Liverpool have enquired about Southampton forward Jay Rodriguez, 24, after Loic Remys proposed £8.5m move from QPR to Anfield fell through. Talksport --------Loic Remy transfer to Liverpool is OFF after France striker fails medical on US tour • Liverpool have pulled out of proposed £8.5m move for Loic Remy • France international failed a medical on the Reds US tour • Brendan Rodgers must decide whether to pursue other options • Luis Suarez was sold for £75m to Barcelona with Rickie Lambert coming in • Adam Lallana has been ruled out for six weeks but will remain in the US -------------Dejan Lovren signs for Liverpool for £20m, becoming third Southampton player to move to Anfield this summer after Adam Lallana and Rickie Lambert • Lovren will become most expensive defender in Liverpools history • He follows Lallana and Lambert from Southampton to Liverpool • Fee will outstrip £18m paid for Mamadou Sakho and Glen Johnson • Reds boss Brendan Rodgers has been pursuing Croatian all summer • Lovren completed his medical with the Merseyside club on Saturday • He is set to fly out to the US to join the clubs pre-season tour ----------Roberto Martinez confident Romelu Lukaku will join Everton from Chelsea despite renewed interest from Wolfsburg • Everton hope to seal the signing of Lukaku this summer • The club believe a deal will happen despite interest from elsewhere • Bundesliga side Wolfsburg are still keen on the striker • Toffees also want Christian Atsu on loan from Chelsea -------------Wilfried Zaha told to do double warm down session after Manchester Uniteds win over Roma despite being only squad member not to play a single minute of pre-season so far • Zaha ordered to do a double warm down session after win over Roma • Winger yet to feature on Manchester Uniteds tour of the US • Louis van Gaals side beat Roma 3-2 at Sports Authority Field • United still to face Inter Milan and Real Madrid during tour ----------Sam Allardyce faces West Ham axe BEFORE start of the Premier League season after coming to blows with Hammers owners over Ravel Morrison and Andy Carroll • Sam Allardyce may be out the door before the season gets underway • A dispute with the clubs ownership may spell the end for Allardyce • David Sullivan criticised the £15million signing of Andy Carroll • There is a big issue over the future of young talent Ravel Morrison • Morrison has had a loan move to CSKA Moscow proposed to him • Ed Woodward is moving quick in the transfer market to avoid getting caught out again, as he did last summer with only one signing • Liverpool are set to make another attempt to sign Thomas Vermaelen • Chelsea could bolster their options further with a move for Hoffenheims Brazilian attacking midfielder Roberto Firmino --------- Radamel Falcaos future remains uncertain as Monaco coach says he can pick the Colombian for now with Real Madrid hoping to complete £10m year-long loan • Leonardo Jardim says for now, he (Falcao) is a Monaco player • Reports claim Falcao is poised to join Real on an initial £10m year-long loan • Falcao will make his return from a six-month injury lay-off at Emirates Cup • He could face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium after playing Valencia ------------- Sol Campbell says black English ex-pros are are too scared to stand up and be counted Sol Campbell is ready for the backlash. For black players that speak frankly on racism it always comes. Largely from a football ¬community unwilling to address the imbalance between its substantial black playing ¬contingent and those that go on to actually manage its clubs. Currently zero in this country. What shocked Campbell on the last occasion he spoke openly on the issue of race and the England captaincy, however, was the ¬reaction of several black ex-pros. They distanced themselves from Campbell’s claim that he would have been England captain for the next 10 years had he been white – even though he subsequently clarified those comments made in his autobiography. Campbell said: “They are seeing what is happening around them and they don’t do anything about it. They love the status quo. They want to just toe the line. “It’s a case of, ‘I’m alright, I don’t care who is coming up behind me. I’m too scared to own up’. “Well, I’m not like that and I am never going to be like that. I’m just going to be me. “People could have said what they did in a different way. John Barnes had bananas thrown at him. He is almost acting as if nothing happened to him. “People like him could have said: ‘Maybe not 10 years but I could see where he was coming from. Articulate it in a different way’. Then you’ve got Paul Ince in the Daily Mail. It’s like: ‘Really?!’ What position are you protecting when your position can so easily be taken away? Sol Campbell was speaking at the opening of the Black Cultural Archive in Windrush Square, Brixton, London. The BCA is a unique collection and exhibition of archive material and artefacts, showcasing the role that black people have played in British history. The BCA will host a number of culturally centred exhibitions with its own community arts and educational programmes, special events, talks and workshops Cristiano Ronaldo to join rapper Lil Waynes new sports management company • Ronaldo to become client of Lil Waynes new sports management company • Move will help the forward brand and market himself in the USA • They will handle everything from branding to marketing and endorsement deals. Even modeling • Real Madrid star hoping to capitalise on growth of football in the USA • Rap star Lil Wayne is the CEO of Young Money Entertainment who boast the likes of Drake and Nicki Minaj on their roster Manchester United have been told they will have to pay £79m for Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman, 24, despite the Dutchman being sidelined with a cruciate knee ligament injury since March. Sun (subscription required) Belgium defender Jan Vertonghen, 27, says he will sign a new contract with Tottenham, despite interest from Barcelona. Daily Mirror Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria, 26, wants to join Manchester United as the £45m-rated Argentina international does not want to return the Bernabeu and is frustrated by Paris St-Germains attempts to secure a loan deal. Daily Star However, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti expects Di Maria to be back at the European champions on 5 August. AS Inter Milan will send a delegation to Southampton to finalise a deal for unsettled Italian striker Dani Osvaldo, 28, who cost the club £15m from Roma last summer. Daily Mail OTHER GOSSIP Former Liverpool defender Mark Wright has questioned whether Croatian international centre-back Dejan Lovren, 25, is worth the £20m the Reds paid Southampton. Talksport With no black managers currently employed in English professional football, former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell believes black English ex-professionals love the status quo and want to just toe the line. Daily Mirror Prime Minister David Cameron has refused to join his deputy Nick Clegg in calling for Russia to be stripped of the 2018 World Cup. Times (subscription required) Former England manager Glenn Hoddle, 56, is in the frame to become Harry Redknapps new assistant at QPR following the departure of Wally Downes. Daily Star Arsenals new forward Alexis Sanchez, 25, is set for a lonely start to his Gunners career as the Chile international will report for training in the UK after the club have left for their pre-season camp in Austria. Daily Mail Spain midfielder Juan Mata, 26, believes the demand for perfection from new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is precisely what the team needs. Guardian BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA Germany international Kevin Grosskreutz, 26, unveiled his brand new World Cup trophy tattoo on his Instagram page, despite not playing a single minute at the tournament. Real Madrids new £71m signing James Rodriguez, 23, shows off his salsa shuffle goal celebration on Instagram, along with his baby daughter Salome. Former Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas, 27, celebrated his first game for Chelsea - a 2-1 friendly win over Olimpija Ljubljana - by tweeting a picture of himself with fellow new boy Diego Costa and the word debut. AND FINALLY Bayern Munichs 3-0 friendly win over Wolfsburg in the Telekom Cup final was halted by a pitch invader who wanted to take a selfie with midfielder Javier Martinez. Metro Brazil and Barcelona forward Neymar, 22, whose World Cup was ended early with a back injury, has been pictured on his holidays in a pair of white trunks and a medical corset. Marca
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