All the stories from the back pages of the national newspapers. DAILY MIRROR Brendan Rodgers has revealed how he stopped Louis van Gaal from joining Liverpool as technical director two years ago. Paul Lambert is confident Aston Villa can keep Ron Vlaar and hopes to tempt him to stay on a new deal. West Broms £10m record signing Brown Ideye could be forced to miss the start of the season because of a hold up with his work permit. Tottenham have had a £17m bid accepted for Villarreal defender Mateo Masucchio and are in advanced talks to complete the 23-year-olds switch to north London. Southampton want to take Manchester United wonderkid left-winger Demetri Mitchell on loan. Newcastle manager Alan Pardew is ready to snap up Nottingham Forest Jamaal Lascelles in a £3m deal. DAILY MAIL Tottenham are continuing talks with Villarreal over £20m-rated central defender Mateo Musacchio, AC Milan are interested in signing Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina, although his wages could prove a stumbling block to any potential move. Sunderland hope the arrival of Frank Lampard at Manchester City will help push Jack Rodwell their way. Alan Pardew expects more signings at Newcastle this summer and is backing Facundo Ferreyra to win a permanent stay after signing on a season- long loan from Shakhtar Donetsk. DAILY EXPRESS Arsene Wenger has slammed Frank Lampards loan from New York City to Manchester City as a way of circumventing the Financial Fair Play rules. Garry Monk, who is fighting off interest from Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham for Wilfried Bony, has told the striker he will make him an even better player if he stays at Swansea. Javier Manquillo will have a medical at Liverpool today to finalise a two-year loan deal from Atletico Madrid. THE SUNWest Ham want Sunderland striker Connor Wickham to solve their firepower problem after Andy Carrolls ankle surgery. Nabil Bentaleb is desperate to prove he is not Tim Sherwoods pet and prove he can hold his own in Tottenhams midfield under Mauricio Pochettino. West Ham new-boy Carl Jenkinson could miss the start of the season after picking up a hamstring injury in the 2-0 defeat to Malaga on Sunday. DAILY STAR Jamie Carragher has backed Dejan Lovren to be a future Liverpool captain. Jose Mourinho fears many of his Chelsea players wont be fit for the start of the season after watching his side slump to a 3-0 defeat to Werder Bremen. Tony Pulis is eying Stoke ace Marc Wilson to bolster his Crystal Palace defence. Mauricio Pochettino is ready to use Nacer Chadli as bait to convince Southampton to sell Morgan Schneiderlin.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 07:59:09 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015