Gossip column: Sterling, Walcott, Depay, Cleverley, Howedes, Cech – BBC News
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TRANSFER GOSSIP
Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling, 20, and Arsenal winger Theo Walcott, 26, are poised to swap clubs in the summer with the Gunners ready to pay an extra £20m to complete the deal.
(Daily Star)
Manchester United target and Netherlands striker Memphis Depay, 21, is expected to leave PSV Eindhoven in the summer, director Marcel Brands has told Dutch news agency ANP.
(Daily Mail)
Everton will make Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley, 25, currently on loan at Aston Villa, their top summer target.
(The Guardian)
Tottenham are considering a £13m bid for Schalke defender Benedikt Howedes, 27, who can play centre-half or right back.
(Daily Mirror)
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, 32, who has lost his first team place to Thibaut Courtois, 22, is wanted by Italian club Inter Milan because Samir Handanovic has so far been unable to agree a new contract.
(Metro)
Barcelona’s Brazil right-back Dani Alves, 32, a target for Manchester United and Paris St-Germain, has rejected the Catalan club’s final offer of a three-year contract.
(FutbolAS.com – in Spanish)
Chelsea midfielder Marko Marin, 26, looks poised for another loan deal, this time with Malaga. The Bosnia-born German has been playing on loan at Anderlecht and has made only 15 appearances for the Londoners.
(Daily Express)
OTHER GOSSIP
Manchester United have agreed to introduce the living wage to all their full-time staff by July, which is a year earlier than the timescale agreed by all 20 Premier League clubs last month.
(ESPN)
Players of Italian club Napoli have been threatened with unlimited training by president Aurelio De Laurentiis unless they improve their form, following a run of five Serie A defeats and elimination from the Coppa Italia.
(Daily Mirror)
Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano says the struggling champions will not abandon their attacking style despite losing seven of their 16 games in 2015 and dropping to fourth in the Premier League.
(Daily Telegraph)
Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney wants to put a smile on the faces of Red Devils fans by beating Manchester City at Old Trafford on Sunday, he told MUFC TV.
(Talksport)
Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood says Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy tried to persuade him to stay on at White Hart Lane after sacking him as head coach.
(Birmingham Mail)
BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Newcastle’s Netherlands midfielder Siem de Jong, 26, is back on the training pitch for the first time since undergoing surgery in February for a collapsed lung.
He tweeted:
“Had my first normal session with the group today! #NUFC #gettingthere”.
West Ham goalkeeper Adrian has been putting potential Hammers keepers of the future through their paces.
He tweeted
this picture of “The future heroes of Upton Park”.
Tottenham and England winger Andros Townsend was faced with a dilemma – whether to watch The Masters golf or the Premier League darts on television. He revealed his choice
on social media:
“Really wanted to get into The Masters this year but when the darts is on there’s no chance.”
AND FINALLY
New dad Pablo Zabaleta has hinted he will perform a baby celebration if he scores for Manchester City in Sunday’s derby against United.
(MCFC.co.uk)