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Football Rumours on Wednesday 28th February 2018

last updated Wednesday 28th February 2018, 9:19 AM



  • Arsenal have turned their attentions to Atletico Madrid and Uruguay international defender Jose Maria Gimenez, 23, after admitting defeat in their pursuit of Dutchman Stefan de Vrij.
    (Sports Illustrated)


  • Real Madrid are considering a move for Bayern Munich's Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 29, in the summer, such is the difficulty involved in signing top striker target England's Harry Kane, 24, from Tottenham.
    (Independent)


  • Chelsea are expected to reschedule contract talks with Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, 25, a target for Real Madrid, until after their key games against Barcelona and Leicester in March.
    (London Evening Standard)


  • Bournemouth are taking a look at Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Anton Miranchuk as a possible replacement for Harry Arter, who looks set to leave in the summer.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Juventus are planning talks with the representatives of Liverpool's German midfielder Emre Can, 24, who is out of contract at the end of the season.
    (Gazzetta dello Sport)


  • Liverpool have emerged as favourites to sign Napoli's Brazilian-born 26-year-old Italy international midfielder Jorginho.
    (Daily Star)


  • Manchester United are set to offload 28-year-old Italian defender Matteo Darmian, with Juventus rumoured to be interested.
    (Daily Star)


  • Manchester United are bracing themselves for defeat in their attempts to keep Marouane Fellaini, who is out of contract at the end of the season.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Arsenal and Manchester City are ready to vie for PSG's 17-year-old French midfielder Yacine Adli.
    (Talksport)


  • Rangers believe they could sign German-born loanee Sean Goss, 22, on a permanent deal, despite QPR insisting he is not for sale.
    (West London Sport)


  • Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen's agent Martin Schoots says he is thrilled to see the 26-year-old Denmark international linked with such clubs as Manchester United and Real Madrid.
    (Goal)


  • Chelsea and Barcelona are keen to sign £25m-rated French forward Yann Karamoh who is currently on loan at Inter Milan from Caen.
    (Daily Mirror)




  • MANAGEMENT STUFF


  • Everton are planning to sack manager Sam Allardyce in the summer and Shakhtar Donetsk boss Paulo Fonseca is leading the list of candidates to replace him.
    (Daily Star)


  • Alan Pardew has told West Brom he wants to stay on as boss and attempt to lead them back up if they are relegated.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Steve Evans resigns as Mansfield Town boss with club just two points off League Two automatic promotion spots. Also departing Field Mill will be Evans' assistant Paul Raynor, leaving the Stags fifth in League Two.
    (Sun)


  • Former West Brom boss Tony Pulis has backed Alan Pardew to "cope with anything that's thrown at him" as speculation grows over his position at the relegation-threatened Baggies.
    (Birmingham Mail)


  • Mauricio Pochettino has cast doubt over Toby Alderweireld's chances of facing Juventus in the Champions League next week.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has held talks with Dele Alli after the 21-year-old midfielder's latest diving controversy and urged the England international to be remembered for the right reasons.
    (London Evening Standard)


  • Luis Enrique's hopes of succeeding Antonio Conte as Chelsea manager could rest on whether or not he is prepared to accept a significantly lower wage than he was paid by Barcelona.
    (Daily Telegraph)


  • Birmingham supremo Paul Suen is flying in for crisis talks with under-fire manager Steve Cotterill, with the Blues struggling in the Sky Bet Championship.
    (Sun)


  • Former Chelsea and Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas, who left Shanghai SIPG in China in late 2017 to compete in the Dakar Rally, is set to return to management next season and says he has a country at the top of the list, but has ruled out a return to his native Portugal in the near future.
    (A Bola)


  • Manager Jose Mourinho is unhappy at how long Manchester United are taking to offer new contracts to his players.
    (Daily Mail)




  • INTERNATIONAL STUFF


  • England's senior coaching staff have watched Fulham teenager Ryan Sessegnon on more than one occasion this season but he remains only an outside bet to claim a World Cup place.
    (Independent)


  • Gareth Southgate is growing increasingly concerned over Marcus Rashford's lack of playing time at Manchester United ahead of this summer's World Cup.
    (Times)


  • England's friendly internationals against the Netherlands and Italy next month will both use VAR.
    (Times)


  • Wales boss Ryan Giggs wants to see Aaron Ramsey sort out his future quickly as the Arsenal midfielder approaches the final year of his contract.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Alex McLeish is due to hold talks with Scott McTominay at Manchester United's training ground this week in a bid to persuade the Lancaster-born midfielder, 21, to pledge his international future to Scotland.
    (Daily Telegraph)




  • OTHER STORIES

  • Premier League top four WILL qualify automatically into Champions League group stages from next season. Uefa confirm several changes for its showpiece competition to be implemented from the start of 2018/19 season.
    (Sun)


  • Manchester City will hand highly-rated English midfielder Phil Foden a long-term deal once he turns 18 in May.
    (Times)


  • Raheem Sterling has been told to wait until the end of the season before starting talks over a new Manchester City contract.
    (Sun)


  • Sources close to Paris St. Germain forward Neymar say the Brazil international will have surgery on his fractured metatarsal to maximise his chances of being fit for the World Cup, which starts in June.
    (AS)


  • However, PSG coach Unai Emery denied Neymar will have surgery, adding that he could still feature in the Champions League second-leg match against Real Madrid on 6 March.
    (Mundodeportivo)


  • West Brom will be without January loan signing Daniel Sturridge for up to another month because of his troublesome hamstring.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • After his blunder that went viral last Sunday, MSV Duisburg goalkeeper Mark Flekken's drinking bottle will be auctioned to help disadvantaged children
    (MSV Duisburg)


















  • Source BBC Sport/SkySports