TRANSFER GOSSIP The Suns back page Manchester United are prepared to offer £16m and winger Nani, 27, to Sporting Lisbon for Argentina World Cup defender Marcos Rojo, 24. (Daily Mirror) Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus, 25, could yet join Manchester United next summer, according to Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer. (Bild) Liverpool remain keen on a deal for Monacos Colombian striker Radamel Falcao, 28, but face competition from Italian side Juventus. (Daily Mail) Arsenal are targeting a £6m deal to buy Greece defender Kostas Manolas, 23, from Olympiakos. (Daily Telegraph) Southampton are set to reject a new offer of £17m for France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 24.(Sun -subscription required) Barcelona are willing to let midfielder Alex Song leave on a season-long loan without receiving any fee. Everton, Manchester United and Tottenham could be interested in the 26-year-old. (Daily Telegraph) Tottenham will allow Cameroon defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto, 30, leave for nothing because he has fallen down the pecking order at White Hart Lane. (Daily Mail) Hull have struggled in their attempts to sign Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck, 23, and Watford forward Troy Deeney, 26, so manager Steve Bruce has switched his attentions to Lorients Vincent Aboubakar, 22, who could cost £9m. (Daily Mirror) QPR are close to beating Sunderland to the loan signing of 24-year-old Chile winger Eduardo Vargas from Italian side Napoli. (The Times - subscription required) Swansea are on the verge of completing the £8m capture of Napoli centre-back Federico Fernandez, 25. (South Wales Evening Post) OTHER GOSSIP The Daily Stars back page Former England boss Glenn Hoddle has emerged as a surprise contender to take charge at managerless Crystal Palace. (Independent) And Martin Jol - sacked by Fulham last season - is also in the frame to become the new man in charge at Selhurst Park. (Croydon Advertiser) Malky Mackay is in pole position to take over at Crystal Palace after a second round of talks with co-chairman Steve Parish. (Daily Star) Tim Sherwood is set to get the Palace job after holding talks to replace Tony Pulis, who left last week. (Sun - subscription required) West Brom captain Chris Brunt, 29, says the dressing room atmosphere was dead under their former manager Pepe Mel last season. (Birmingham Mail) England goalkeeper Joe Hart, 27, says he is ready to battle with new arrival Willy Caballero, 32, for the right to be first choice at Manchester City. (Manchester Evening News) BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA Thomas Sorensen captures the scenery -and the odd grazer - out on the Brecon Beacons Stoke City goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, 38, showed off his photography skills during a family day out in the Brecon Beacons in Wales. QPR midfielder Joey Barton, 31, posted an in-depth analysis of his sides 1-0 defeat at home to Hull - with a little help from Opta. He concluded: Would be interesting to see a stat for bad luck eh? Crystal Palace striker Kwesi Appiah, 24, on loan at League Two side Cambridge United, is a little bemused by the new Ice Bucket Challenge trend, tweeting: Everyone talking like this #IceBucketChallenge is a big deal. Been sitting in ice baths for who knows how many years! AND FINALLY Corinthians midfielder Petros, 25, has been punished for shoving a referee from behind during a match - with a six-month ban. (USA Today.
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