Tuesday 27th March 2018
It’s close to April Fools Day and the press started early with claims that Barcelona are thinking about signing Manchester United full-back Luke Shaw. Yes, that 22-year-old Luke Shaw. Not a doppelganger or unknown player. That Luke Shaw. We’ll leave that one there.
Daily Mirror
Monaco are also going to raid Old Trafford this summer. Marouane Fellaini, 30, is a far more believable target and it makes a pleasant change for players to leave Manchester for Monaco rather than the other way around.
Daily Mail
Dani Ceballos, 21, isn’t giving up on joining Liverpool, particularly after Real Madrid told him to do one this summer. AC Milan and Juventus are also interested.
talkSPORT
Thomas Tuchel laughed at being told he was favourite to succeed Arsene Wenger as Arsenal boss. The Bayern Munich job is much more to his liking.
Sky Sports
Manchester United received the doctors’ reports and both Bayern Munich midfielder Arturo Vidal, 30, and PSG maestro Marco Verratti, 25, have pulses so they are targets to replace Michael Carrick, 36, when he hangs up his boots this summer. It’s not much of an epitaph, is it? “Here lies Michael Carrick’s replacement at Old Trafford…”
Manchester Evening News
From the same newspaper which told you Manchester United were interested in Celtic defender Kieran Tierney, 20, comes the news that Manchester United will sign Celtic defender Kieran Tierney, 20, this summer.
Daily Mirror
Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois claims he will be at Stamford Bridge next season. Seeing out his contract or confident prediction that Chelsea will be drawn in the same Champions League group as Real Madrid? You decide…
Daily Telegraph
High opinion of himself or genuine interest? Liverpool is Watford midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure’s dream destination. The 25-year-old is expected to leave Vicarage Road this summer.
Daily Express
