Fridays Football Headlines

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Latest Football Gossip - - (March 24 2017)

A round-up of the latest football stories from Friday's newspapers.


THE GUARDIAN

Real Madrid aim to sign Chelsea duo Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois in the summer.


THE SUN

Jose Mourinho is on the brink of landing his top target - Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann - in a deal that could cost Manchester United £86million.

Manchester City will bid £40million to try and land Juventus winger Kingsley Coman - currently on loan at Bayern Munich - although the Bundesliga side have an option to make the deal permanent.

An Arsenal fan is plotting a sensational crowdfunding campaign to raise £904million to buy the club from owner Stan Kroenke.

West Ham are considering a bid for Bournemouth's Josh King in the summer.

Norwich want Barnsley's Paul Heckingbottom to be their new boss. Germany star

Lukas Podolski has urged England boss Gareth Southgate to give Wayne Rooney an official Wembley retirement bash.

Scotland assistant boss Mark McGhee says Gordon Strachan is 'desperate' to stay on as national coach.


DAILY MIRROR

Manchester City have targeted young France winger Kingsley Coman in a £200million summer rebuild and they are ready to spend around £40milion to land the highly-rated 20-year-old.

Tottenham are willing to listen to offers for Moussa Sissoko less than a year after signing the midfielder from Newcastle for £30million.

Manchester United and Liverpool are going head-to-head for Atletico Madrid central defender Jose Gimenez.

Arsenal will battle it out with arch-rivals Tottenham in a bid to sign midfielder Leon Goretzka from Schalke.

Neymar says he would love the chance to play alongside Philippe Coutinho and feels the Liverpool forward would fit in straight away at Barcelona.


DAILY STAR

Gerard Deulofeu is the latest name on West Ham's radar ahead of a major summer overhaul at London Stadium.


DAILY EXPRESS

Michy Batshuayi's agent has refused to rule out the striker leaving Chelsea this summer.

Eden Hazard has had a major boost in his battle against a calf strain and is now expected to be fit for Chelsea's crunch title clash with Manchester City.

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka insists he has no desire to clamp down on his aggressive tackles, despite manager Arsene Wenger urging caution.


DAILY MAIL

Liverpool are stepping up their pursuit of Michael Keane after the Burnley defender put in an impressive performance during England's defeat against Germany.

Manchester City have expressed an interest in Schalke left-back Sead Kolasinac, who is out of contract at the end of the season.

Norwich are set to appoint Huddersfield's Stuart Webster as their new sporting director.