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Football Rumours on Tuesday 28th June 2016

last updated Tuesday 28th June 2016, 9:25 AM


  • Fulham have joined the battle to sign £11m Crystal Palace striker Dwight Gayl.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Chelsea are set to join Everton in the race to sign Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Axel Witsel, 27, who is at Euro 2016 with Belgium.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Chelsea also still want Spain striker Alvaro Morata despite Real Madrid activating a £23m buyback clause in the 23-year-old's contract to take him back to the Bernabeu from Juventus.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Barcelona could target Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin, 21, after letting Dani Alves join Juventus.
    ( London Evening Standard )


  • Crystal Palace have agreed a £31.6m fee with Marseille for 22-year-old Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi.
    ( Guardian )


  • Manchester City are set to beat Manchester United and Benfica to sign winger Marlos Moreno, 19, from Colombian side Atletic Nacional for £8m.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Real Madrid are planning to send striker Jese, 23, out on loan this season, despite interest from Chelsea and Manchester United for a permanent deal.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Hull boss Steve Bruce is considering making a move for Augsburg's Paraguay striker Raul Bobadilla, 29, who is valued at over £5m by his German club.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Leicester City are in negotiations to sign Nice midfielder Nampalys Mendy, 24, for a club-record £13m.
    ( Leicester Mercury )


  • Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 34, will undergo a medical with Manchester United next week before signing a one-year deal.
    ( Sky Sports)


  • Chelsea defender Baba Rahman, 21, is a target for Lazio who are ready to make a £13m bid for the Ghana international, who cost the Blues £21.7m last summer.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Napoli have agreed personal terms with Liverpool target Hector Herrera, but the Italian club have not yet agreed a fee with Porto for the 26-year-old Mexico midfielder.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Chelsea have had a third bid for Roma's Belgium midfielder Radja Nainggolan, 28, turned down.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Arsenal have made an offer for striker Gabriel Barbosa, 19, who has a £40m release clause in his contract with Brazilian club Santos.
    ( Sun )


  • Everton boss Ronald Koeman is set to sign goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, 33, who spent last season with his fellow Dutchman on loan at Southampton from Fulham.
    ( Liverpool Echo )


  • Leeds United head coach Garry Monk wants to sign defender Kyle Bartley, 23, on loan from his previous club Swansea City.
    ( Yorkshire Evening Post )


  • Hull will abandon their attempts to sign Ross McCormack and offer £5m for Augsburg forward Raul Bobadilla.
    ( Daily Star )




  • MANAGER MATTERS

  • Southampton are closing in on the appointment of former Nice manager Claude Puel.
    ( Daily Express )




  • NEXT ENGLAND MANAGER

  • England Under-21 boss Gareth Southgate has emerged as the favourite to replace Roy Hodgson as manager of the senior team.
    ( Sun )


  • Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger are also contenders for the job.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Harry Redknapp, who has managed Bournemouth, West Ham, Portsmouth, Southampton, Tottenham and QPR, says he has no faith in the Football Association to pick the right man to succeed Hodgson.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Where the Football Association goes in search of Roy Hodgson's successor is a mystery, and recovering from the Iceland "humiliation" may take some time.
    ( Guardian )


  • The Football Association may have to look to appoint a foreign coach if "the best man for the job is not English".
    ( Daily Express)


  • Former England midfielder Jamie Redknapp hopes Dan Ashworth, the FA's director of elite development, has a say in the selection of the new manager and does not want to see the FA go for the "safe option".
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Wayne Rooney, 30, insists he will not step down as England captain and will be available for selection by the new national team manager.
    ( Daily Mirror )




  • OTHER STORIES

  • Christian Benteke has admitted he gave Belgium team-mate Eden Hazard a few goalscoring tips at half-time in their game against Hungary.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Belgium's Eden Hazard is one of the greatest and at the same level as Gareth Bale, claims Toby Alderweireld ahead of the Wales Euro 2016 clash.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Argentina striker Sergio Aguero is expecting other team-mates to follow in Lionel Messi's footsteps and retire from international football.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Darren Randolph has begged West Ham to pull out all the stops to keep French star Dimitri Payet.
    ( Daily Star )




  • AND FINALLY

  • An England fan at Euro 2016 described in court as being "astronomically" drunk was given a five-month suspended jail sentence after he forced his way into a French policeman's home after mistaking the property for his rented apartment.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • BBC Radio 5 live presenter Nicky Campbell was so convinced England would beat Iceland, he promised to do his breakfast show in nothing but a kilt.






















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