Liverpool are in pole position to land £70million centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has given Man Utd the green light to go and spend £50million on Jack Grealish, all in the papers.
LIVERPOOL FAVOURITES FOR KOULIBALY
Liverpool are serious about signing Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly, who starred against them in the Champions League this season.
And Le10 Sport report that Jurgen Klopp is in pole position to land the powerful centre-back after Paris Saint-Germain pulled out of a prospective move. Instead PSG are focused on securing Thiago Silva to a contract extension instead.
The Senegal defender has been linked with a move away from the Serie A club for the last couple of seasons, but this summer looks like being his last in Italy despite being under contract until 2023.
The report from France claims the 28-year-old’s preference is a move to England and Klopp is apparently desperate to pair him with Virgil van Dijk with Dejan Lovren heading out of the Anfield exit door this summer.
Newcastle United are also said to be interested in £70m-rated Koulibaly, but they will have to wait until their proposed takeover is completed before they can make a move in the transfer market.
AND THE REST
Dries Mertens favours a switch to Chelsea if he is to be on the move in the next window (Corriere dello Sport)
Chelsea target Dries Mertens has yet to agree a contract extension with Napoli. The Belgian forward, 33, is out of contract in the summer. (Calciomercato)
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has finally decided to pay £50million for Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish (The Sun)
Newcastle will spend £70m on Barcelona and Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho if the club’s proposed takeover goes through. The 27-year-old is currently on loan at Bayern Munich. (Mundo Deportivo)
Borussia Dortmund expect England winger Jadon Sancho, 20, to remain at the club, despite continued interest from Manchester United. (Sky Sports)
Manchester United are on a fresh collision course with outcast Alexis Sanchez, with the Chilean set to return to Old Trafford in the summer despite wanting to stay in Italy. (Express)
Sean Dyche has refused to rule out the possibility of leaving Burnley (Daily Mirror)
Manchester City defender Kyle Walker faces a police quiz and a £1,000 fine after breaking lockdown rules three times in 24 hours (The Sun)
A gang have raided the homes of Chelsea manager Frank Lampard and Leicester’s late owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, stealing more than £1m of valuables (The Sun)
Premier League clubs opposed to the restart fear Liverpool will play the kids once they have won the title (The Sun)
Chris Wilder has told Manchester United it would be ‘morally’ wrong for them to recall Dean Henderson (The Sun)
Brighton chief executive Paul Barber has warned the Premier League is facing a full scale revolt over the Project Restart plans (Daily Mirror)
FIFA will sanction an increase from three to five substitutions per game when football returns amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (Daily Mirror)
Tottenham are interested in buying Southampton midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and will wait until after the coronavirus pandemic before making a final decision on making an offer for him (Telegraph)
Arsenal are close to securing an agreement with free agent George Lewis. The Norwegian winger, 19, was previously at Tromso. (Goal)
Barcelona teenager Marc Jurado, 16, has turned down an offer of a professional contract with the Spanish club. The right-back is set to join Manchester United in the summer. (ESPN)
Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham are all interested in Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. The Serbian, 25, will be allowed to leave the club for upwards of £80m. (Mail)
Kosovo and Wolfsburg winger Milot Rashica, 23, is a transfer target for Liverpool, the president of the Kosovo football federation has said. (Standard)
Championship leaders Leeds United are the favourites to sign Linfield midfielder Charlie Allen. The Northern Irishman, 17, has attracted interest from Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool. (Yorkshire Post)
Chelsea are interested in Monaco defender Fode Ballo Toure. The Frenchman, 23, is under contract until 2023. (Foot Mercato – in French)
Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s agent has denied that Arsenal want to sell the Armenian. Mino Raiola said the rumours about the midfielder, 31, were “fake news”. (Express)
Barcelona’s Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic, 32, says he is not thinking about leaving the club, despite his contract expiring in 2021. (Sky Germany
Barcelona are closing in on the signing of young Brazilian star Gustavo Maia from Sao Paulo (Sport)
Inter boss Antonio Conte is looking to raid his former club Chelsea in an effort to be reunited with Emerson Palmieri (Calciomercato)
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