Euro Paper Talk: Man Utd’s resolve for €111m sensation remains; Chelsea in talks; Newcastle line up huge €80m coup Manchester United want to sign Lautaro Martinez, but are waiting for Barcelona to make their move, Chelsea are in talks with a defender, while Newcastle have contacted Mauricio Pochettino and want an €80m marquee signing, all in the Euro papers. UNITED HANGING IN THERE FOR MARTINEZ Manchester United retain a confirmed interest in Inter Milan’s highly-rated striker Lautaro Martinez, according to Sport. United are looking for a frontman to help transform their attack and Argentina sensation Martinez is at the top of their list. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows that a deal for the 16-goal striker will be costly and difficult. ESPN say that the player’s preference is to sign for Barcelona, with Paris Saint-Germain also apparently in the hunt as they look to replace the outgoing Edinson Cavani. United though remain in the hunt for the 22-year-old, although they accept that they may have to wait for Barca to pass on the frontman before they can make a concerted attempt to land the Bahia Blanca-born attacker. Barca though will not pay the player’s €111million buyout clause and will attempt to lure Inter by offering Arturo Vidal and Nelson Semedo. AND THE REST Zinedine Zidane wants to ship out as many as 17 Real Madrid players this summer, including Dani Ceballos (Don Balon) Newcastle United have held ‘concrete’ contacts with Mauricio Pochettino about taking over as manager once their takeover by a Saudi investment group is completed (L’Equipe) Barcelona midfielder Arturo Vidal is interesting numerous club, but no formal offer has been made for the player (El Mundo Deportivo) Lucas Moura has attracted interest from Spain, Germany and China, but plans to stay at Tottenham for the rest of his contract, according to his agent Junior Pedroso. Roma have made approaches for Barcelona defensive duo Junior Firpo and Jean-Clair Todibo (El Mundo Deportivo) Barcelona want to hand youth player Oriol Busquets a chance in the first-team for their pre-season ahead of the 2020/21 campaign (El Mundo Deportivo) Manchester United and Arsenal have allegedly been handed a boost in the race to sign RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano after his asking price was lowered to £34.8m (Bild) Villarreal midfielder Santi Cazorla has reiterated that he is keen to return to Arsenal, most likely after the end of his playing career. (Vamos) Lazio are reportedly chasing the signature of Watford loanee Luis Suarez (Corriere dello Sport) Timo Werner’s price could drop to €50m if RB Leipzig don’t win the Bundesliga (Gazzetta dello Sport) Juventus are reportedly planning to offer Federico Bernardeschi as part of the proposed deal to bring Roma starlet Nicolò Zaniolo to Turin (Tuttosport) Milan are preparing to pounce for Olympique Lyonnais winger Memphis Depay at a cut-price deal of €20m (Tuttomercatoweb) Chelsea and RB Leipzig are interested in signing Monaco left-back Fode Ballo-Toure (Foot Mercato) Roma are keeping close tabs on Lokomotiv Moscow attacker Aleksei Miranchuk (Gazzetta dello Sport) Tottenham are leading the race for Paris Saint-Germain defender Thomas Meunier (Le Parisien) Newcastle are ready to spend €80m on Barcelona star Philippe Coutinho if the club’s Saudi Arabia takeover finally goes through (Mundo Deportivo) Manchester City are known to want a new defender and have targeted Marseille’s Boubacar Kamara (Le10 Sport) David Alaba’s contract negotiations with Bayern Munich are stalling amid interest from Barcelona, Manchester City, Chelsea and Inter Milan (Sport1) Arjen Robben is considering a U-turn following his decision to retire, due to an approach from Brazilian club Botafogo (Globo Esporte) Carlo Ancelotti is ‘willing to allocate a large sum’ to bring Jeremie Boga to Everton this summer (Quotidiano) Federico Chiesa is ‘especially’ interested in a move to the Premier League (Calciomercato) Chelsea have entered negotiations to sign Leicester full-back Ben Chilwell (Todofichajes) The post Euro Paper Talk: Man Utd’s resolve for €111m sensation remains; Chelsea in talks; Newcastle line up huge €80m coup appeared first on teamtalk.com.

Manchester United want to sign Lautaro Martinez, but are waiting for Barcelona to make their move, Chelsea are in talks with a defender, while Newcastle have contacted Mauricio Pochettino and want an €80m marquee signing, all in the Euro papers.

 

UNITED HANGING IN THERE FOR MARTINEZ

Manchester United retain a confirmed interest in Inter Milan’s highly-rated striker Lautaro Martinez, according to Sport.

United are looking for a frontman to help transform their attack and Argentina sensation Martinez is at the top of their list.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows that a deal for the 16-goal striker will be costly and difficult.

ESPN say that the player’s preference is to sign for Barcelona, with Paris Saint-Germain also apparently in the hunt as they look to replace the outgoing Edinson Cavani.

United though remain in the hunt for the 22-year-old, although they accept that they may have to wait for Barca to pass on the frontman before they can make a concerted attempt to land the Bahia Blanca-born attacker.

Barca though will not pay the player’s €111million buyout clause and will attempt to lure Inter by offering Arturo Vidal and Nelson Semedo.

AND THE REST

Zinedine Zidane wants to ship out as many as  17 Real Madrid players this summer, including Dani Ceballos (Don Balon)

Newcastle United have held ‘concrete’ contacts with Mauricio Pochettino about taking over as manager once their takeover by a Saudi investment group is completed (L’Equipe)

Barcelona midfielder Arturo Vidal is interesting numerous club, but no formal offer has been made for the player (El Mundo Deportivo)

Lucas Moura has attracted interest from Spain, Germany and China, but plans to stay at Tottenham for the rest of his contract, according to his agent Junior Pedroso.

 

 

 

Roma have made approaches for Barcelona defensive duo Junior Firpo and Jean-Clair Todibo (El Mundo Deportivo)

Barcelona want to hand youth player Oriol Busquets a chance in the first-team for their pre-season ahead of the 2020/21 campaign  (El Mundo Deportivo)

Manchester United and Arsenal have allegedly been handed a boost in the race to sign RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano after his asking price was lowered to £34.8m (Bild)

Villarreal midfielder Santi Cazorla has reiterated that he is keen to return to Arsenal, most likely after the end of his playing career. (Vamos)

Lazio are reportedly chasing the signature of Watford loanee Luis Suarez (Corriere dello Sport)

Timo Werner’s price could drop to €50m if RB Leipzig don’t win the Bundesliga (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Juventus are reportedly planning to offer Federico Bernardeschi as part of the proposed deal to bring Roma starlet Nicolò Zaniolo to Turin (Tuttosport)

Milan are preparing to pounce for Olympique Lyonnais winger Memphis Depay at a cut-price deal of €20m (Tuttomercatoweb)

Chelsea and RB Leipzig are interested in signing Monaco left-back Fode Ballo-Toure (Foot Mercato)

Roma are keeping close tabs on Lokomotiv Moscow attacker Aleksei Miranchuk (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Tottenham are leading the race for Paris Saint-Germain defender Thomas Meunier (Le Parisien)

Newcastle are ready to spend €80m on Barcelona star Philippe Coutinho if the club’s Saudi Arabia takeover finally goes through (Mundo Deportivo)

Manchester City are known to want a new defender and have targeted Marseille’s Boubacar Kamara (Le10 Sport)

David Alaba’s contract negotiations with Bayern Munich are stalling amid interest from Barcelona, Manchester City, Chelsea and Inter Milan (Sport1)

Arjen Robben is considering a U-turn following his decision to retire, due to an approach from Brazilian club Botafogo (Globo Esporte)

Carlo Ancelotti is ‘willing to allocate a large sum’ to bring Jeremie Boga to Everton this summer (Quotidiano)

Federico Chiesa is ‘especially’ interested in a move to the Premier League (Calciomercato)

Chelsea have entered negotiations to sign Leicester full-back Ben Chilwell (Todofichajes)

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Matthew Briggs