News Britannia: Barcelona rival Man Utd in race for Everton defender
According to The Sun, José Mourinho has made the Englishman his priority to strengthen the Red Devils’ defence. The Special One is reportedly ready to offer £ 25 million to sign the centre-back who’s also on Barcelona’s radars.
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– Teenage striker Marcus Rashford has signed a long-term contract at Manchester United with his basic salary being £20,000 per week, plus bonuses (Telegraph)
– Everton striker Romelu Lukaku is a target for Paris St-Germain as the French champions search for a replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who could join Manchester United (Express)
– The Toffees are doing further reference checks on former Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini after the Chilean impressed club chiefs during talks last week (Mail)
– Leicester and Liverpool are competing to sign out-of-favour Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Express)
– Tottenham could activate the £6.4million release clause for Barcelona defender Marc Bartra (Sport)
– Swansea want to re-sign Wilfried Bony from Manchester City for £16million, the outstanding balance that City still need to pay from the original transfer (Mirror)
– Leicester have had an £18million bid rejected for former Stoke midfielder Steven N’Zonzi, who helped Sevilla win this season’s Europa League (Mirror)
– Crystal Palace are in the process of making a triple summer transfer swoop for Steven Caulker, Ryan Mason and Saido Berahino (Express)
– West Ham tabled a £3million bid for Toulouse striker Martin Braithwaite, which could pace the way for Diafra Sakho to join Sunderland (Mail)
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