Monday news (includes West Ham)

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"BBC Manchester United want at least 75% of the ¬£75m they paid Borussia Dortmund for England winger Jadon Sancho, 24, who would need to take a cut in his ¬£275,000-a-week wages if the Bundesliga club complete a deal to re-sign him. (Sun) RB Leipzig have offered 20-year-old Slovenia forward Benjamin Sesko - who has been linked with a move to Arsenal - a one-year contract extension. (Fabrizio Romano) Sheffield United would have had to pay a six-figure sum to Brazil midfielder Vinicius Souza's former club Lommel had the 24-year-old started Sunday's game against Tottenham. (Sun) Reports in Alexis Mac Allister's native Argentina suggest the 25-year-old midfielder has a ¬£60m release clause in his Liverpool contract. (Mirror) Bayern Munich and Ajax continue to court Erik ten Hag, 54, in the belief he will be sacked as Manchester United manager at the end of the season. (Mirror) Spain goalkeeper David Raya, 28, says he has had no discussions with Arsenal about whether they will make his loan move from Brentford permanent. (Express) Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou will prioritise signing a new striker and defensive midfielder as he plans a ruthless summer clearout. (Mirror) Ipswich say they are doing everything possible to keep manager Kieran McKenna amid growing interest from Brighton, Chelsea and Manchester United. (Teamtalk) Chelsea are no closer to agreeing a new deal with England midfielder and 24-year-old academy graduate Conor Gallagher, who is linked with Aston Villa and Tottenham, and could be sold by the Blues to appease the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules (PSR). (Express) Arsenal co-chairman Josh Kroenke has told fans the ""club will not stand still"" as they search for signings to help secure domestic and European silverware. (Goal) Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino says he would be happy to retain 80-85% of his squad next season. (football.london) West Ham are close to signing 18-year-old English defender Luis Brown from Arsenal. (Caught Offside) France forward Kylian Mbappe, 25, could be left out of Paris St-Germain's squad for the French Cup final against Lyon. (RMC Sport - in French) Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, 24, will not be fit in time for the Champions League final with the France international still struggling with a foot injury. (Marca - in Spanish) Barcelona boss Xavi is still in the dark over his future before an end-of-season meeting with club president Joan Laporta. (Sport - in Spanish) Sky Paper Talk DAILY MIRROR Alexis Mac Allister has enjoyed an impressive first season in Liverpool's midfield but that has not stopped reports, emanating from his native Argentina, of Real Madrid lining up a move for the World Cup winner next year. Jadon Sancho will have to take a huge pay cut if he wants to return to Borussia Dortmund permanently this summer with Manchester United laying out their demands. Jose Mourinho has been offered an opportunity to return to management by Turkish outfit Besiktas. Carlos Tevez has quit his job as manager of Argentine heavyweights Independiente - six months after signing a new contract. DAILY MAIL Roberto De Zerbi's shock departure from Brighton is understood to boil down to one core issue with chairman Tony Bloom, with their differing approaches to how the club should operate in the transfer market becoming an irreconcilable matter. THE SUN Manchester United stars are reportedly set for a huge pay cut after the club missed out on Champions League qualification. Sir Alex Ferguson took Jurgen Klopp out for an ""outstanding"" dinner ahead of the German's Liverpool farewell. THE TELEGRAPH Mauricio Pochettino secured European football at Chelsea but faces decision day over his future. DAILY EXPRESS Tyson Fury earned a significant sum from his historic undisputed heavyweight title bout loss against Oleksandr Usyk, taking home ¬£45m more than the fight winner. THE SCOTTISH SUN Celtic are considering a swoop for Burnley shotstopper Ari Muric. Rangers have been given hope in their pursuit of Brazilian full back Jefte after APOEL's vice-president revealed the player has stalled in agreeing to move to the club on a permanent deal. Guardian Manchester City beat West Ham to win fourth Premier League title in a row David Hytner at the Etihad Stadium Pep Guardiola had predicted that he and Manchester City would suffer; it would be emotional, the nerves stretched taut because this is how it is supposed to go on the final day of the Premier League season when so much is at stake. It had been that way in 2022 when City needed to beat Aston Villa here in the last game. They were 2-0 down with 15 minutes to play, flirting aggressively with disaster before the Ilkay G?ºndogan-inspired comeback for 3-2. City have previous for doing things the hard way. But did anybody truly believe that the occasion would get the better of them? It had certainly been hard to find anyone connected to Arsenal who thought it would. The London club had kicked off two points back against Everton; they were praying for a miracle. It was never going to happen and the truth was that despite the best efforts of the West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus, who scored a ridiculously good overhead kick for 2-1, it never felt remotely likely. City did not even go through the wringer. The key takeaway was the absence of drama. The more reliable narrative about the team that Guardiola has built is that when the title is in sight, they zero in on it remorselessly . City now have four in a row ‚Äì English football league history ‚Äì and of the club‚Äôs 10 in total, Guardiola has six. He has collected them during eight years in charge. Phil Foden was the star turn yet again, scoring the first two goals to take him to 19 in the league and 27 in all competitions and, when Rodri made it 3-1 just before the hour, it was the prompt for City to coast. It looked to have been their default setting for the entire afternoon. There was a moment on 88 minutes that summed things up. Tomas Soucek appeared to have scored with a header after a corner for 3-2 and yet it felt like a trick of the imagination. Nobody seemed to believe it had happened. And guess what, it had not, the replays showing that Soucek had handled, prompting a VAR overrule. The scripts had been written. They probably could have been before kick-off. The only note of jeopardy came in the final seconds of stoppage-time because there had not really been much after Kudus‚Äôs goal-of-the-season contender. It felt like a lightning bolt; West Ham would surely not be striking twice. A gaggle of City fans had lined up behind one of the goals ready for the pitch invasion and a clutch of Guardiola‚Äôs players, led by Bernardo Silva, rushed over to implore them to stay back until the final whistle. For a few seconds, there was the worry that exuberance could get the better of a small minority. It soon passed. City knew that it did not matter if Arsenal won, if their rivals recorded an 89-point season with a 16th victory in 18 matches. It was purely about them and with their eyes on the prize ‚Äì a 17th trophy under Guardiola ‚Äì they were not going to disappoint. The double Double is on; City face Manchester United in Saturday‚Äôs FA Cup final. Here, it was all about savouring the most important domestic trophy, the truest test of a team over the course of a season. The camera phones were out across the Etihad, blue flares and confetti exploding as Kyle Walker hoisted aloft the trophy. Guardiola had referenced the Villa game from two years ago immediately after City‚Äôs win at Tottenham last Tuesday, as did Walker. How to avoid that from happening again? ‚ÄúDon‚Äôt go 2-0 down and get yourself in that situation where you need Gundo to come up with prime Zidane moments,‚Äù Walker said. Maybe score after 76 seconds, too. That usually helps. Foden‚Äôs opener was a stunning statement of City‚Äôs intent and his talent, a feint on the edge of the area followed by a vicious blast into the far top corner. We have seen that goal a few times this season. Foden‚Äôs second came after a marvellous piece of footwork by Josko Gvardiol, who picked his way through traffic and fed Erling Haaland. He released J?©r?©my Doku, whose cutback was made to measure for Foden. That felt like that. And yet there would be only one-goal in it at the interval; it was one of the riddles of the season. City had poured forward, bristling with intensity, not giving West Ham so much as a breath. Doku subjected anybody in his vicinity to a torrid time. Kevin De Bruyne was everywhere. City had big chances, too many to mention. Doku forced Alphonse Areola into a fine save; Rodri fizzed wide after good work by De Bruyne; Haaland could not convert after R??ben Dias had volleyed back across. They were the clearest ones. When Kudus forced Ortega into a save on 38 minutes, it almost demanded a double take. Yes, West Ham really had crossed halfway and created something. Then Kudus sculpted his masterpiece following a corner. Nobody, though, believed in the implausible comeback. Haaland missed a clear chance for 3-1 in first-half stoppage-time after yet another Doku burst and it was all over bar the shouting when Rodri threaded a low shot through a crowd after Silva‚Äôs layoff. City might have had more. Over the course of another imperious season, they had done more than enough."