Paper Talk: Spurs lead duo for £50m winger; Arsenal’s £200m bonanza

Manchester United want a Real Madrid midfielder to replace Michael Carrick, while Spurs hope to beat Chelsea and Manchester City to a £50m-rated Premier League winger, according to Tuesday’s papers.

 

LONDON RIVALS LOCK HORNS OVER ZAHA

Tottenham are planning a new £50m move for Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha this summer, according to reports.

Mauricio Pochettino has twice seen bids to sign the Ivory Coast winger fail, but it is hoping it will be a case of third time lucky with The Times claiming Spurs will launch a £50million offer to Palace this summer.

However, the Daily Mirror reckons Tottenham’s chances of signing Zaha won’t be plain sailing, with Chelsea also monitoring developements and pondering a move of their own as they seek a potential replacement for Eden Hazard, who is looking increasingly likely to be subject of a big-money bid from Real Madrid this summer.

The red top also believes Manchester City are also keen and have made enquiries about Zaha.

But they believe Spurs are favourites to sign the £50m star and want to make the winger a statement signing ahead of their move into their new stadium next season.

Zaha is back onto the radar of the Premier League’s big boys after recapturing his best form since returning to Palace in February 2015 after a disappointing two years at Manchester United.

 

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AND THE REST

Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos is Jose Mourinho’s main midfield target for the summer, as he seeks to enhance Manchester United’s midfield (The Independent)

West Brom’s owners have told Alan Pardew to restore order, stability and results at the club after the events of last week (The Sun)

Paris Saint-Germain are not interested in signing Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo despite being linked with a £30m move for the Argentina centre-back

Arsenal and Tottenham have been given hope that £40m-target Malcom will be made available by Bordeaux this summer (Daily Star)

Manuel Lanzini is expected to return to West Ham training this week (Daily Star)

Reading boss Jaap Stam faces the sack if his team lose at Nottingham Forest tonight (Daily Star)

Dan Micciche is fighting to save his job at MK Dons after losing his first five games in charge (Daily Star)

Nabil Fekir’s agent has refused to confirm if the France midfielder, an Arsenal target, will be at Lyon next season (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland have been put up for sale and owner Ellis Short will take £50m for the Sky Bet Championship club (Daily Mirror)

West Ham are clinging to a slim hope Andy Carroll will be back before the end of the season (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal will increase their spending power after clinching a new £200m shirt sponsorship deal (Daily Mirror)

Wales are in line for a £1m payday by playing in the Far East next month – but only if Gareth Bale features (Daily Mail)

Kylian Mbappe will officially complete his £166m switch from Monaco after a contract clause means Paris St-Germain have to buy the 19-year-old France striker after avoiding relegation (Daily Mail)

The four West Bromwich Albion players accused of stealing a taxi in Barcelona are set to escape police action in Spain but face a combined club fine of £450,000 (Daily Mail)

Alan Pardew is fighting for his ­future at West Bromwich Albion while facing a crucial Premier League showdown with Huddersfield Town this weekend (Daily Telegraph)

Barcelona keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen was told at the age of 10 at Borussia Moenchengladbach that he could either go in goal or leave the club (Daily Telegraph)

Marc-Andre ter Stegen: No Man City deal in place

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud says “for a year and a half, it went from bad to worse” at former club Arsenal, which is why he had to leave in January (Daily Express)

Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski has confirmed he is aware of Real Madrid’s interest in signing him this summer (Daily Express)

Alex McLeish plans to speak to Man Utd’s Scott McTominay to find out if he wants to play for Scotland (Daily Record)