Premier League and EFL football gossip and transfer rumours
Premier League and EFL football gossip and transfer rumours

Tuesday's Paper Talk: Latest football gossip and transfer rumours including Sanchez, Willian, Celik, Torres and Sancho


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.
Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard
Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard is keen to reduce the size of his squad

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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