European transfer rumours: Romelu Lukaku will leave Everton in the summer, says father
West Ham are now considering their options with a new striker their top priority during this summer’s transfer window.
Slaven Bilic may also struggle to land Marseille’s Michy Batshuayi as he declared he wants to play for a Champions League club – leaving unwanted Liverpool striker Benteke as their prime target.
Benteke has already signalled his intentions to stay at Liverpool next season, but could be persuaded to move on if Jurgen Klopp tells him he is not wanted.
As Teamtalk reports, however, the Hammers could lose French star Dimitri Payet, who’s believed to be a target of Real Madrid. According to Le10Sport, the Merengues want to sign the 29-year-old offensive midfielder to replace James Rodriguez, but will not make an opening bid before the end of EURO 2016.
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Romelu Lukaku’s father thinks his son will leave Everton for around £65m before Euro 2016 gets underway (Daily Express)
Real Madrid have until 15 June to trigger 25-year-old Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea’s £39m release clause (AS)
A Far East consortium are believed to be close to agreeing a deal to buy Aston Villa and that would make Roberto Di Matteo the favourite to pip Nigel Pearson to the manager’s post (Daily Express)
Arsenal are on the hunt for a left-back and have watched Kieran Tierney of Celtic and Leicester’s Ben Chilwell closely but have yet to make any formal offers (Daily Mail)
Crotone, recently promoted to Serie A, will face a huge job to convince manager Ivan Juric to stick around following interest from Leeds United (Daily Express)
Tomas Rosicky, 35, who will leave Arsenal this summer, hopes to earn a deal elsewhere by appearing for the Czech Republic at Euro 2016 (The Times)
Liverpool and Italy forward Mario Balotelli, 25, who is currently on loan at AC Milan, is wanted by Spanish side Espanyol (Fijaches)
Liverpool winger Samed Yesil is on the verge of joining Turkish club Trabzonspor, after spending a season on loan at FC Luzern (Daily Express)
England forward Jamie Vardy has a £25m release clause in his contract, but the 29-year-old plans to stay at champions Leicester City next season (Bleacher Report)
Former Borussia Monchengladbach coach Lucien Favre is in the hunt for the Everton job after holding talks with Goodison officials but Saints boss Ronald Koeman and Dutchman Frank de Boer still top the shortlist (The Sun)
Francesco Guidolin has urged Swansea not to cash in on £10m-rated striker Andre Ayew(The Sun)
Rafa Benitez wants to hit the ground running after verbally agreeing to remain Newcastle manager despite their relegation to the Championship (Daily Mail)
Manchester United are discussing whether to press ahead with a deal to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic, after sending scouts to watch him in PSG’s 1-1 draw with Bordeaux last week (Daily Mail)
Incoming Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola wants to hijack neighbours United’s move for Schalke sensation Leroy Sane (Daily Star)
Theo Walcott is desperate to stay at Arsenal this summer despite interest from West Ham (Daily Star)
Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri is keen on signing Ajax striker Arkadiusz Milik (Daily Mirror)
Swansea have Junior Hoilett top of their wanted list this summer with the 25-year-old winger’s contract expiring at QPR (Daily Mirror)
Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick may have been saying goodbye to the Old Trafford fans for the last time on Tuesday night after celebrating the end of the season with his two children on the pitch (Daily Telegraph)
Chelsea have risked upsetting hospitality season ticket holders by offering a 3 per cent refund to compensate for the lack of Champions League football at Stamford Bridge next season (The Times)
Via Team talk
