BBC
Liverpool may be willing to sell 'superstar' players, including Egypt forward Mohamed Salah, 30, this summer. (Football Insider)
Contact has been made between Real Madrid and German Jurgen Klopp, 55, over the Liverpool manager replacing their Italian boss Carlo Ancelotti, 63, this summer. (El Nacional - in Catalan)
Liverpool would accept an offer of around £15m for 31-year-old German-born Cameroon defender Joel Matip. (Football Insider)
Some Chelsea personnel are "resigned" to England midfielder Mason Mount, 24, not wanting to sign a new contract. (Telegraph)
Englishman Steven Gerrard, 42, is "very interested" in replacing the sacked Jesse Marsch as Leeds manager. (Football Insider)
Gerrard would bring former Leeds United midfielder and ex-Liverpool team-mate Gary McAllister back to Elland Road as part of his coaching staff if he is appointed manager. (Mirror)
Manchester United are in talks with England forward Marcus Rashford, 25, about a contract extension. (GiveMeSport)
Newcastle are plotting a move to sign Lazio and Serbia midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, 27, whose contract expires in 2024. (Il Messagero, via Goal)
Manchester United are interested in signing Roma's Argentina forward Paulo Dybala, 29. (Calciomercato - in Italian)
Atletico Madrid and Portugal forward Joao Felix, 23, who is currently on loan at Chelsea, has emerged as a potential summer target for Real Madrid. (Fichajes - in Spanish)
Wolverhampton Wanderers' Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves will listen to offers from Premier League clubs Manchester United, Liverpool and Newcastle United after Barcelona ruled out a possible move for the 25-year-old. (Sport - in Spanish)
Athletic Bilbao and Spain defender Inigo Martinez, 31, would prefer to move to Barcelona than Atletico Madrid. (Sport - in Spanish)
Paris St-Germain are desperate to prise away Manchester City's Spanish manager Pep Guardiola, 52, from the Premier League champions. (El Nacional - in Catalan)
England and Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane, 29, will turn down a European move in favour of staying in the Premier League this summer. (Football Insider)
Barcelona's Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessie, 26, refused a move to Tottenham Hotspur in the January window. (Sport - in Spanish)
Brazil defender Marquinhos, 28, has agreed personal terms on a contract extension with Paris St-Germain until 2027. (Nicolo Schira)
Barcelona manager Xavi says the club are close to agreeing a contract renewal with 31-year-old Spain midfielder Sergi Roberto. (Fabrizio Romano)
Both AC Milan and Inter Milan are considering Lazio's Italian boss Maurizio Sarri, 64, to become their future head coach. (Il Messaggero, via Football Italia)
Leeds United's English full-back Luke Ayling, 31, could be set for a new deal at Elland Road. (Football Insider)
Switzerland and Fulham defender Kevin Mbabu, 27, is in advanced talks over a loan deal with Servette as he looks set to leave the Premier League club. (Fabrizio Romano)
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SUNDAY MIRROR
Leeds United could make a move to install Steven Gerrard as their new boss after a number of rejections.
Manchester City will prove it's business as usual by completing a stunning deal to add Brazilian club EC Bahia to the City Football Group portfolio.
Ilkay Gundogan has defended Erling Haaland and insisted that he is a good fit for Manchester City after Jamie Carragher suggested that the Norwegian forward may have "picked the wrong club" last week.
Reece James has condemned an incident before Chelsea's clash with West Ham at the London Stadium which appeared to show one of their fans being knocked out and later shown being pushed away in a wheelchair with a bloodied face.
THE SUNDAY TIMES
Jurgen Klopp will be given the funds he needs to boost Liverpool's squad in the summer and the club is also closing on the appointment of a new head of research to add to their recruitment efforts.
MAIL ON SUNDAY
UEFA are set to give the green light to a group of Qatari investors interested in buying Manchester United from the Glazers despite concerns over a possible conflict of interest with Qatar Sports Investments already owning Paris Saint-Germain.
Manchester United's owners are split over the valuation of the Premier League club with some Glazer family members willing to consider offers of under £5bn despite increased interest from the Middle East and two potential private groups from Saudi Arabia possibly joining the race.
Arsenal have been left furious after it emerged VAR official Lee Mason forgot to draw the appropriate lines when reviewing Ivan Toney's goal for Brentford at the Emirates and should have spotted team-mate Christian Norgaard in an offside position.
Leeds United are still hoping to persuade Rayo Vallecano head coach Andoni Iraola to leave Spain and come to the Premier League.
Tottenham have suffered another injury setback with Ryan Sessegnon set to miss six weeks with a hamstring issue he suffered in training.
Furious Valencia fans staged a mass protest against owner Peter Lim before their La Liga clash with Athletic Bilbao, with the resulting defeat leaving them second from bottom in the table.
Canelo Alvarez is set to fight in his hometown Jalisco for the first time in 12 years in early May, when his opponent could be English super middleweight John Ryder, the WBO interim champion.
DAILY STAR SUNDAY
Manchester City might have taken the lead in the race to sign West Ham midfielder Declan Rice this summer, but it might not be a reunion for him with England team-mate and good friend Kalvin Phillips, who the Hammers want in part-exchange to replace him.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Some officials at Chelsea are resigned to Mason Mount not signing a new deal with the club.
THE OBSERVER
History will be made on Sunday in the Arizona desert when Jason and Travis Kelce become the first ever brothers to compete against one another on the NFL's biggest stage.
Stuart Broad has admitted being dropped for England's tour of the West Indies last year has probably extended his Test career as he feels he would have joined other seamers in struggling in the prevailing conditions in the Caribbean.
THE INDEPENDENT
Pep Guardiola has accused rival clubs of jealousy in pushing for Manchester City to be punished for breaching financial regulations.
Finn Russell ran the show as Scotland blitzed Wales 35-7 at Murrayfield to kick off a Six Nations campaign with back to back victories for the first time.
SUNDAY EXPRESS
Former Arsenal star Paul Merson believes that Liverpool selling Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich has been their most costly error this season.
THE SUN ON SUNDAY
A Southampton fan was kicked out of St Mary's by security after waving a giant P45 cut-out at Nathan Jones during the dismal defeat to Wolves.
Lewis O'Brien is hoping to quit Nottingham Forest and join a club in America's MLS.
Rangers are watching keeper Angus Gunn's problems at Norwich as they look for a new long-term No 1.
Potential new owners of Manchester United have been ordered to submit one-paragraph offers summarising their bids before the end of next week.
Manchester City's recent Premier League charges for alleged Financial Fair play breaches will take a long time to answer but if they are guilty the outcry for blood will be deafening, writes Karren Brady.
Fuming Premier League clubs fear the case against Manchester City will take an astonishing four years to conclude and are furious about Pep Guardiola's Friday press conference attack on them.
Arsenal have joined Premier League rivals Newcastle in the race to sign Borussia Monchengladbach attacker Marcus Thuram in the summer.
Liverpool are lining up fresh competition for goalkeeper Alisson, with Anderlecht No 1 Bart Verbruggen top of their shopping list to replace Caoimhin Kelleher if, as expected, he leaves in the summer.
Sean Dyche has demanded that his new Everton bosses make it a priority to secure the future of England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, whose current contract expires in the summer of 2024.
Sunderland goalkeeper Anthony Patterson is set to be rewarded for his excellent club form with a first England U21 call for this summer's Euros.
Manchester United are set to take note of Cristiano Ronaldo's scathing comments about their Carrington training ground with an overhaul which will include a yoga suite.
Neymar has enraged his neighbours in Paris with a series of wild house parties which have even seen one of the city's mayors get involved to calm the situation.
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has set up a private security business after a spate of home raids on footballers' houses.
SUNDAY RECORD
Michael Beale has drawn up a list of keeper targets for Rangers but it might not signal the end for Allan McGregor at Ibrox.
Guardian
West Ham’s Emerson Palmieri pegs back Chelsea after João Félix’s early strike
Jacob Steinberg at the London Stadium
Chelsea cannot buy a win at the moment. The big spenders were on the right path when João Félix displayed his glimmering talent, jabbing his new team into an early lead, but they soon lost their way. The dominance faded. Momentum slowed. It was too easy for West Ham to recover from a slow start and, when Graham Potter picks through a display that began well before descending into sloppiness, there will be concern at how his new-look Chelsea failed to summon any conviction during their pursuit of a winning goal.
Therein lies the problem for Potter as he strives to bed in all the unfamiliar faces in his bloated squad. Chelsea’s manager could dwell on an enjoyably impish display from Félix but overall his side were flat and confused. There was no drive during the second half. In fact Chelsea created nothing after Emerson Palmieri’s equaliser for West Ham, whose mini-revival has boosted their survival hopes. While this Chelsea project is in its infancy a run of two wins from 13 league games is far from satisfactory, particularly with this expensively assembled team so far off a place in the top four.
The disappointment was that Chelsea had unleashed the full force of their January spend, five of the newcomers in the team, the sense of change emphasised by them picking seven players under the age of 24 for the first time in a Premier League game. Here, with Todd Boehly watching on, was a glimpse of the future. Chelsea were lighter, quicker and the attacking patterns were sharper, the combinations between Kai Havertz, Félix and Mykhaylo Mudryk almost overwhelming West Ham at first.
Félix featuring for the first time since being sent off on his debut made a difference. Playing off Havertz, the Atlético Madrid loanee was at the heart of every Chelsea move. There was a bright idea behind every touch from Félix, who was denied by the tightest of offside calls when he put the ball in the net after nine minutes.
The pattern was set. Enzo Fernández was running midfield and West Ham’s worries deepened when a shoulder injury forced Lucas Paquetá to make way for Tomas Soucek. Alone in his technical area, David Moyes seethed at his team’s timidity. West Ham were too slow in possession and their only complaint when they fell behind was Craig Pawson’s decision not to penalise Mudryk’s tackle on Jarrod Bowen, who was still lying on the turf when Félix peeled off Nayef Aguerd and cushioned Fernández’s teasing cross past Lukasz Fabianski.
A first assist for Fernández and a first goal for Félix in Chelsea colours were reward for all those millions. No wonder Potter looked so delighted. He had taken the big call to drop Mason Mount and again left Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at home. The result was more fluency in attack; only another marginal offside stopped Havertz making it 2-0.
Just as against Newcastle last weekend, though, West Ham summoned some defiance. Bowen kept running behind Marc Cucurella, who was vulnerable at left-back. Michail Antonio, battling hard against Benoît Badiashile and Thiago Silva, forced Kepa Arrizabalaga to save at his near post.
West Ham levelled two minutes later. Pushing higher, they recycled the ball on the right and Vladimir Coufal found room for a cross. Bowen flicked the right wing-back’s delivery on and Reece James could not react before Emerson, who left Chelsea last summer, bundled in the equaliser.
Chelsea responded, Noni Madueke and Félix testing Fabianski from long range, and West Ham needed Declan Rice to get through a lot of dirty work. But the question at the start of the second half was whether Chelsea, still without eight players through injury, could raise their level. Could Ruben Loftus-Cheek, starting in midfield for the first time since 6 November, push on? West Ham had found a better shape and were sticking tighter to Félix and Fernández, but they lacked quality on the ball, with Saïd Benrahma offering nothing.
With the game growing scrappy, both managers made changes. Chelsea’s fans cheered when Cucurella went off for Ben Chilwell. Mount and Hakim Ziyech replaced Mudryk and Madueke. West Ham stiffened their midfield, Flynn Downes replacing Benrahma.
Tomas Soucek thought he had won the game late on but his goal was ruled out by VAR for offside after a lengthy check
The substitutions had little effect. Soucek, fortunate not to concede a late penalty when he handled a shot from Conor Gallagher, had a winner disallowed for offside. That was the only moment of joy for Chelsea’s fans during the second half. They have not seen an away win since October. At this rate they will not be watching Champions League football next season.
PLAYER RATINGS (Mail)
Lukasz Fabianski: Some superb saves to keep West Ham in the game, denying James, Madueke and Felix twice in the first half, and then keeping out Mount after the break. 9
Vladimir Coufal: His cross from the right set up Emerson's equaliser in the 28th minute. Tough time against Mudryk, and booked for fouling the Ukrainian. 6
Thilo Kehrer: Went close from a corner, when the ball flew wide off his shoulder, and defended well. Broke forward when he could, too. 6
Nayef Aguerd: Composed against Chelsea's all-star forward line, and showed some nice touches going forward to launch counter-attacks. Replaced late on by Johnson. 8
Angelo Ogbonna: One or two nervy moments but defended well in the centre of West Ham's back three. Grew increasingly confident and solid as Chelsea's threat receded. 7
Emerson Palmieri: Scored against his former club, clipping the ball in at the far post from Bowen's flick on. Tricky time up against Madueke for an hour but held his own. 7
Lucas Paqueta: Bright start but the Brazilian injured his shoulder when fouled by Madueke and had to be replaced by Soucek after 14 minutes. 6
Declan Rice: Usual solid display against the club who would like to re-sign him. Eventually took control of midfield. One long shot wide, and was offside when his header set up Soucek's late goal that was overturned by VAR. 8
Jarrod Bowen: Important assist for Emerson's goal with a clever flicked header, and full of running on the right. Had penalty appeal turned down. 7
Michail Antonio: Caused problems for Chelsea's back line with his strength, pace and powerful pressing. Almost scored with a close-range flick that struck Kepa. Replaced by Ings. 7
Said Benhrama: Had one clear run at goal before half-time but denied by a superb tackle from Thiago Silva. Second half free-kick from long range deflected by the defensive wall. Replaced by Downes. 6
West Ham subs:
Tomas Soucek for Paqueta 14: Replaced Paqueta early, one great block to deny Felix. Headed over in the 67th minute, thought he scored a late winner but ruled out by VAR. 7
Danny Ings for Antonio 66: Did not have a scoring chance, but gave Chelsea's defence an added problem when he went on. 6
Ben Johnson for Aguerd 80: Defended solidly when he had to and got forward in a frantic finale. 6
Manager David Moyes: Got his tactics spot on and was unlucky not to get more than a point. 7
Football Insider
West Ham coaches really excited about wonderkid Oliver Scarles
West Ham are really excited about the potential of wonderkid Oliver Scarles, sources have told Football Insider.
The 17-year-old has made big strides this season in the club’s youth set-up after making a seamless progression from Under-18s to Under-21s football.
Scarles is seen by West Ham coaches as a future first-team star capable of thriving in multiple positions.
He is predominantly a left-back or left wing-back, but can also slot in at centre-back or in a defensive midfield role.
Scarles signed a professional contract with the Irons at the first opportunity when he turned 17 last December, following on from forward Callum Marshall, who did the same the previous month.
Scarles made his first-team debut for the Irons back in November for their Europa Conference League game against FC Bucharest and became the club’s sixth youngest appearance maker.
As quoted by football.london, (5 October), speaking on his call up, Hammers boss Moyes said Scarles is doing “really well” and deserves to be rewarded with first team football.
The versatile youngster started playing for West Ham age-group sides when he was 12 and has progressed through the ranks at the London Stadium.
Scarles made his debut at a national level for England Under-17s in September 2021 and made four appearances for them last year.
This season, he has made ten league appearances for the Hammers under-18s and has scored two goals and provided five assists.
