Thursday Morning Sports Paper Talk

• Manchester United are monitoring Ross Barkley as they consider a late-window bid for the Everton midfielder.
• Jurgen Klopp has not given up on his No 1 summer target – RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita – despite having a £66m bid rejected.
• Riyad Mahrez is Roma’s first choice to replace Mohamed Salah following the Egypt international’s move to Liverpool.
• Manchester City will insist on a buy-back clause in any deal to sell Kelechi Iheanacho to Leicester.
• Newcastle and Middlesbrough both want West Ham goalkeeper Darren Randolph, but the Magpies are ready to sell fellow Republic of Ireland international Daryl Murphy to Nottingham Forest.

• Barcelona will line up Kylian Mbappe and Marco Verratti if they cash in by selling Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain.
• Manchester United and Chelsea both scrapped interest in Neymar after learning PSG were prepared to meet his £196m buy-out clause.
• Leicester believe a deal for Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho is as good as done.
• Newcastle’s Jonjo Shelvey says England are “crying out” for a midfielder like him.
• Birmingham have rejected a £5m offer from Fulham for striker Che Adams.

• Arsenal target Thomas Lemar has posed for a photo with a Gunners fan, increasing speculation he might leave Monaco for the Emirates.
• Bayern Munich are ready to sell Renato Sanches, who is a target for AC Milan and also on Manchester United’s radar.
• Stoke have enquired about Manchester United’s Ashley Young as they prepare to sell Marko Arnautovic to West Ham.

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic will monitor Manchester United’s progress before deciding whether to sign a new Old Trafford deal.
• Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti has confirmed Mino Raiola as his new agent. Raiola was instrumental in taking Paul Pogba and Ibrahimovic to Manchester United.
• Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny has refused the chance to join Leicester in a £10m move.
• The Gunners want Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka, but Schalke do not want to sell.

• Arsenal have told West Ham they want £20m and a buy-back option for Jack Wilshere.
• Fabian Delph is on the verge of leaving Manchester City for Stoke in a £10m deal.
• Chelsea and Liverpool could go head to head for Werder Bremen striker Max Kruse this summer.

• PSG are becoming more hopeful of signing Neymar from Barcelona in a world-record deal.

• Everton hope to sign Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud now his first-choice Borussia Dortmund are keeping Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

• Inter Milan have told Manchester United to include Anthony Martial in any deal for Ivan Perisic, but neither United nor Martial are keen to part.

• Southampton want to sign Celtic target Patrick Roberts on a season-long loan from Manchester City.

Source:skysports