EPL TRANSFER WRAP : Premier League giants following Monaco youngster Arsenal, Manchester United and Man City are understood to be monitoring the progress of Monaco youngster Alassane Diaby, according to reports in The Daily Express. The youngster is also believed to be a target for Benfica, apart from the aforementioned clubs, despite not having made it to the Monaco first team as yet. Varane happy to stay at Real Manchester United and Chelsea target Raphael Varane has made it clear that he is happy to stay at Real Madrid and is not looking to move away from the club. The Frenchman was quoted in The Daily Express, saying: Im 100 percent with the team and feeling happy. I have a contract until 2020. Im calm and when Ive played, Ive tried to do well. Sergio Ramos and Pepe play more than me, but I try to do the best I can. Inter make move for Zouma Inter Milan have tabled a bid to sign Kurt Zouma on loan from Chelsea, according to reports in La Gazzetta dello Sport. It is now understood that the Serie A side are waiting for a response from the Blues in the matter. Real ready to part with Khedira for Reus Real Madrid are understood to be ready to let Sami Khedira move to Borussia Dortmund in order to land Manchester United and Chelsea target Marco Reus to the Santiago Bernabeu, according to reports in The Daily Express. The German ace is being brought to the club to act as replacement for Gareth Bale, who may be on the verge of a move to Old Trafford. Juve admit they may need to let go of Pogba Juventus general director Giuseppe Marotta has admitted that the club may be forced to sell Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea target Paul Pogba. Marotta was quoted in The Daily Express, saying: We will do everything within out limits to hold on to Pogba... The problem we have is that of offers coming in from other clubs offering him a salary that we are not able to match due to our financial situation... We have to bear in mind that we cannot compete with the wages that are being paid elsewhere. We have our limits. Meanwhile, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has made it clear that the Spanish giants will not try to sign the Frenchman right now. However, Marotta has told Sky Italia that Ancelotti is indeed interested in the player. He said: Ancelotti asked me some questions about Pogba. He says hes not interested? Well, thats a white lie. Im sure he has his reasons to say its not true. United have opening bid for Otamendi rejected Manchester United have had their opening bid of £27m for Nicolas Otamendi rejected by Valencia, according to reports in The Daily Express. It now remains to be seen if the Red Devils improve upon their offer for the player, who is believed to be a target for Arsenal too, or not. PSG may not let Cavani, Lavezzi, Motta leave Paris Saint-Germain manager Laurent Blanc has indicated that they may not part ways with the likes of Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi or Thiago Motta. Blanc was quoted telling beIN Sports: Its not impossible that one of our players will leave. Thiago Motta, Lavezzi and Cavani? None of them has asked me to leave, and, moreover, it would be difficult for me to let them go. We have no offers from other clubs. Cavani is a target for the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea. Lavezzi, on the other hand, is a target for Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. Meanwhile, Motta has Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur looking to sign him. United enter Paulista race Manchester United are understood to have entered the race to sign Arsenal target Gabriel Paulista from Villarreal, according to reports in The Daily Express. The Spanish side are understood to be wishful of pocketing £15m (his buyout clause amount) from the sale of the player. Spurs ready to let Soldado leave to sign Arsenal target Tottenham Hotspur are understood to be ready to part ways with Roberto Soldado, using him as barter to sign Bayer Leverkusens Josip Drmic, according to reports in The Daily Express. The latter is also believed to be a target for Arsenal for quite a while now. Premier League clubs following Byram Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton are understood to be keeping tabs on Leeds United starlet Sam Byram, according to reports inThe Daily Express. The Championship side already snubbed interests from Southampton for the player during the summer, but they may find it tough to say no to these heavyweights now. Meanwhile, reports in The Daily Star reveal that Saints manager Ronald Koeman has again become interested in signing the player. Spicy Rumours Inter turn attention away from Liverpool midfielder, towards United and Chelsea target Inter Milan are no longer interested in signing Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva. Reports in The Daily Express have revealed that the Serie A side are now wishful of signing Manchester United and Chelsea target, Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Thiago Motta. Liverpool, Tottenham handed boost in Lavezzi race, Dybala may move Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur have been handed a major boost in the race to sign Ezequiel Lavezzi from Paris Saint-Germain. According to reports in The Daily Express, the Ligue 1 side are already making plans to sign Palermo star Paulo Dybala as replacement for Lavezzi, with the former also being a target for Arsenal and Manchester United. Meanwhile, Palermo president Mauro Zamparini has admitted that Dybala may move to the Premier League one day. Zamparini was quoted telling Rai radio: This week Dybala will sign a new three-year contract with us. If he does well in the next six months then surely the next summer a big club will buy him. He can play, in order, in England, France, Germany and Spain. I say Spain last because the top teams Real Madrid and Barcelona are covered with good strikers. United slap world record price tag on De Gea Manchester United have slapped a £50m price tag on their goalkeeper David De Gea, according to reports in The Daily Express. The Spaniard is believed to be on the wishlist of Real Madrid. Suarez on verge of Arsenal move, Leiva to Atletico Arsenal are on the brink of signing Mario Suarez from Atletico Madrid, according to reports in The Daily Express. Additionally, it is also believed that Los Rojiblancos are considering signing Lucas Leiva from Liverpool as replacement for their Emirates Stadium-bound star. Reds favourites to sign Bishop, Arsenal want Mings Liverpool are understood to have become the favourites to sign Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur target, Ipswich Towns Teddy Bishop, according to reports in The Daily Express. Meanwhile the Gunners are believed to be looking to sign Tyrone Mings from the club. Assaidi criticizes Liverpools transfer policy Oussama Assaidi has criticized his former club Liverpool for their transfer policy after moving to Al Ahli. The player was quoted in The Daily Express, saying: Liverpool is a big club that tries to buy and buy and buy, but they dont always buy the right players. They look to big names but big names are not always the thing to look for because the small names are sometimes better... I had wanted to join Ajax after Heerenveen, and perhaps after Ajax I could have gone to a bigger club like Liverpool, maybe I made the wrong decision to go to Liverpool early. Henry urges Wenger to sign Liverpool target Alex Song Thierry Henry has urged his former club Arsenal to re-sign Alex Song, with the player also believed to be a target for Liverpool this season. The Frenchman was quoted telling Sky Sports: Song would improve Arsenal. That is the type of player you want in front of your back four. Song is the captain of the boat. He protects the back four. You need someone to dictate, put players into position, make little fouls by kicking someone - like Claude Makelele used to do. Mourinho regrets not being able to sign Gerrard Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has said that he still regrets not being able to sign Steven Gerrard from Liverpool in 2005. The Portuguese was quoted in The Daily Express, saying: We did everything to try (to sign him) and it was almost there. I was dreaming of (Claude) Makelele, Gerrard and (Frank) Lampard in midfield. Allardyce wants Reid to snub Arsenal and United West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce wants Winston Reid to snub the chance to join Arsenal or Manchester United and stay at Upton Park. The manager told talkSPORT: I just hope, with us doing so well this year, looking up, and us moving into the new stadium, is there a bigger or better club around than West Ham for Winston Reid? Im not so sure there is, you know. Sounds Realistic Hummels will stay at Dortmund even without Champions League football Borussia Dortmund star Mats Hummels, who is believed to be a target for Manchester United and Arsenal, has said that he will stay at Signal Iduna Park even if the club fail to qualify for the Champions League. The German ace was quoted telling Die Welt: Would I play in Dortmund without the Champions League? I do not think qualification for the Champions League will be the only requirement to be happy. Wenger may scrap plans of signing a new defensive midfielder Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger may decide against signing a new defensive midfielder, after becoming impressed with the performances of Francis Coquelin. The boss was quoted in The Daily Express, saying after his clubs 2-0 win over Manchester City: Having to find solutions internally is a blessing. And at the moment it works well. Garcia wants to hold on to Destro AS Roma manager Rudi Garcia has said that the club will not let Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool target Mattia Destro. The boss was quoted telling Raisport: He has to stay here. Right? None of the major players should leave. Chelsea agree deal for Partizan Belgrade youngster Chelsea have an agreement in place to sign Partizan Belgrade youngster Danilo Pantic, according to reports in Serbian newspaper Vecernje Novosti. I
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