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West Ham want Manchester City's 27-year-old England midfielder Kalvin Phillips and 32-year-old England defender Kyle Walker. (90min)
Arsenal think they are well placed to sign 24-year-old England midfielder Declan Rice from West Ham. (Daily Star on Sunday)
Paris St-Germain's Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 35, has been linked with a move to Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal, a deal which would see 33-year-old Nigeria striker Odion Ighalo, leave. (Sky Sports)
PSG want Messi to stay and have presented him with the best financial offer available from a Champions League club. (Sunday Times - subscription)
Newcastle's Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 25, is set to sign a new contract which would make him the highest-paid player in their history. (Football Insider)
Juventus want to sign English forward Mason Greenwood, 21, on loan from Manchester United. (Sun on Sunday)
Chelsea and England midfielder Mason Mount, 24, is a key target for Liverpool.(Mail on Sunday)
Brighton's 24-year-old midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, a World Cup winner with Argentina, is keen on joining Liverpool.(Football Insider)
Brazil winger Raphinha, 26, would consider leaving Barcelona this summer. Arsenal want the former Leeds player, with Chelsea and Newcastle also interested. (Sport - in Spanish)
Tottenham may have to pay Bayern Munich £10m in compensation to secure Julian Nagelsmann as manager. (Sunday Telegraph - subscription)
Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso is Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy's top choice to be their new manager. (Sunday Mirror)
Napoli are considering selling 26-year-old South Korea defender Kim Min-jae if Manchester United are prepared to offer 60m euros. (Corriere dello Sport via Football Italia)
Manchester City and Arsenal want AC Milan's 25-year-oldAlgeria midfielder Ismael Bennacer. (Football Transfers)
Austria midfielder Marcel Sabitzer, 29, has yet to discuss his future with Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel. Sabitzer is on loan at Manchester United. (Sky Germany via Manchester Evening News)
Italy midfielder Marco Verratti, 30, has doubts about his future at PSG and is thinking about leaving. (L'Equipe via Get French Football News)
Former Spain and Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta, 38, is set to leave Japanese side Vissel Kobe this summer. (Nikkan Sports - in Japanese)
Bournemouth and Colombia midfielder Jefferson Lerma, 28, is a target for West Ham,Crystal Palace and Leicester City. (TeamTalk)
Former Barnsley and West Brom boss Valerien Ismael is a contender to replace Chris Wilder at Watford. (Athletic - subscription)
Manchester City want to open new contract talks with 20-year-old midfielder James McAtee after he played a key role in Sheffield United's promotion while on loan. (Mail on Sunday)
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SUNDAY MIRROR
Liverpool are now facing competition from Manchester City for one of their chief summer transfer targets, Bayern Munich midfielder Ryan Gravenberch.
Manchester United's ongoing takeover saga is causing chaos inside the football department at Old Trafford, with Erik ten Hag's transfer budget having been frozen to leave his summer business up in the air.
Liverpool have made an enquiry over the availability of Sporting Lisbon defender Goncalo Inacio, who had been earmarked as a possible replacement for Harry Maguire at Manchester United.
Tottenham are ready to go "all-in" on Xabi Alonso as they look to appoint a new permanent head coach, but fear having to wait to interview him because of Bayer Leverkusen's bid for silverware will put them on the back foot.
Reports in Spain have suggested Arsenal might finally have the chance to sign former Leeds forward Raphinha this summer with Barcelona unable to guarantee him enough playing time.
THE SUN ON SUNDAY
Erling Haaland is set to land a jackpot of worth around £5m in bonuses this summer if he helps Manchester City complete the treble thanks to clauses in the deal that brought him to the club.
Juventus are ready to offer Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood a way back into senior football and hope having Paul Pogba in their squad will tempt him to Italy.
Brentford will make a move for young Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher as they consider their options to replace in-demand No 1 David Raya.
Sheffield United are keen to bring James McAtee back to the club for their return to the Premier League if they are unable to sign his Manchester City team-mate Tommy Doyle - the club would only be able to loan one of them because of PL transfer regulations.
Wigan players are in talks about going on strike and refusing to play in their final Championship game of the season against Rotherham on Monday.
Swansea City boss Russell Martin will be top of Leicester City's wanted list this summer if Dean Smith is unable to stop them being relegated to the Championship.
Amad Diallo is open to another loan spell away from Manchester United next season but the club would prefer to send him overseas, with the Netherlands being a possibility for the winger.
Ipswich Town are determined to hold off a host of rivals to sign Crystal Palace forward Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, who has impressed on loan with Charlton Athletic this season.
MAIL ON SUNDAY
Rafa Benitez believes Manchester City to have weaknesses which Europe's elite clubs will expose as they prepare to face Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals.
Barcelona could look to cheaper options like Atletico Madrid's Yannick Carrasco as a summer signing to bolster their squad if Lionel Messi's return takes up a large chunk of their budget.
Steve McManaman says England star Jude Bellingham will be treated like a king in Madrid as talks reportedly heat up over a move to Real from Borussia Dortmund this summer.
A total of 35 football players, including some current stars, required residential rehabilitation in England last season to deal with addictive disorders, most commonly to do with gambling.
Income from the Wimbledon Championships soared to a record high of £346.6m last summer, up almost 20 per cent on the previous record.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Liverpool are set to appoint experienced German executive Jorg Schmadtke as their new sporting director. His most recent role was a similar one at Bundesliga club Wolfsburg.
Tottenham face having to pay Bayern Munich in excess of £10m in compensation if they want to appoint Julian Nagelsmann as their new head coach.
England head coach Steve Borthwick is set to finalise his coaching team ahead of the Rugby World Cup by bringing in Leicester scrum coach Tom Harrison and Sevens coach Tony Roques to focus on the breakdown.
SUNDAY TIMES
Andy Murray is closing on his first tournament victory since 2019 after advancing to the final of the Challenger Tour event in Aix-en-Provence, but he will have to beat top-seed Tommy Paul to do so.
DAILY STAR SUNDAY
Arsenal believe they hold the edge over a host of Premier League rivals in their hopes of signing West Ham captain Declan Rice this summer.
Newcastle United's owners are set to kick off their multi-club model this summer by purchasing Belgian club KV Kortrijk, who are currently owned by Cardiff City chief Vincent Tan.
SUNDAY EXPRESS
Bayern Munich are waiting for interest in Sadio Mane to materialise this summer, although it appears the player is not interested in a move to Newcastle.
SUNDAY MAIL
Rangers striker Ianis Hagi has quashed speculation he is on his way out of Ibrox after being linked with Spanish side Celta Vigo or a move to Turkey with Galatasaray.
THE SCOTTISH SUN
Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou is ready to make more use of the Asian market this summer as he looks to add more depth to his squad.
Bristol City have joined the race to sign Hibs striker Kevin Nisbet and watched him during their 2-1 win over St Mirren on Saturday.
Sports Witness
West Ham show ‘signs of interest’ in player – Work needed to make transfer happen
By Sean Lunt
West Ham United will need to work hard to sign Salernitana forward Boulaye Dia this summer, with him more than happy where he is for the time being.
That’s according to Corriere dello Sport, who cover the player today as he continues to impress on loan at the Serie A club.
Dia joined Salernitana on loan from Villarreal in the summer and has proven to be one of the coups of that window, bagging 15 goals and six assists in 30 league games so far.
His latest three goals came via a hattrick in the 3-3 draw with Fiorentina, with that treble taking him to five goals in his last three games and further bolstering his already growing reputation.
West Ham are one of the sides thought to be interested in him, with it recently reported that it would take €20m to sign him and the player wants a move to the Premier League.
Corriere say otherwise, though, insisting that it will now take between €30m and €35m to secure Dia’s signature and even then, it won’t just be a case of putting that money up.
Alongside battling off competition from the likes of Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan, the latter of whom have already made ‘official steps’, they also have to convince the striker.
A move this summer is not an ‘obsession’ for the player by any means as he has ‘fallen in love’ with Salerno and has a relationship of esteem and affection with the club, director Morgan de Sanctis and manager Paulo Sousa.
Thus, there is nobody pushing for a transfer at the moment, although Salernitana do have a balance sheet to consider and that will factor into it.
They know that there is a sale there to be made, particularly as West Ham are one of the sides to have shown ‘signs of interest’. It remains to be seen if they can offer the money required or convince Dia to move.
90 Min
West Ham eye summer transfer raid for Manchester City duo
By Toby Cudworth, Graeme Bailey
West Ham United remain interested in signing Kalvin Phillips from Manchester City, 90min understands, and are also eyeing team-mate Kyle Walker.
The 27-year-old joined City from Leeds last summer, penning a six-year contract, but has made just eight substitute appearances under Pep Guardiola - the equivalent of 3% of the minutes available to him this season.
A shoulder injury did rule Phillips out of action for just shy of two months prior to the World Cup, but Rodri's place at the base of midfield hasn't really come under threat at any point.
90min revealed at the end of March that Phillips is contemplating his future at City, who are chasing a third successive Premier League title under Guardiola. West Ham are known admirers of Phillips and made a cheeky bid to sign him towards the end of the 2022 January transfer window - when he was still a Leeds player.
That bid was turned down, as was an offer for team-mate Raphinha, but Phillips has remained on West Ham's radar despite going on to join City.
Guardiola was asked about Phillips' future prior to City's Premier League clash with Leeds, where he put the emphasis on the player to prove that he wants to stay at the Etihad.
"It depends on the players," Guardiola said. "At the end we're here, I try to be honest with the questions and my feelings.
"My feelings sometimes change. But at the end it belongs to the players, they have to convince themselves and the team and not because I say something. Teams change a lot and players for previous seasons who were incredibly important but this season less important. It's how they perform, many things can happen."
90min understands that West Ham are making their interest in Phillips known, as they prepare for bids to come in this summer for captain Declan Rice.
Arsenal and Chelsea are both interested in signing the 24-year-old, who the Hammers value at around £100m, while City themselves have renewed their interest in the event of Phillips, Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva departing.
West Ham have also made noises about City full-back Kyle Walker, who is no longer a regular starter under Guardiola. The Spaniard recently said that the former Tottenham star 'cannot play' in his revamped tactical system - which demands full-backs to invert and play in central areas - and has fallen behind John Stones and Manuel Akanji in the pecking order.
City have also been hugely impressed by the emergence of Rico Lewis, who they are preparing to tie down to a new contract, and that could open the door for Walker to move on this summer.
One stumbling block could prove to be Walker's excessive pay packet, but sources have told 90min that West Ham are monitoring his situation. Aston Villa and Sheffield United, both former clubs of Walker, have also been linked.
Team Talk
West Ham battle Palace, Leicester as quality Bournemouth star nears free-transfer exit
Bournemouth are facing a battle to hang on to the services of Jefferson Lerma this summer, TEAMtalk understands.
The 28-year-old Colombian midfielder is out-of-contract on June 30 and eligible for a free-transfer move away. The Cherries are keen for the 33-time international to stay and are keen to extend his stay at the Vitality.
Indeed, he has been a virtual ever present for Bournemouth since arriving from Levante in summer 2018. Moving for a club-record €30m, he has made 180 appearances for the club. Three of those seasons have been in the Premier League, with a further two in the Championship.
However, with his deal due to expire this summer, we can reveal that Lerma is exploring his options.
Indeed, sources have told us that Ligue 1 duo Nice and Lille are keen on his signature. There is also interest from Spain with Real Betis and Villarreal both exploring possible deals to bring him back to Spain.
But there are options in England too. And we can reveal that West Ham – in the market for a Declan Rice successor – are among those keen.
They are far from the only Premier League side, keen, however. And Crystal Palace and Fulham are also looking to lure Lerma to London this summer.
In addition, both Leicester and Nottingham Forest all also keen. Their prospects, however, lie entirely on Premier League survival.
And while he could yet be convinced to stay by Gary O’Neil, it seems Lerma’s time at the Vitality Stadium will be coming to an end this summer.
Should he depart, he will become the second Cherries star to leave on a free. Indeed, they have already lost Jordan Zemura, who has agreed a move to Udinese.
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