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Football Rumours on Tuesday 1st March 2016

last updated Tuesday 01st March 2016, 10:19 AM


  • Arsenal have reportedly sent scouts to watch 16-year-old Juventus striker Moises Kean Bioty.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Malaga are keen to re-sign Manchester City's 35-year-old Argentina defender Martin Demichelis.
    ( Bleacher Report )


  • Arsenal will let England left-back Kieran Gibbs, 26, leave this summer with 18-year-old Leicester City defender Ben Chilwell among the main targets to come in.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • The Gunners have £135m in the bank, according to financial results revealed last week, but will only give manager Arsene Wenger £70m to strengthen his squad this summer.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Former pundit and Liverpool defender Alan Hansen says John Stones, 21, would suit Barcelona if Everton decide to cash in on the England defender.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Sunderland will decide this week whether to sign former Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue, 32, who impressed while on trial.
    ( Sunderland Echo )


  • Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been given the go-ahead by the club's owners to bring in a number of significant new faces this summer.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • The Reds' Belgium striker Christian Benteke, 25 and 27-year-old keeper Simon Mignolet, also a Belgium international, could be on their way out of Anfield while Bayern Munich's Germany midfielder Mario Gotze, 23, and Udinese's Poland midfielder Piotr Zielinski, 21, may arrive.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Pique says he will never join Manchester City out of loyalty to former club Manchester United. But the 29-year-old may move to Colombia because of his pop star partner Shakira.
    ( AS )


  • Stoke have opened talks with 22-year-old England goalkeeper Jack Butland over a new five-year contract worth £50,000 a week amid interest from Manchester United.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Everton are targeting a move for Villareal winger Alfonso Pedraza, 19, who has just broken into the Spanish club's first team.
    ( Independent)




  • MANAGER MOVEMENTS

  • Chelsea are close to confirming Italy boss Antonio Conte as their new manager, with the 46-year-old set to sign a three-year deal worth £18m.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Italian Conte has recommended Bosnia midfielder Miralem Pjanic, 25, and Belgium midfielder Radja Nainggolan, 27 - both Roma players - to the Stamford Bridge club as potential signings.
    ( Times )


  • Senior players at Manchester United believe Louis van Gaal will not be sacked mid-season, according to reports.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Antonio Conte wants to bring his younger brother Gianluca to coach with him at Chelsea.
    ( Sun )




  • OTHER GOSSIP

  • Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford returned to school on Monday wearing the club's tracksuit and coat just a few hours after grabbing the headlines for two goals against Arsenal.
    ( Sun )


  • Wenger should be sacked if Leicester or Tottenham win the Premier League this season, according to former Gunners midfielder Paul Merson.
    ( Sky Sports )


  • Manchester United's injury list increased to 17 first-team players as Scotland defender Donald Love, 21, limped off as the club's Under-21 side beat Middlesbrough on Monday.
    ( Manchester Evening News )


  • Manchester City's England forward Raheem Sterling was confronted by an angry Liverpool fan following Sunday's League Cup final win against the 21-year-old's former club.
    ( Manchester Evening News )


  • West Brom should have let striker Saido Berahino, 22, leave when Tottenham offered £24m for him, says former Spurs midfielder Jermaine Jenas.
    ( BBC Radio 5 live )


  • Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, 18, is set to be offered a new £15,000-a-week contract after scoring four goals in his first two senior games.
    ( Sun )


  • Current Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink has conceded that Alexandre Pato has fallen below the youngsters in the pecking order and is glad that the Brazilian was only signed on loan.
    ( Times )


  • New FIFA president Gianni Infantino has revealed he does not know what his salary will be but that it will be less than Sepp Blatter earned.
    ( Independent )




  • AND FINALLY

  • Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford was back at school on Monday - wearing a club tracksuit and coat - just hours after scoring twice against Arsenal.
    ( Sun )


  • Crystal Palace midfielder Joe Ledley has Wales' finest beard, according to a St David's Day poll.
    ( Wales Online )






















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