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Football Rumours on Wednesday 4th May 2016

last updated Wednesday 04th May 2016, 10:01 AM


  • Arsenal are considering a move for Inter Milan's Argentina striker Mauro Icardi, 23.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, 23, says he will stay at the club despite reported interest in the Belgium goalkeeper from French champions Paris St-Germain.
    ( Le Parisien )


  • Thibaut Courtois is set to leave Chelsea for Premier League rivals Liverpool in the summer.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Stoke forward Bojan Krkic, 25, is becoming increasingly frustrated at his lack of playing time after starting three matches in the past three months.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Liverpool will listen to offers this summer for winger Jordon Ibe, 20, with Watford, Arsenal and Tottenham all interested.
    ( Squawka )


  • Rangers want to sign 26-year-old Fulham winger Ben Pringle, who is on loan at Ipswich Town.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Antonio Conte is confident of completing a £45m deal for Gonzalo Higuain - and that could open the door for Diego Costa to go to China.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • AC Milan are set to be taken over by a Chinese consortium and will target Chinese Super League stars, including Colombia striker Jackson Martinez, 29, and Brazilian midfielders Ramires, 29, and Alex Teixeira, 26.
    ( Gazzetta World )




  • MANAGER MOVEMENTS

  • Southampton are concerned manager Ronald Koeman will not extend his contract - which has a year to run - amid interest from Everton and Arsenal.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Manchester United will have to pay Jose Mourinho at least £10m a year for him to become their new manager.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Raith Rovers boss Ray McKinnon is the favourite to succeed Mixu Paatelainen as Dundee United manager, with the relegated club yet to announce the sacking of the Finn for legal reasons.
    ( Daily Telegraph )




  • OTHER STORIES

  • Tottenham had to restrain reserve goalkeeper Michel Vorm during the melee at full-time at Stamford Bridge on Monday.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink had to restrain one member of club staff outside Tottenham's dressing room following Monday's ill-tempered 2-2 draw, repeatedly telling them: "I'm the boss - listen to me and do as you're told." .
    ( Sun )


  • Tottenham's Christian Eriksen says Chelsea's desperation to deny us on Monday showed we've finally earned their respect.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Tottenham players blame Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas for causing the brawl during Monday's Battle of the Bridge by slapping players in the groin and using verbal abuse.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Referee Mark Clattenburg has told friends he messed up at Stamford Bridge and should have been stricter in the early stages to stop the game getting out of hand.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Spurs midfielder Mousa Dembele faces a 10-game ban if he is found guilty of gouging Diego Costa's eyes during the game.
    ( Sun )


  • Leicester City's Premier League triumph does not match Nottingham Forest's title win, according to Viv Anderson, a member of Brian Clough's 1978 side.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Defender Robert Huth, 31, will be able to take part in Leicester's title celebrations this Saturday even if he is suspended for the home game against Everton after being charged with violent conduct.
    ( Times )


  • Leicester are fighting the imposition of a £10m fine in a financial fair play case.
    ( Times )


  • Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane says that not reaching this season's Champions League final would be a failure.
    ( Guardian )


  • Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton believes Leicester's Jamie Vardy, 29, and Tottenham's Harry Kane, 22, should be ahead of Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney, 30, in the contest to start in attack for Roy Hodgson's side at Euro 2016.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Sunderland's pre-tax losses have risen by £8m to £25m after they narrowly avoided relegation last season, their latest accounts reveal.
    ( Sunderland Echo )


  • Swansea City fans are unhappy after the club announced a kit deal with a supplier who used to make rivals Cardiff City's strip.
    ( Western Mail )




  • AND FINALLY

  • Two Leicester season ticket holders have named their new daughter after title-winning manager Claudio Ranieri.
    ( Leicester Mercury )


  • Jamie Vardy lookalike Lee Chapman was so convincing that someone mistakenly tried to fly him by helicopter to Manchester for a Football Association photoshoot.
    ( Leicester Mercury )


  • Harry Redknapp says he will not go to Australia for his role as Central Coast Mariners consultant, despite the club claiming he will, and gets their name wrong.
    ( Talksport )


  • A Buddhist monk who has flown to the UK regularly to bless Leicester's players this season has predicted that they will enjoy success in the Champions League.
    ( Daily Mirror )






















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