Tuesday 21st August 2018
While English football sniffs about not being able to sign anyone but free transfers and John Terry, there are no such problems on the continent.
Take Paris St-Germain, for example. They are so flush with cash that Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic, 30, is on their radar at €125m in spite of those pesky FFP regulations…
Marca
…and just like the Beatles, they are finding money can’t buy them everything. The Mop-tops couldn’t buy love, and PSG are finding it can’t buy them Bayern Munich centre-back Jerome Boateng, 29.
Sky Sports
Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 22, is on his way to Spain for a year-long loan after he was left out of the Chelsea squad last weekend. No-one knows where yet but a year kicking his heels on the Costa Blanca won’t do him any harm.
Daily Mirror
Everton boss Marco Silva won’t sell Ademola Lookman, 20, to RB Leipzig but let’s see if Farhad Moshiri can turn down £22m for the winger.
The Times
Being a winger at Everton is tough these days. Yannick Bolasie, 29, is on his way to Middlesbrough, and will take Muhamed Besic, 25, to keep him company.
Daily Star
Younes Kaboul has been told he can do one from Watford. The 32-year-old is attracting the attention of Nantes.
Watford Observer
Meanwhile, Thierry Henry wants the Bordeaux job that Gus Poyet is hell-bent on getting himself sacked from. That’s what Arsene Wenger reckons, anyway.
Corse Matin
Woo-hoo! Get the flags and bunting out! Hide the cakes, though. Stoke City want to sign midfield steamroller Tom ‘Tubs’ Huddlestone, 31, on loan from Derby County.
Daily Mail
Not content with that, those crazy Stoke City guys also bid £6.5m for Brentford midfielder Ryan Woods, 24. Mad times in the Potteries!
Daily Telegraph
