Wednesday news (includes West ham)

[Alan]

BBC

Chelsea are interested in a summer move for Aston Villa forward Morgan Rogers, 22, as they want the England international to bolster their attack. (Independent, external)

Real Madrid have made Arsenal's French defender William Saliba, 24, their top defensive target this summer. (Marca - in Spanish, external)

Liverpool want Bournemouth defensive duo Dean Huijsen, 20, and Milos Kerkez, 21, plus Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike, 22, to bolster their squad and help defend their Premier League title. (Daily Mail, external)

Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali is planning to stay at Newcastle United for the long term, despite the 24-year-old being linked with a return to his homeland. (Telegraph - subscription required), external

Manchester City do not intend to let 29-year-old England midfielder Jack Grealish leave the club on loan in the summer. (Talksport), external

City and Liverpool are interested in signing Italy right-back Andrea Cambiaso, 25, who appears set to leave Juventus this summer. (Calciomercato, external)

Marcus Rashford could return early to Manchester United from his loan spell at Aston Villa after the 27-year-old England forward suffered a potentially season-ending hamstring injury. (Sun, external)

Rashford is willing to take a pay cut in order to leave United and force through a dream move to Barcelona. (Mirror, external)

But there is a potential complication as Barca are unwilling to match the £40m fee agreed with Villa for Rashford. (Independent, external)

Manchester United and Tottenham are both interested in signing French attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki, 21, from Lyon. (Caught Offside, external)

Villa are interested in paying the £21m release clause for Espanyol's Spanish goalkeeper Joan Garcia, 23. (Cadena SER - in Spanish, external)

Fulham are said to be interested in English right-back Ben Johnson, 25, with Ipswich suffering relegation from the Premier League. (Sky Sports, external)

Brazil are in advanced discussions with Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti about becoming their new boss, with talks ongoing about the Italian's support staff. (Fabrizio Romano, external)




Sky Paper Talk

DAILY MIRROR

Manchester United star Marcus Rashford is expected to leave the club at the end of the season but the England international's next destination is far from certain.

Mo Salah has challenged his Liverpool team-mates to fight for the Premier League title again next season, vowing that there will be 'no excuses' should they fall short.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Sandro Tonali is determined to stay at Newcastle United to repay manager Eddie Howe, supporters and the club for the backing he received during his gambling ban.

Martí Cifuentes will leave Queens Park Rangers and is a top target for Championship rivals West Bromwich Albion.

Rugby Northampton Saints director of rugby Phil Dowson has warned that more English clubs will sleepwalk their way into financial catastrophe unless the Premiership adopts a radical franchising proposal.

Jack Draper is just two wins away from breaking into the top five in the world rankings after opponent Matteo Berrettini retired injured at the Madrid Open

THE TIMES

Nico Williams, one of the stars of Spain's Euro 2024 triumph, has been passed fit for Athletic Bilbao's Europa League semi-final against Manchester United.

Arsenal and other Premier League clubs may be forced to disclose detailed information about loans worth hundreds of millions of pounds they have received from their owners, in a move that represents a further escalation of Manchester City's legal battle with the Premier League.

Questions have emerged over how the Chinese businessman Dai Yongge was allowed to buy Reading in 2017 after he was blocked from acquiring Hull City, then in the top flight.

THE SUN

Antonio Rudiger has been hit with a six-match ban for launching an object at the referee - but Jude Bellingham has had his red card rescinded.

Eric Dier is leaving Bayern Munich after securing a glamorous move to AS Monaco.

DAILY MAIL

Man United's senior staff have been hit by a brutal new wave of cuts amid fears the club is losing its heart and soul.

DAILY EXPRESS

Jurgen Klopp has declared himself "super happy" after seeing his former side Liverpool clinch the Premier League title on Sunday.

Manchester United have reportedly informed 200 members of staff that they are in danger of losing their jobs in the latest rounds of cuts.

EVENING STANDARD

Tottenham have been boosted ahead of their crunch Europa League semi-final tie against Bodo/Glimt this week after Lucas Bergvall signed a new long-term contract.

QPR have placed manager Marti Cifuentes on gardening leave amid strong links to the vacant West Brom job.

SCOTTISH SUN

Key members of the Rangers takeover consortium have been given a VIP guided tour of Ibrox. But San Francisco 49ers heavyweight Jed York was not one of them.

The SPFL has confirmed there will be no league reconstruction as far as the Scottish Premiership is concerned but other changes could be on the way. The door has been left open for changes to be made to the three divisions below.

DAILY RECORD

Andrew Cavenagh, Paraag Marathe and Gretar Steinsson were all in Glasgow for an Ibrox pow wow as the Rangers takeover deal nears completion.

Celtic fans attending Ibrox this weekend have been told they must gather at a designated meeting point two and a half hours before kick-off.





C&H

Mavropanos upgrade for modest fee

The club that needs to sell to buy this season is going to have to pull out all of the stops to bring players in: Obtaining value for money, unlike last summer, will be crucial. Instead of just blowing £140 million in a wild Steidten -fest of signings, West Ham will need to raise money in order to fund new acquisitions.

Likely as has been said, Mohamed Kudus will be sold to fund a rebuild and if the cynics are right Jean Clair Todibo may be on his way up the M6 to Old Trafford.

So – a high quality, error-free Mavropanos upgrade for under £25 million would be an excellent prospect.

West Ham have been linked via Italian media outlet milanlive.it with a move in June for centre-back Fikayo Tomori from AC Milan, who are apparently evaluating their English contingent of four and only plan on keeping former Manchester City defender Kyle Walker:

Tomori …will be used to make money: the first was close to Juventus in January but now he should return to the Premier League, [interested] on him there are Tottenham and West Ham and Milan will let him leave for about 30 million euros, or even a little less.

Mavropanos will probably sell off £10-£14 million – which suddenly makes Tomori attainable and a definite Claret and Blue upgrade in the summer. Whether he’ll actually get to play alongside Todibo is another article altogether.




Thepeoplesperson (ManUtd blog)

Manchester United ready to offer West Ham £50 million to land Jean-Clair Todibo

Manchester United have let in goals left, right and centre all throughout the season and with Lisandro Martinez not expected back for the start of next season, Ruben Amorim could do with defensive reinforcements.

The Argentine’s position could also be altered while both Jonny Evans and Victor Lindelof seem likely to be heading out the exit door.

Links with plenty of centre-backs have emerged in recent days with CaughtOffside relaying that the Red Devils could return for INEOS favourite Jean-Clair Todibo again.

It is well-known that United were extremely close to signing the Frenchman from OGC Nice last summer only for UEFA’s ruling to throw a spanner in the works.

West Ham trigger permanent option for Todibo

Eventually, the former Barcelona man ended up moving to West Ham on loan with the Hammers having the option of making the deal permanent for £39 million.

And Graham Potter’s side have triggered that option and Todibo is officially a permanent member of the West Ham squad.

However, that has not stopped the 20-time English league champions from pursuing the ex-Barcelona ace and they are prepared to offer West Ham a handy £10 million profit to sell him in the summer.

That means United will have to cough up roughly £50 million to sign the France international.

“West Ham United are set to complete a permanent move for the French defender Jean-Clair Todibo after triggering the obligation to buy clause.
United still after him

“The London club are paying £39 million to Nice to make the move permanent, and the deal would see a major windfall for Spanish club Barcelona.

“The Red Devils could be willing to offer them an instant £10 million profit to get the deal done. Todibo could certainly be attracted to the idea of joining one of the biggest clubs in the country.”

Such an extensive outlay on a defender seems unlikely given Amorim’s need to strengthen up top and in the middle of the park.

This might become a reality in case the club win the Europa League and end up selling quite a few of their stars but for now, take this report with a pinch of salt.

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