Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy.

Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor


dismisses rumours 

of a move to Turkey – and of a new agent: “I can confirm I have never heard of Mehdi Isik who has said he is my agent and have never discussed any move to Turkey. I am very happy with Tottenham and look forward to the next season with them.”

Arsenal’s German midfielder Mesut Ozil is maybe eyeing a post-playing career in journalism, posting a picture of himself with Germany manager Joachim Low

on Twitter along with the message: 

“Today I’m working as a trainee for BILD Sport and right away I start off interviewing the national team coach…”

And finally

Swansea midfielder and England Under-20s captain Matt Grimes has revealed he used to represent Great Britain in ultimate frisbee and was junior national champion for three years running as a teenager.


(Daily Mail)