News Britannia: Costa demands Atletico return
The Spanish striker is reportedly not happy about the treatment of media and referees in England and wants to return to his old club that are believed to have tabled an offer of £ 40 million.
Chelsea have just completed the signing of Michy Batshuayi for £ 32 million and incoming Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is understood not to be losing any sleep over the player’s departure.
Diego Costa has netted 36 goals in 78 appearances with Chelsea so far. He moved to the Stamford Bridge on a 32-million deal from the Colchoneros.
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Manchester City are set to break the £100m spending barrier with Pep Guardiola lining up John Stones and Leroy Sane (Daily Mirror)
England’s senior players UNANIMOUSLY want the next manager to be from abroad (Daily Mirror)
Christian Benteke has considered quitting Liverpool for Crystal Palace after experiencing a torrid first season at Anfield (Daily Mirror)
English MLS star Dom Dwyer, who plays for Sporting Kansas City, was forced to wear a face full of make-up by his wife after losing a Euro 2016 bet (Daily Mirror)
Leicester are ready to table a take-it-or-leave-it offer in their protracted pursuit of Burnley defender Michael Keane (Daily Mirror)
Steve Clarke, new Aston Villa assistant manager who replaced Roy Hodgson at West Brom in 2012, says there are three front runners for England with Bournemouth’s Eddie Howe top of the list, along with Alan Pardew and Sam Allardyce (Daily Telegraph)
Pep Guardiola is in advanced talks to bring Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara to Manchester City (The Sun)
Head of Team Sky Sir Dave Brailsford has been targeted by the FA as they search for the new England manager (The Sun)
Sam Allardyce and Steve Bruce both want to manage England now as the FA steps up the big hunt (The Sun)
Ryan Giggs has backed Louis van Gaal to take charge of England alongside Gareth Southgate (The Sun)
Poland Euro 2016 star Kamil Grosicki could be on his way to Everton from Stade Rennais(The Sun)
Dimitri Payet’s agent expects the playmaker to stay at West Ham this summer despite strong interest from Real Madrid (The Sun)
Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2016 hero Darren Randolph will be allowed to leave West Ham this summer (The Sun)
Manchester United have opened discussions with Juventus over Paul Pogba with the Serie A side holding out for £83m (Daily Mail)
Atletico Madrid have begun discussions over a move for Chelsea’s Diego Costa as they target a new striker for next season (Daily Mail)
Jose Mourinho made a secret visit to Manchester United’s stars at the England camp before Euro 2016 to outline his blueprint for their attacking new style (Daily Mail)
Arsene Wenger has reservations about taking England job and the FA will have to try and persuade the Arsenal boss (Daily Mail)
Diego Simeone is targeting a big improvement next season after committing his future to Atletico Madrid and says only Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are better than his team (Daily Mail)
Antonio Conte’s Chelsea appointment is looking better and better with every passing day, former Blues winger Pat Nevin believes (Daily Star)
Manchester City have agreed a deal for 19-year-old Ukraine international attacker Oleksandr Zinchenko (Daily Star)
Manchester United forward Ashley Fletcher has reportedly agreed a four-year deal with West Ham (Daily Star)
Leicester are battling Paris Saint Germain to land former Newcastle misfit Hatem Ben Arfa (Daily Star)
West Ham and Everton have been offered Real Madrid ace Mateo Kovacic, according to reports (Daily Star)
Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher will become a free agent and Sheffield Wednesday could beat Norwich City to the signing of the 29-year-old (Sunderland Echo)
Barcelona winger Cristian Tello has reportedly turned down a move to Liverpool with Fiorentina his most likely destination (Daily Express)
Crystal Palace have beaten Southampton, Watford and West Ham to the £13m signing of Newcastle winger Andros Townsend (Daily Telegraph)
Arsenal have turned down an approach from Juventus for Alexis Sanchez and will switch their attentions to former Manchester United striker Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (Daily Express)
Mario Balotelli is heading back to Liverpool after being told to report for pre-season training (Daily Express)
Ronald Koeman will make Fulham goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg his first signing for Everton (Daily Express)
Leicester are in talks with Brazilian and Gremio striker Luan Vieira, valued at £20m (Daily Express)
Brendan Rodgers insists Turkish striker Nadir Ciftci still has a future at Celtic after the striker scored in a pre-season friendly in Slovenia (Daily Record)
Gonzalo Higuaín’s agent has made it clear that the striker will not renew his contract at Napoli with several English clubs keen on the 28-year-old (The Guardian)
