Fridays Football Gossip

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Latest Paper Gossip - - (Friday August 5th)

THE SUN

Real Madrid starlet Martin Odegaard is hoping Liverpool will come in with a loan offer for him after turning down a move to the Bundesliga. He had been linked with Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen.
Arsenal are set for further talks with Shkodran Mustafi as they look to push through a deal for the Germany and Valencia defender. Chelsea are also reported to be interested.
Real Madrid have had a £54m bid for Bayern Munich midfielder David Alaba rejected.

DAILY STAR

Liverpool face competition from Real Madrid in their efforts to sign £33m-rated Portugal midfielder Joao Mario.
Arsenal have accepted an offer from Galatasaray for defender Mathieu Debuchy, who is thinking over a loan move to Turkey.
Bristol City are keen on a loan deal for exciting Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham.

DAILY MIRROR

Everton will offer striker Romelu Lukaku a bumper new deal to try and keep him at Goodison Park.
Chelsea are keeping tabs on Romania striker Nicolae Stanciu who currently plays for Steaua Bucharest.

DAILY MAIL

Manchester City remain keen on signing Dinamo Zagreb's highly-rated midfielder Ante Coric.
Everton are set to make a fresh £12m offer for Swansea City captain Ashley Williams.
Ajax are ready to step up their interest in Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli.
Leeds and QPR are among the Championship sides queuing up to sign Nottingham Forest winger Jamie Ward.
Hull City defender Harry Maguire is set to hand in a transfer request to further rock the Premier League new boys.

THE EXPRESS

Celtic could be without exciting winger Patrick Roberts for three weeks after he injured his hamstring in the Champions League win over Astana.
Arsenal face competition from AC Milan in their bid to sign Valencia defender Shkodran Mustafi.
Arsene Wenger has told Chuba Akpom to put his case for a start in Arsenal's opener against Liverpool - the youngster is not being loaned out for now.

THE TELEGRAPH

Saido Berahino's West Brom future is back in the balance after the Baggies withdrew their offer for West Ham striker Diafra Sakho.
Leeds United are set to make a move for Aston Villa centre-back Joleon Lescott.