English Paper Talk Everton have moved ahead of Manchester United in the race to sign Southampton's Jose Fonte after making a £9m offer for the defender. Wayne Rooney doesn't expect to be dropped by Sam Allardyce after secret talks with the new England manager. Former Liverpool ace Jordon Ibe can be better than Raheem Sterling, says Bournemouth team-mate Brad Smith. Wayne Rooney has opened up about England's Euro 2016 heartache and where he fits in at Manchester United. Zinedine Zidane has ruled out allowing Alvaro Morata leaving Real Madrid this summer. Hull are poised to make a decision on their new manager in the next 24 hours, with Chris Coleman and Gianfranco Zola the frontrunners. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and José Mourinho will make Manchester United winners, says former Inter Milan striker Hernan Crespo. Arsenal's new signing Granit Xhaka has revealed he never spoke to Jurgen Klopp and says Arsenal's attractive brand of football encouraged him to sign for Arsene Wenger. The Gunners face competition from Chelsea to sign Valencia defender Shkodran Mustafi. Liverpool new boy Georginio Wijnaldum has vowed to hit double figures for Reds in his first season. AC Milan striker M'Baye Niang has revealed he snubbed Leicester because he didn't want to be Jamie Vardy's No. 2. Everton have told Chelsea Romelu Lukaku will start the season with them unless they meet his staggering £75m valuation. Southampton are set hand new deals to three of their stars - Jose Fonte, Cedric Soares and Dusan Tadic. Tottenham boss Maurico Pochettino was left stunned that his striker Harry Kane was made the scapegoat for England's failure at Euro 2016. Spurs are poised to pounce for Leicester's Danny Drinkwater and could launch a bid of £20m for the midfielder. Wayne Rooney has promised to carry on for England - even if Sam Allardyce sacks him as captain. Bayern Munich coach Paul Clement says it was his decision to snub a coaching role with England. Chelsea boss Antonio Conte will let Oscar sign for Inter Milan for around £30m. West Bromwich Albion are ready to offload Saido Berahino after agreeing a £15m deal with West Ham for Diafra Sakho. Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has admitted the match-fixing scandal that turned his life upside down could have made him quit football. Burnely and Sunderland have joined Celtic in the race for Manchester United defender Paddy McNair. Celtic are preparing to launch a fresh £3m plus bid for Aston Villa winger Scott Sinclair
Wolfsburg sign Polish international Jakub Blaszczykowksi from Borussia Dortmund on a 3-year deal New Sunderland boss David Moyes has confirmed interested in signing Fellaini and Januzaj. Newcastle trigger £4.5m release clause for Hull City midfielder Mohamed Diame
Per TheGuardian, Moyes is targeting two players that a lot of people would have guessed he would try to sign in Feillaini and Januzaj. Feillaini seems like a player that Mourinho would enjoy having and using primarily to piss off the opposition. The five best Bundesliga teams or so do so much business with each other that it's hard to keep up with which team some players are on this year.
Newcastle met the release clause for Mo Diame from Hull City(4.5m). They're gonna try and offer a new deal but it's sounding like it won't matter
I'd imagine they would take some solace in the fact they are playing in the Premier League this season (only to go right back down, but still).
A quick look at their squad makes that seem more like a punishment than an opportunity. I can't remember a less exciting crop of newly promoted teams than this years group.
We now deal exclusively with Benfica B. Helder Costa on loan Silvio on a free (on loan at Benfica last season) Joao Teixeira on loan from Benfica B Working to finalize a possible deal for Anderson Talisca (Benfica)
English Paper Talk: Romelu Lukaku has told his Everton team-mates he wants to leave this summer. Chelsea are confident they can strike a deal for him at around £60m. Bastian Schweinsteiger has cleared out his first-team locker at Manchester United and moved to the reserve dressing room. Manchester United and Everton will field full-strength teams for Wayne Rooney's testimonial at Old Trafford this week. Leroy Sane's transfer to Manchester City from Schalke could end up costing the Premier League club as much as £42m. Galatasaray have stepped up their interest in Lucas Leiva as Jurgen Klopp fights to keep hold of the Liverpool midfielder. Leeds United have agreed an initial six-month loan with Qatari club Al-Arabi for Spanish winger Pablo Hernandez. Norwich City have rejected a £3m bid for Martin Olsson as West Ham seek cover for injured Aaron Cresswell. Leroy Sane has been pictured in Manchester upon his arrival in the UK to complete his move to Man City and is set to move to the Etihad in a deal worth £41.5m. Arsenal's chase for £40m Alexandre Lacazette has received a huge boost after Lyon admitted for the first time that the striker could be sold. Hull City are hoping to make Wales head coach Chris Coleman their new manager this week. Everton are set to complete the £10m signing of Ashley Williams from Swansea in the next 48 hours. West Ham are considering a move for Fiorentina's £7m Germany star Mario Gomez to solve their problems up front. Arsenal will hold more talks on Tuesday with a representative of Inter's Mauro Icardi - with the Gunners also set to up their bid for Alexandre Lacazette to £34m. Everton boss Ronald Koeman has launched a £9m bid for Southampton defender Jose Fonte but may face stiff competition from Jose Mourinho's Manchester United. Bastian Schweinsteiger finally looks set for the Manchester United exit door, after Jose Mourinho ordered him to clear out his locker. Arsenal have rejected West Ham's loan bid for Kieran Gibbs. Sunderland are ready to bid for Anderlecht giant Kara Mbodj, with new boss David Moyes already having made an inquiry about the £8m-rated Senegal defender. The brother of Bastian Schweinsteiger appeared to accuse Jose Mourinho of a lack of respect after it emerged that the German had been banished from Manchester United's first-team dressing room by the club's new manager. Gianfranco Zola could be named Hull City manager this week, with Chris Coleman also in the frame. Celtic are preparing to launch a fresh £3m-plus bid for Aston Villa's Scott Sinclair. Israel goalkeeper Ofir Marciano has arrived in Edinburgh to complete his loan move to Hibernian from FC Ashdod. New Sunderland boss David Moyes snubbed them last season as he thought they were going down. Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori has signed a new four-year deal with the club on their pre-season tour of the United States. Swansea will step up their interest in Tottenham's Nacer Chadli and Leicester's Leo Ulloa after Fernando Llorente turned down a move to the Liberty Stadium from Sevilla. Tottenham have been told they must pay £17m to sign Rafa Silva from Porto. Celtic captain Scott Brown has dismissed Rangers' title aspirations by claiming Aberdeen will be his team's closest challengers. Gianfranco Zola is wanted by Hull, despite being sacked from three of his last four managerial jobs. Reading's new boss Jaap Stam has discussed former team-mates and their potential managerial skills by saying: "The player who talks in the dressing room may not always become a good manager".
Looks like Roma is taking Fazi off of our hands (on loan for the first season, naturally). Becomes an automatic transfer after the season. Glad to have that slow bastard off the books, he could be a decent backup in Serie A though. Just didn't fit in with our scheme but he can win a header or two.
Pritchard may be on his way to Brighton for 8M. We've supposedly accepted a bid from them and he is set to discuss personal terms.
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lol Sport Witness@Sport_Witness Think Jese launching himself as a pop star called 'Jay M' and releasing a 'sexually charged' [Marca] video, may have been the final nail.
from what i've read, barcelona wants to go young for an additional striker. i personally wouldn't be against signing gomez.
Sterling already had confidence problems. Now his team has bought the German (better) version of himself. Poor fella.
i feel bad for him he certainly could act a little more mature, but he's only 21 and has been the scapegoat for why England has sucked. He has gotten treated pretty unfairly by the media
English, decent streak of very good football (Liverpool failed title challenge), very high transfer fee, overly scrutinized on and off the field and slightly immature He has all the makings of the typical player who would be a star if he wasn't British but will instead be a what if because the English media doesn't let England have nice things
so British players would be stars if they just weren't British? I think it's much more often that a player who isn't world class gets hyped as though he is because he is British.
With Sane and Nolito coming in plus Nasri healthy and KDB/Silva being locks for starting XI he's a rotation player at best right now
yeah he needs to show improvement to crack the starting lineup, but idk how you are surprised a City fan likes a City player
I'm a united fan. Sterling had a bad year, but it's not like he was the only player on that roster that under performed. Plus, he's still young.
I don't think anyone questions Sterlings talent. It's his attitude and off the field issues that are concerning.
Imagine how much Sterling could have fetched this year? Also for the record I love the player as well just not sure he will be happy sitting on the bench.
But Arsenal already has Alexis. How frustrated would mesut be with those two ball hogging wingers and giroud up top On second thought lol this has to happen
He also looked his best when he was playing with Suarez and a in form Sturridge. Probably had something to do with it.