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Football Rumours on Wednesday 18th May 2016

last updated Wednesday 18th May 2016, 10:50 AM


  • Theo Walcott is desperate to stay at Arsenal this summer despite interest from West Ham.
    ( Daily Star )


  • West Ham will turn their attention to signing Liverpool striker Christian Benteke, 25, after having a club record £31m bid rejected for Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette, 24.
    ( Sun )


  • Real Madrid will look to sign West Ham and France midfielder Dimitri Payet, 29, but not until after Euro 2016.
    ( Talksport )


  • England forward Jamie Vardy has a £25m release clause in his contract, but the 29-year-old plans to stay at champions Leicester City next season.
    ( Bleacher Report )


  • Arsenal have submitted a £51m offer to Juventus in an attempt to sign 23-year-old forward Alvaro Morata during the summer transfer window.
    ( Metro )


  • Real Madrid have until 15 June to trigger 25-year-old Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea's £39m release clause.
    ( Talksport )


  • Midfielder Tomas Rosicky, 35, who will leave Arsenal this summer, hopes to earn a deal elsewhere by appearing for the Czech Republic at Euro 2016.
    ( Times )


  • Claudio Ranieri wants to bring £15m-rated Ajax striker Arkadiusz Milik to Leicester. The 22-year-old has scored 47 times in 76 appearances for his club.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Liverpool and Italy forward Mario Balotelli, 25, who is currently on loan at AC Milan, is wanted by Spanish side Espanyol.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Manchester City have been watching Schalke forward Leroy Sane for months, but must formalise their interest in the 20-year-old to avoid competition from other clubs.
    ( Manchester Evening News )


  • Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick, 34, who was accompanied on to the pitch on Tuesday night by his two children, may have signalled the end of his Old Trafford career.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Swansea are planning to make Junior Hoilett their first signing of the summer after the 25-year-old winger's contract at QPR expired.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Swansea City are yet to receive an offer from either Sunderland or West Ham for 26-year-old striker Andre Ayew. Tottenham Hotspur's American defender DeAndre Yedlin, 22, is open to returning to Sunderland on loan next season.
    ( Goal )


  • Liverpool's German winger Samed Yesil, 21, is close to joining Turkish club Trabzonspor, having spent the past season on loan at FC Luzern in Switzerland.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Port Vale manager Rob Page says defender Nathan Smith, 20, who was on loan at Torquay, will get the chance to earn a place in his first team next season.
    ( Stoke Sentinel )


  • Bristol City are eager to secure 25-year-old midfielder Korey Smith on a long-term basis, as he enters the final 12 months of his deal.
    ( Western Daily Press )


  • Sunderland must bring in fresh recruits this summer who are on a par with their January signings, says 35-year-old captain John O'Shea.
    ( Sunderland Echo )


  • Romelu Lukaku's father thinks his son will leave Everton for around £65m before Euro 2016 gets underway.
    ( Daily Express )




  • MANAGER MOVEMENTS

  • Rafael Benitez has agreed to stay on as manager at Newcastle United and will be given full control over transfers as he plans for next season in the Championship.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Former Borussia Monchengladbach boss Lucien Favre, the best friend of Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, is a candidate for the Everton manager's position.
    ( Sun )


  • Jose Mourinho has been told the Manchester United job is his this summer if the club's owners decide to sack Louis van Gaal.
    ( Sky Sports )


  • Watford have held talks with former Inter Milan boss Walter Mazzarri and the club could appoint their new head coach by the end of this week.
    ( Watford Observer )


  • Crotone, recently promoted to Serie A, could find it "impossible" to keep manager Ivan Juric following interest from Leeds United, according to one of the Italian club's directors.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers will have to sacrifice £10m in severance money from the Anfield club to take the manager's job at Celtic.
    ( Daily Record )




  • OTHER STORIES

  • England captain Wayne Rooney, 30, does not believe he will be his country's main striker at Euro 2016.
    ( Bleacher Report )


  • Former England Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce says Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, 18, should not be included in Roy Hodgson's final squad for Euro 2016.
    ( Talksport )


  • Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater, 26, says he would not blame England boss Roy Hodgson if he ditched him for Arsenal's Jack Wilshere.
    ( Sky Sports )


  • A Far East consortium are believed to be close to agreeing a deal to buy Aston Villa and that would make Roberto Di Matteo the favourite to pip Nigel Pearson to the manager's post.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Roy Hodgson has changed England's Euro 2016 plans because he fears being spied on.
    ( Sun )


  • Chelsea have risked upsetting hospitality season ticket holders by offering a 3 per cent refund to compensate for the lack of Champions League football at Stamford Bridge next season.
    ( Times )




  • AND FINALLY

  • Manchester United painted three mascots blue as part of the promotion of the club's commercial partner 20th Century Fox's new X-Men movie before Tuesday's game against Bournemouth.
    ( Metro )


  • Real Madrid should be stripped of their first five European Cup wins, according to an online petition that has amassed almost 50,000 signatures.
    ( Goal )






















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