Wednesday 2nd May 2018
Hector Bellerin, 23, will be leaving Arsenal this summer and heading for one of Manchester United, Chelsea, or more likely, Barcelona
Sport
Which is news to Juventus, who are already in talks with Arsenal over a summer deal for Bellerin.
Metro
Meanwhile, Manchester United striker Anthony Martial, 22, can go to Chelsea this summer if he wants. And being a polite young man, he’ll hold the door open for…
Daily Telegraph
…Daley Blind and Matteo Darmian, both 28, who were both told to do one this summer…
The Times
Hopefully, they are as polite as Martial and will hold the door open for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, 23. United’s club shop has already started printing his name on the back of shirts…
El Mundo Deportivo
Javi Gracia wanted Gerald Depardieu to play him in a biopic but the Watford board weren’t listening properly and bought him Gerard Delofeu, 24, from Barcelona instead.
El Mundo Deportivo
Chelsea want Sarri, Napoli want Conte; football’s first job-share could see Sarri taking the Blues away games while Conte does the home matches and vice-versa for Partenopei games…
Daily Mirror
Leicester City are now using the excuse of a 5 – 0 defeat to sack Claude Puel. Shame the story broke before the hammering at Crystal Palace. Do keep up over at Northgate House.
Daily Mail
And finally, the Billy Smart’s Arsenal circus is in town. And first up are the clowns…
Soon-to-be-former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger rejected Paris St-Germain and has his sights set on becoming next boss of France when Didier Deschamps gets the elbow this summer.
Daily Star
His replacement might be Paulo Fonseca. The Shakhtar Donetsk boss told Everton to hop it as he wants the Arsenal job. That’s what Guillem Balague and who are we to argue?
Daily Express
It seems, however, that Zeljko Buvac being given the elbow by Liverpool was because he is “a serious candidate” to become new Arsenal boss. Yup, “a serious candidate…”
Daily Mirror
But he won’t be earning £8.5m per year. Nor will anybody else interested in managing Arsenal…
Daily Mail
…which gives Luis Enrique an ‘out’. He wanted £25m each season. And that’s not a transfer budget either.
Daily Mirror
