Gossip Column: Godin, Lichtsteiner, Sandro, Mahrez, Ayew, and Mitrovic

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Football Gossip Column

Sunday 27th May 2018

Juventus phoned the president of Atletico Madrid to ask if Diego Godin, 32, was for sale. No-one told Diego Simeone; they were too scared.
Calciomercato

Arsenal are close to signing soon-to-be former Juventus right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner, 34, on a free transfer.
Evening Standard

Manchester United haven’t given up on signing Alex Sandro, 27, but are hedging their bets with Danny Rose, 28, and Napoli full-back Elseid Hysaj, 24, on their radar.
Gazzetta dello Sport

Paris St-Germain maestro Neymar Jr wants to play under Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.  That’s Zidane’s replacement at Real Madrid sorted…
ESPN Brasil

And Neymar will be pleased Alex Sandro is joining them, not Manchester United or staying at Juventus as we were told yesterday.
Manchester Evening News

It’s a long way to Tipperary but the distance between Manchester City and Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez, 27, is even further. City are still edging towards a £75m deal though.
Mail on Sunday

Swansea City striker Jordan Ayew, 28, is on his way to Celtic or so his mate reckons.
Daily Record

Aleksandar Mitrovic is heading for the door marked ‘do one’ at St James Park. Newcastle United want him gone and Fulham want to sign him. Like Kanu, nobody is quite sure how old he is but today he’s 23…
Newcastle Chronicle