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Paper Talk - 28 June 2011

Wickham: Sunderland bid

Paper Talk: Cats agree £13m Connor fee

Sunderland have agreed a £13m fee for Ipswich's Connor Wickham, while Barcelona say they have rejected a £27m bid from Chelsea for David Villa.

The Sun
  • Barcelona want Cesc Fabregas to go on strike next week to force a cut-price move from Arsenal.
  • David De Gea will officially become Manchester United's new number one when he completes his £18.3million move today.
  • Arsenal have been told to cough up £23million for Valencia star Juan Mata.
  • Spurs have stepped up their interest in Germany defender Serdar Tasci.
  • Aston Villa and Fulham are competing to sign France keeper Stephane Ruffier.
  • Liverpool will throw a couple of their crack rookies into the deal to try and land Blackpool's Charlie Adam.
  • Blackburn boss Steve Kean could switch his attention to Spurs' Robbie Keane after being snubbed by Roma's Virko Mucinic.
  • Thomas Hitzlsperger could re-join Aston Villa for nothing.
  • Bayern Munich have warned Man City they will not be held to ransom over Jerome Boateng.
Daily Star
  • David De Gea was set to complete his move to Manchester United last night.
  • Aston Villa are braced for a transfer request from want-away midfielder Stewart Downing.
  • Tottenham are hoping to spark a bidding war for Giovani dos Santos.
  • Atletico Madrid and Fulham have shown an interest in Tottenham's David Bentley.
Daily Mirror
  • Arsenal are ready to throw in the towel and sell Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona.
  • Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has agreed a staggering £13million fee for Ipswich wonder boy Connor Wickham in a bid to see off rivals Liverpool.
  • Aston Villa will use keeper Brad Guzan as a sweetener to land Ben Foster from Birmingham.
  • Sunderland are still in pole position to land £5million-rated Darron Gibson, despite Newcastle interest.
  • Barcelona last night claimed they rejected a £27million bid from Chelsea for striker David Villa.
  • Owen Coyle will make a £6million swoop for Benfica's Rodrigo Moreno and Middlesbrough defender Rhys Williams.
Daily Express
  • Sir Alex Ferguson is set to take Man United's spending over the £50million mark by signing David De Gea.
  • Arsene Wenger has opened talks with Bolton in a bid to toughen up Arsenal's defence and sign Gary Cahill.
  • Swansea have rejected Newcastle's bid for full-back Neil Taylor amid a wrangle over his availability.
The Times
  • Arsenal have opened talks to sign Gary Cahill as they attempt to complete two signings before the start of pre-season next week.
Independent
  • Porto are unhappy with the way Andre Villas-Boas walked out to take over at Chelsea last week, and are insisting that the Stamford Bridge club must pay the full get-out clause for any players he wants to take with him.
  • Heart of Midlothian's decision to retain the services of Craig Thomson, who was convicted of "lewd, libidinous and indecent behaviour", has cost the club one of its sponsors.
Daily Mail
  • Tottenham have made another attempt to prevent Gary Cahill from joining Arsenal by offering four players in a swap deal.
  • Reading defender Matt Mills is expected to tell manager Brain McDermott that he wants to join Wolves.
  • Sunderland are ready to make a £7million bid for Reading striker Shane Long.
  • Stoke have made a £3million bid for West Ham striker Carlton Cole.
The Guardian
  • Barcelona are poised to return with an improved £35million offer for Cesc Fabregas and believe that sum will be enough to secure the Arsenal captain and end one of the modern game's longest-running transfer sagas.
Daily Telegraph
  • Blackburn manager Steve Kean is pondering a renewed bid for Robbie Keane after having a £2million offer for the Republic of Ireland forward rejected by Tottenham.
  • Jose Mourinho believes England's chronic failure at international level will continue until Premier League clubs start to take responsibility for nurturing young talent.
Daily Record
  • Ally McCoist last night urged David Goodwillie not to become the third of his top summer transfer targets to turn down Rangers for the second tier of English football.

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