Gossip Column: Pochettino, Alderweireld, Conte, Torres, Balotelli, and Umtiti

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Football Gossip Column

Tuesday 3rd April 2018

Mauricio Pochettinho is set to sign a new deal with Tottenham, a move which will convince six “senior players” to follow suit…
Daily Telegraph

…So, Poirot, who are these six. Clue 1: Not Toby Alderweireld. Contracts between him and the club broke down with PSG ready to offer the 29-year-old a £50m deal over five years.
Daily Mail

Chelsea won’t sack Antonio Conte despite missing out on Champions League football again. Apparently, £9.5m is too much for the club spending gazillions on transfers to pay in a severance package.
Daily Express

You think we’re joking? Nine first-teamers could be on their way out of Stamford Bridge this summer. A quiet transfer window forecasted…
Daily Telegraph

West Brom are spoiled for choice. Michael Appleton, Derek McInnes, Craig Shakespeare, and Dean Smith are hopeful of replacing Alan Pardew who quit yesterday. And football hipsters favourite Graham Potter – Ostersunds, remember? – is on the list
The Times

We haven’t mentioned Liverpool yet, which is very remiss. The Reds are monitoring Ferran Torres, 18, of Valencia, but Chelsea – remember that £9.5m from earlier – are also interested.
Daily Mail

Bayern Munich manager Jupp Heynckes thinks Real Madrid have zero chance of signing Robert Lewandowski this summer. The 29-year-old’s agent says, “think again”.
Marca

Mario Balotelli, 27, was such a raging success in England before his agent is in “discussions” with English clubs after he decided to leave Nice this summer. They’ve been short discussions so far, usually along the lines of “Can I…” and “No”.
Daily Mirror

And for Samuel Umtiti, read Samuel Um-tut-tut, you’ve been telling fibs. The 23-year-old centre back isn’t in contract talks with Barcelona.
Sport