Transfer news and football gossip: Manchester United move for Juventus ace, Arsenal to land wonderkid, plus Tottenham striker update

Transfer news and football gossip: Manchester United move for Juventus ace, Arsenal to land wonderkid, plus Tottenham striker update
talkSPORT.com rounds up all the latest gossip from Saturday’s newspapers and online.4Manchester United have held talks with representatives of Marcus Rashford and are hopeful the striker will sign a new five-year contract at Old Trafford worth 150,000-a-week. (Mail)Manchester Unitedboss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to recruitJuventus winger Douglas Costa but could face competition from Manchester City andParis Saint-Germain. (Tuttosport, via Express)FormerLiverpoolplaymaker Philippe Coutinho has told his team-mates he is considering leavingBarcelona this summer. He has been linked with a Premier League return as Manchester UnitedandChelseaare also thought to be interested.(Express)4

Coutinho moved to Barcelona last January for 142million

Arsenalreportedly have an agreement in place to sign Ituano’s highly-rated 17-year-old forward Gabriel Martinelli.(Mirror)Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez, linked with a move to the Chinese Super League, says he has held initial talks with Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley over a contract extension.(Sky Sports)Meanwhile, Benitez says that he and Salomon Rondon, 29, have decided to postpone the on-loan striker’s contract talks until the end of the season. (Newcastle Chronicle)Werder Bremenstriker Max Kruse, 31, is stalling on a new contract and could become available on a free transfer this summer, withTottenhamandInter Milanlikely to challenge for his services.(FULL STORY HERE)gettty4

Max Kruse has emerged as a Tottenham target once again

Manager Nuno Espirito Santo says that there are still ends to be tied up asWolvesclose in on the permanent capture of Raul Jimenez, 27.(Birmingham Mail)Arsenal have offered goalkeeper Petr Cech a coaching role when he retires at the end of the season, but expect the former Chelseastopper to return to coach at Stamford Bridge.(Sun)Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has warned that the new 1billion stadium alone will not be enough to convince new players to sign for the club or make current players turn down offers. (London Evening Standard)4

Lozano has starred for PSV this season

PSV’sMexico international winger Hirving Lozano, 23, ‘dreams’ of a move toManchester United,according to the president of the player’s first club,Pachuca.(Manchester Evening News)Spanish sideAtletico Madridhave targeted Bayer Leverkusen’s Brazilian left-backWendell as replacement for Bayern Munich-bound Lucas Hernandez – but could face competition from Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund and Roma. (AS)Martin O’Neill has dropped a broad hint that forward Diogo Goncalves, 23, is unlikely to remain atNottingham Forestbeyond the end of his loan spell from Benfica.(Nottingham Post)

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Italian Serie A giants Napoli are ahead of both Arsenal and Chelsea in the race to sign Italian midfielder Nicolo Barella in the current January transfer window. This is according to Sky Sports Italia journalist Gheida Pensante who revealed that Napoli are the front-runners for the young midfielder.
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West Ham United defeated Arsenal 1-0 at home as the Gunners found it hard to get beyond the hosts' goal.. The Gunners started out with the attacking trio of Nigeria's Alex Iwobi and the strike pair of Alexandre Lacazette and top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but all of them fired blank in the wake of Arsenal's defeat.
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West Ham legend Tony Cottee has tipped youngster Declan Rice to become a future captain of the club, and also earn a 'big number of caps' for England. The 20-year-old has earned rave reviews for
Tony Cottee backs Declan Rice to become future West Ham captain

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He was involved in a bizarre incident when Kieran Trippier scored an own goal Football fans took to Twitter to laugh at the mystified Chelsea star's reaction By Tom Caldon For Mailonline
Tottenham suffer their own goalkeeper 'misunderstanding' to

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Gerard Houllier EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool 'had Barcelona running scared' in miraculous Champions League com Former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has told talkSPORT he had a feeling this 'special' Reds team would find a way past Barcelona into another Champions League final.
Gerard Houllier EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool 'had Barcelona running

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Matt Jarvis' ill-fated time at Norwich City is effectively over after the winger joined Walsall on loan. Jarvis signed on loan from West Ham United on the Canaries' Premier League return in
Saddlers sign Matt Jarvis! - News - Walsall FC

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The completion and submission of reports is an important duty of an official. If required by the competition, the U.S. Soccer Referee Report can be used to submit standard game information.
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Manchester United caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Friday confirmed Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez are all in contention to face Bournemouth in the Premier League on
Lukaku, Sanchez and Martial prepare to face Bournemouth

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Fulham have been relegated from the Premier League after a humiliating 4-1 defeat to Watford on Tuesday Abdoulaye Doucoure opened the scoring for the hosts with a thumping effort from distance
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How old is Paul Merson, who is his wife and did the ex-Arsenal star have a drinking and gambling addiction? PAUL MERSON will be one of the former England internationals pulling on their football boots once again in Harry Redknapp's TV show Harry's Heroes.
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