Thursdays Football Headlines

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Thursday's football rumours and transfer gossip (May 17 2018)

Hart faces ‘long summer’, Chelsea-linked star meets with super-agent and Arsenal ready to splash out on three defenders - all according to Thursday's back pages...

The Sun

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart faces a long summer, having missed out on England's World Cup squad and learning that no Premier League clubs are interested in signing him.

Mauricio Pochettino is ready to commit to one more year at Tottenham when he meets chairman Daniel Levy for 'crisis' talks.

Manchester United could battle it out with Bayern Munich to sign AC Milan defender Leonardo Bonucci this summer, with the Serie A side having to sell star players because of FFP regulations.

Wayne Rooney could stay at Everton next season now Sam Allardyce is no longer the club's manager.

Arsenal are closing on a deal to sign highly-rated Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

Paulo Fonseca snubbed the chance to take over as West Ham boss after meeting with the club's owners on Monday.

Robert Lewandowski met with super-agent Pini Zahavi in Munich on Wednesday as he continues to plot his way out of Bayern - the Poland striker has been linked with Chelsea and Real Madrid.

Brighton, Reading and Middlesbrough are all interested in Lokomotiva Zagreb defender Denis Kolinger, who could be available for as little as £1m this summer.

Swansea are resigned to losing centre-back Alfie Mawson and goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski this summer after their relegation from the Premier League.

Crystal Palace midfielder Yohan Cabaye is closing on a move back to France with Marseille.

Daily Mirror

Arsenal are yet to make an approach to Manchester City over Mikel Arteta, despite him emerging as one of their leading candidates to take over from Arsene Wenger.

West Ham will hold talks with departing Paris Saint-Germain manager Unai Emery while they are waiting for a definitive answer from Shakhtar Donetsk boss Paulo Fonseca.

Arsenal are ready to splash out on three defenders - Sokratis Papastathopoulos from Borussia Dortmund, West Brom's Jonny Evans and Caglar Soyuncu of Freiburg - this summer.

As part of their defensive overhaul, Arsenal will also allow Shkodran Mustafi to leave the Emirates.

Steve Bruce is on collision course with Aston Villa chiefs over their decision to refuse a new contract to defender Alan Hutton.

Daily Mail

Manchester United have added Atletico Madrid defender Sime Vrsaljko to their list of summer targets.

Leicester are closing in on a £25m deal for Porto right-back Ricardo Pereira and plan to follow that up with the signing of Manchester City's Patrick Roberts.

Stoke defender Kevin Wimmer is in talks over a move to Hannover 96.

Daily Star

Chelsea defender Gary Cahill was stunned when England boss Gareth Southgate rang him to tell him he was in his World Cup squad, having expected to miss out.

Liverpool are set to sign Chelsea midfielder Isaac Christie-Davies on a free transfer.

Rangers have failed with a bid for Brighton defender Connor Goldson.

Daily Telegraph

Luis Enrique's hopes of landing the Chelsea job could receive a significant boost after one of his rivals for the role, Maurizio Sarri, held talks over staying at Napoli.

Everton have opened talks with Marco Silva about taking over from Sam Allardyce as manager.

Dele Alli is desperate to impress Gareth Southgate in pre-World Cup training and friendlies to re-establish himself in England's starting XI.

Daily Express

Everton have been warned they might reap what they sow if replacing Sam Allardyce with "disingenuous, disloyal slob" Marco Silva by former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan.

The Scottish Sun

Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has Bournemouth striker Jermain Defoe and former Liverpool team-mate Lucas Leiva on his summer shopping list.

Dedryck Boyata is keen to commit himself to Celtic in the long-term.

Daily Record

West Ham defender Reece Burke is a target for Rangers as they look to reshape their squad and challenge Celtic.

Jack Ross is set for a second round of talks with Ipswich on Thursday as he edges closer to the job.

The Scotsman

Rangers are in talks with Nottingham Forest over a permanent deal for Jason Cummings and also with Brighton for loanee Jamie Murphy.