Paper Talk: Top target leaves Man Utd door open; Inter eye Chelsea ace

A top Man Utd attacking target has refused to rule out a move next summer, while Inter Milan are keen on signing a Chelsea star – all in Thursday’s papers.

 

MAN UTD GIVEN HUGE SANCHO LIFT

Top Manchester United target Jadon Sancho has refused to rule out leaving Borussia Dortmund club next summer.

The England winger has been identified by United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as a priority target, with the Red Devils actively looking to land the 19-year-old over the summer.

However, Sancho decided that he wanted to continue his development and stay at Dortmund for at least one more campaign.

United’s interest has not wavered though and they are expected to reignite a move for the attacker next summer, provided they can return to the Champions League – as reported by Metro.

And Sancho appears to have given them a lift with his latest comments.

“I can’t tell the future,” Sancho told Viasport.

“I just take it game by game. I just wanna give 100 per cent for Borussia Dortmund.

“I really want to do well with Dortmund. Obviously, I want to win titles and give everything.

“It’s crazy. Everything has come so fast,” Sancho told Viasat. “But I have a great team. They keep me humbled. ‘I just take it game by game and give 100 per cent.”

United were willing to break their transfer record to sign Sancho and it looks as if they will have to pay a fee of over £100m, if the forward continues his rapid rise.

 

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AND THE REST

Inter Milan want Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud to boost their striking options in January (The Sun)

Liverpool, Real Madrid and Barcelona are set to do battle over the signing of Napoli midfielder Fabian Ruiz in January (The Sun)

Mason Mount has an ‘outside chance’ of playing for Chelsea against Liverpool on Sunday after scans showed no significant damage to the ankle he injured against Valencia (The Sun)

Jack Clarke could be heading back to Tottenham after being frozen out of Marcelo Bielsa’s plans since re-joining Leeds United on loan (The Sun)

Jack Clarke TEAMtalk

Manchester United are turning their attentions to fresh terms for Jesse Lingard and Mason Greenwood after securing Victor Lindelof to a new contract on Wednesday (Daily Mirror)

Russia star Alexander Kokorin returned to Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday, a day after being released from jail over hooliganism charge (Daily Mirror)

Steven Gerrard has snapped back at former Liverpool team-mate Emile Heskey after comments on his managerial credentials (Daily Mirror)

Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel has admitted Neymar ‘did everything in his power’ to leave the club over the summer (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea have opened talks with in-form striker Tammy Abraham and young defender Fikayo Tomori over new contracts (The Guardian)

Arsenal have made an approach to sign 18-year-old Hungary midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai from Red Bull Salzburg (Football.London)

Former Tottenham and Fulham midfielder Lewis Holtby is in talks over a move to Blackburn – he is a free agent after being released by Hamburg (Daily Mail)

Lewis Holtby Hamburg

The French League Cup will cease to exist after the 2019-20 season after authorities failed to secure a broadcast partner for France’s second cup competition (Daily Mail)

QPR are set to make a move for free agent goalkeeper Heinz Lindner – an Austria international – who has been invited to the club to train by Mark Warburton (Daily Mail)

Bradford City have held takeover talks with two interested parties – but owner Stefan Rupp wants at least £10m (Daily Mail)

Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos has been included in Colombia’s provisional squad for two friendlies next month after missing out on selection for their last two games (Daily Record)

Hearts supremo Ann Budge has backed under-fire boss Craig Levein to turn the team’s fortunes around (Daily Record)

Liverpool defender Andy Robertson has been forced into deleting his Twitter account after being subjected to abuse (Daily Record)