Tuesday's Paper Talk: Latest football gossip and transfer rumours including Sanchez, Willian, Celik, Torres and Sancho
By Sporting Life
06:53 · TUE August 04, 2020
Frank Lampard's transfer window clear-out at Chelsea and Manchester City's signing of Ferran Torres dominate the football gossip for Tuesday. We have all the day's gossip.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
- Alexis Sanchez has agreed to rip up his £560,000-a-week Manchester United contract for a pay-off to join Inter Milan.
- Chelsea are increasingly likely to lose Brazilian winger Willian on a free transfer, with Arsenal among the teams looking to snap up the 31-year-old this summer.
- Almost 60 per cent of women working in football say that their mental health has been negatively impacted by the coronavirus crisis.
THE TIMES
- Chelsea are leading last-ditch efforts to persuade Premier League chairmen to agree to allow five substitutions next season with the more powerful clubs fearing they will lose a vote on the issue.
- Tottenham Hotspur face competition from Everton for Zeki Celik as they consider offloading Serge Aurier.
- Jonny Bairstow is set to play for Yorkshire in the Bob Willis Trophy for their next two matches.
DAILY MAIL
- Manchester United are edging closer to a stunning record deal to land their No 1 summer target Jadon Sancho.
- Chelsea's squad is bracing for a Frank Lampard-led revolution this summer, with the Blues boss reportedly set to oust four defenders amid 10 potential sales.
- Manchester United are prepared to wait until late in the window before considering a move for Jack Grealish as they push to sign Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund.
- Arsenal are ready to offer Willian a three-year deal in a bid to sign the winger on a free transfer from Chelsea this summer.
- Tottenham Hotspur have not rekindled talks with Inter Milan for Tanguy Ndombele.
- Manchester City are expected to finalise their first summer signing today by landing Ferran Torres from Valencia.
- A lifting of football's 35-year booze ban is being considered among proposals to bring fans back into stadiums, Sportsmail can reveal.
- The Premier League has given the green light to clubs still left in Europe to potentially miss the first two weeks of next season.
THE SUN
- Crystal Palace are braced to lose star turn Wilfried Zaha for a cut-price £30m.
- Marcus Rashford has some irons in the fire - after snapping up his own golf course.
- Bayern Munich have handed Chelsea a huge boost in the race to sign Kai Havertz by confirming they will not bid for the star this summer.
- Manchester City have been warned not to get on the wrong side of Karim Benzema after the Real Madrid star declared his intention to take up boxing.
DAILY MIRROR
- Chelsea will have to make Ben Chilwell the world's most expensive defender to prise the star from Leicester.
- Emiliano Martinez's fine recent performances for Arsenal look set to be rewarded, with the club reportedly hoping to tie the goalkeeper to a new deal.
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is keen for Arsenal to sign Barcelona's Ousmane Dembele, according to reports.
- The FA have announced that the prize money for winning each round of the FA Cup has been halved for next season as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
- A host of former Newcastle United stars including Rob Lee and Faustino Asprilla have backed a petition slamming the Premier League.
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