Monday 16th July 2018
Real Madrid will have to cough up £200m for Eden Hazard, 27, if they want to buy him from Chelsea.
The Times
It’s going to be an expensive shopping trip in West London for them. Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois claims his contract offer isn’t as good as other offers. That’s about £300m between the two; only another £700m to go and Real Madrid could buy the club…
Daily Mirror
Just to make sure that everyone’s happy, Hazard will be replaced by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. Yes, that’s the same 23-year-old Lazio midfielder that was going to sign for Manchester United.
talkSPORT
Liverpool are aiming low when it comes to goalkeepers now. Roma’s Alisson, 25, is off the menu and now they want Barcelona reserve Jasper Cillessen, 29. Or is it just the Cille-season taking over…?
talkSPORT
It’s definitely the silly season. Lyon chairman Jean-Michel Aulas wants Liverpool to come back to the negotiating table for Nabil Fekir, 24, whose value probably rocketed with France’s World Cup victory.
Liverpool Echo
Meanwhile, Luke Shaw, 23, will leave Manchester United next summer when his contract expires if he doesn’t become first-choice left-back at Old Trafford. Free transfer next summer it is then…
Manchester Evening News
Boca Juniors midfielder Wilmar Barrios, 24, is a popular guy. Everton want him – natch – as well as Chelsea and Tottenham.
HITC
Andy Carroll, 29, will take his unique brand of perma-crock to Besiktas from West Ham United this summer. No, seriously, he will.
90 Minutes
Espanyol midfielder David Lopez, 28, is a wanted by Valencia and Real Betis. And Everton. Even the Spanish press have picked up that the Toffees are the ‘go to’ club for a rumour.
Mundo Deportivo
Proof that money is more important than trophies, #23,192. Yves Bissouma, 21, is looking to leave Lille for Brighton this summer over Porto, opting for a Premier League relegation battle over a Portuguese title fight.
90min
