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Football Rumours on Monday 16th May 2016

last updated Monday 16th May 2016, 10:38 AM


  • Everton striker Romelu Lukaku, 23, is a target for French champions Paris St-Germain and the Toffees want to sign West Brom's £12m-rated forward Saido Berahino, 22, to replace him.
    ( Sun )


  • PSG are keen on Manchester United striker Anthony Martial and hope they can persuade the 20-year-old to make a move worth £60m with the lure of Champions League football.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Manchester United target Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he already knows where he will be playing next season after announcing he will leave Paris St-Germain, but the 34-year-old Sweden striker is not telling anyone.
    ( Metro)


  • Arsene Wenger wants to add three players to his Arsenal squad for next season.
    ( Daily Star )


  • And majority shareholder Stan Kroenke will give the Arsenal boss the money to build on the club's best finish under the American's tenure.
    (London Evening Standard)


  • Colombia international Radamel Falcao, 30, currently on loan at Chelsea, will return to Monaco next season, according to the club's vice-president Vadim Vasilyev.
    ( Goal )


  • Atletico Madrid are in contract negotiations with their France forward Antoine Griezmann and the 25-year-old says he would decline transfer talks with Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane.
    ( FourFourTwo )


  • West Ham midfielder Reece Oxford, 17, will keep West Ham waiting over a signing new contract as he is concerned over his amount of first-team football.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Granit Xhaka wants his move to Arsenal to be completed quickly. The Switzerland midfielder looks increasingly certain to head to the Emirates for £33m this summer.
    ( Daily Star )




  • MANAGER MOVEMENTS

  • Everton will make a move for former manager David Moyes if a deal to bring in ex-Ajax boss Frank de Boer fails.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez met the club's owner, Mike Ashley, for the first time following the win over Tottenham as the Spaniard weighs up whether to stay with the Magpies following their relegation to the Championship.
    ( Times )


  • Southampton boss Ronald Koeman has challenged the club to match his ambition if they want him to extend his contract beyond the year he has left on it.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp says Arsenal were "lucky" to finish second but, in doing so, expects Arsene Wenger to stay on as Gunners boss.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Newcastle winger Andros Townsend, 24, is set to be named in Roy Hodgson's 23-man England squad for Euro 2016 ahead of 33-year-old Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Hodgson was at Arsenal's game against Aston Villa on Sunday to watch Gunners midfielder Jack Wilshere, 24, make his first and only start of the campaign as the England boss prepares to name an initial squad of 28.
    ( Guardian )


  • Departing Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores says that he "loves" the club's fans and they will be "in my head forever".
    ( Watford Observer)




  • OTHER STORIES

  • Champions Leicester City will use four buses for their Premier League trophy parade through the city.
    ( Sun )


  • Chelsea's departing interim manager Guus Hiddink says "it won't be easy" for incoming Blues boss Antonio Conte to restore the club's place among the elite top four of English football.
    ( Times )


  • Liverpool's Belgium striker Christian Benteke, 25, will not be at Anfield next season, according to Derby County player Dean Sturridge - the uncle of Reds forward Daniel.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera, 26, says players were "very tense and nervous" when Old Trafford was being evacuated on Sunday.
    ( Manchester Evening News )


  • Everton defender Phil Jagielka, 33, says Roberto Martinez's sacking was not down to the Goodison Park club's players.
    ( Liverpool Echo )


  • Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri says Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich welcomed him back personally to Stamford Bridge before the champions' 1-1 draw with the Blues on Sunday.
    (London Evening Standard)




  • AND FINALLY

  • Manchester United supporters have paid for a fan from Sierra Leone, who travelled to England for Sunday's game that was postponed against Bournemouth, to attend the FA Cup final at Wembley next weekend instead.
    ( Daily Mirror )






















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