Paper Talk: Bayern to beat Spurs, Arsenal to £45m ace; LVG to Chelsea

Bayern Munich have jumped ahead of Arsenal and Tottenham in the race for a £45million Ligue 1 winger, while a shock name has emerged to replace Antonio Conte at Chelsea, all in Sunday’s papers.

 

BAYERN LEAD NORTH LONDON DUO IN RACE FOR BRAZILIAN

Bayern Munich have reportedly jumped ahead of Tottenham and Arsenal in the race to sign Bordeaux’s highly-rated winger Malcom, who they want to replace veteran Franck Ribery.

The north London giants both made moves for the highly-rated 20-year-old in January but Bordeaux stood firm and refused to sell due to their struggles in Ligue 1.

The Brazilian is, however, expected to move on in the summer, with a fee of around £45million being mooted.

It would appear though that Malcom will not be heading to the Premier League after Bundesliga giants Bayern emerged as the favourites to land the player, according to a report in the Sunday Mirror.

Bayern are looking for long-term successors to Ribery and Arjen Robben, although the latter is expected to be handed a new deal before the end of the season.

As for Malcom, Bordeaux boss Gus Poyet – a former Tottenham favourite – admits that his star man will move on “sooner or later”.

At this stage it would appear that Spurs are more likely than Arsenal to try and rival Bayern for the youngster, although they did bring in Lucas Moura from PSG in January and are still being strongly tipped to sign Fulham wide man Ryan Sessegnon this summer.

 

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Paul Pogba is ready to quit Manchester United if Jose Mourinho remains in charge as their relationship has reached breaking point (Sun on Sunday)

Mino Raiola is in negotiations with Real Madrid over a move for his client Paul Pogba, while Juventus have a £53m buy-back clause for the Frenchman (Sun on Sunday)

Louis van Gaal has been lined up as a shock replacement for Antonio Conte, should the Italian leave Chelsea before the end of the season (Sunday Mirror)

David de Gea is demanding Manchester United double his salary to £350,000 a week if he is to agree a new deal at Old Trafford (Sun on Sunday)

Pep Guardiola has banned alcohol from any celebrations if Manchester City win the Carabao Cup final (Sun on Sunday)

Tottenham are in talks to sign Sheffield United striker David Brooks and hope to agree a deal worth £10m (Sun on Sunday)

Robert Lewandowski has changed agents and signed with Pini Zahavi, who helped to broker Neymar’s world-record £200m move to PSG (Sunday Mirror)

Jose Mourinho has hinted Scott McTominay is set to snub England’s advances and pledge his international career to Scotland (Sunday Mirror)

Manchester United are lining up an £80m move for Lazio’s giant Serbian midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, with Michael Carrick retiring and Marouane Fellaini expected to leave in the summer (Sunday Mirror)

Liverpool will buy a goalkeeper in the summer to compete with Loris Karius for the No 1 jersey, with Simon Mignolet set to leave the club (Sunday Times)

Jurgen Klopp wants to replace Philippe Coutinho in the summer, and has targeted Napoli playmaker Jorginho to fill the Brazilian’s boots (Sunday Times)

AC Milan midfielder Frank Kessie says he has his heart set on a move to Manchester United as they have always been his “favourite team” (Sunday Express)

Paris St-Germain and Brazil striker Neymar has told Real Madrid he wants more money than the Spanish club’s 33-year-old Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo in order to seal a move to the Bernabeu (Sunday Express)

Arsenal and Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina says he would be open to leaving the Gunners this summer in a bid for first-team football (Daily Star Sunday)

Alan Pardew is on the brink of being sacked by West Brom as Baggies owner Guochuan Lai considers his options following their home defeat to relegation rivals Huddersfield (Mail on Sunday)

Jose Mourinho says Manchester United’s upcoming game against Liverpool is more important than Sunday’s clash against Chelsea (Mail on Sunday)

Aymeric Laporte has revealed he pulled the plug on a move to Manchester City 18 months ago as he was injured and did not feel it was the right time to move to the Etihad (Sunday Telegraph)

FIFA have insisted on clauses in broadcasting contracts that will earn them bonuses of £216m from North American broadcasters if the 2026 World Cup is awarded to the United States (Mail on Sunday)