B3 Sports Cafe Todays Football News: TRANSFER GOSSIP Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho could be forced to sell wingers Oscar, 22, or Eden Hazard, 23, to fund summer bids for his top striker targets - Atletico Madrids Diego Costa, 25, and Bayern Munichs Mario Mandzukic, 27. Full story: Daily Mirror Chelsea face a £10m bill to get striker Fernando Torres out of Stamford Bridge as the 30-year-old striker wants to be compensated if he has to take a cut to his £175,000-a-week salary. Full story: Daily Mail Chelsea and Liverpool are set to join Manchester United and Tottenham in the battle for Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana, 25. Full story: Goal Manchester United are plotting a £50m double move on Southampton for Lallana and left-back Luke Shaw, 18. Full story: Talksport Manchester City have entered the frame for Monaco striker Radamel Falcao - with director of football Txiki Begiristain believed to have met the 28-year-old and his agent. Falcao joined Monaco from Atletico Madrid last summer Full story: Manchester Evening News And Man City are closing in on a deal for £20m-rated Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala, 23. Full story: Daily Mail Everton will beat Tottenham in the race to sign their on-loan striker Romelu Lukaku, 20, on a permanent deal from Chelsea, but only if the Merseyside club qualify for the Champions League. Full story: Daily Mirror Chelsea have put a £25m price tag on Lukaku even though he has never scored for the club. Full story: Sun (subscription required) Yevhen Konoplyankas English representative has fuelled speculation that Liverpool have renewed their interest in the 24-year-old Dnipro winger. Full story: Daily Mail Swansea boss Garry Monk insists he has no intention of selling striker Wilfried Bony, 25, in the face of reported interest from Everton. Full story: Western Mail Wolfsburg hope to persuade striker Ivica Olic, 34, to sign a new contract despite reported interest from Stoke City. Full story: Sky Sports OTHER GOSSIP Manchester United are planning new deals for goalkeeper David De Gea, 23, defender Phil Jones, 22, midfielder Tom Cleverley, 24, and striker Danny Welbeck, 23. Full story: Daily Mail Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert says there is no way back at the club for 30-year-old Darren Bent - currently on loan at Fulham - despite a long-term Achilles tendon injury to fellow striker Christian Benteke, 23. Full story: Birmingham Mail Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has urged his players to show they have the courage to win the Premier League title. Full story: Daily Mirror Evertons on-loan Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry, 33, has put talks about his future on hold while he tries to help bring Champions League football to Goodison Park. Barrys Manchester City contract - like his Everton loan deal - expires at the end of the season Full story: Sun (subscription required) And Barry says team-mate and fellow midfielder James McCarthy, 23, is one of the best players he has ever played with. Full story: Daily Star Chelsea forward Andre Schurrle, 23, insists they can fight back from a 3-1 first-leg deficit to beat Paris St-Germain and reach the Champions League semi-finals. Full story: Daily Telegraph Newcastle boss Alan Pardew admits he is finding problems motivating his players after six defeats in nine games, with some of them already thinking about the summer. Full story: Times (subscription required) Sunderland are confident they will not face any further punishment after being fined for fielding striker Ji Dong-Won, 22, in five matches when he was ineligible. Full story: Daily Express Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, 23, could end an absence of more than three months by returning from a thigh injury to face Everton in the Premier League on Sunday. Full story: Guardian Norwich defender Russell Martin, 28, says he and the rest of the squad have some making up to do with the fans - even after reimbursing the 899 supporters who travelled to last Saturdays 3-0 defeat by Swansea. Full story: Norwich Evening News Goalkeeper Rob Green, 34, will follow team-mate Richard Dunne in winning a new contract at Queens Park Rangers when his current deal runs out this summer. Full story: Daily Mirror Crystal Palace manager Tony Pulis has played down rumours of a rift with chairman Steve Parish after claims that they disagreed over the clubs transfer policy. Full story: Sun (subscription required) AND FINALLY Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, 28, marked wife Coleens birthday on Thursday by sending her a tweet that read: Have a nice day. Full story: Independent Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson is planning a cycle ride or a walk near his Sheffield home and perhaps a quiet beer in a country club on Saturday as results elsewhere could determine if the Foxes win promotion. Full story: Daily Express
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:13:12 +0000
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