Gossip Column: Sanchez, Mahrez, Alderweireld, Fellaini, Bale, Dendoncker, Barkley

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Sunday 30th July 2017

PSG found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and when it fills up after they’ve emptied it on Neymar, they will bid £35m for Arsenal striker Alexis Sanchez, 28…
Sunday Express

… but it’s too little, too late. Alexis is handing in a transfer request because he wants to move to Manchester City.
Sunday Mirror

Anderlecht fluttered their eyelashes in Manchester United’s direction and told them €35m will get them a Leander Dendocker, 22. There’s a catch – there always is; United can’t have him until next summer.
Manchester Evening News

Which is a pity. United’s quota of Belgian midfielders is going to drop when 29-year-old Marouane Fellaini leaves for Galatasaray.
Daily Star Sunday

It will be a busy summer for United in 2018 as Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale, 28, won’t be joining until then.
Sunday Express

United could join the queue for Everton’s midfield tyro Ross Barkley, 23, although Spurs and Manchester City are the favourites to sign the England international.
Daily Star Sunday

Riyad Mahrez, 26, dusted off his Communards record collection, with “Don’t Leave Me This Way”, carrying extra poignancy after Roma said they were looking elsewhere because Leicester won’t sell the Algerian at a knockdown price.
Evening Standard

Tottenham have caught the acting bug: “Toby or Not Toby”. Alderweireld, 28, wishes they hurry up and make up their minds as he wants a new deal.
Sky Sports

Philippe Coutinho, 25, is determined to leave Liverpool and ain’t too proud to beg Jurgen Klopp to move to Spain. The German is looking at 18-year-old Dortmund starlet Christian Pulisic and telling him “you’re the one that I want”.
Sunday Mirror

Marc Wilson, 29, told his agent he would leave Bournemouth for anywhere but Hull. The reply of “Well, this is awkward” gave the game away.
Mail on Sunday

Max Gradel, 29, is also leaving the south coast for superstardom but failing that he’ll sign for Sunderland.
Mail on Sunday