Paper Talk: Draxler, Mustafi, Pogba, Lukaku, Alaba

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3 min readAug 5, 2016

Friday’s paper talk — Football news and transfer speculation from national, international and regional newspapers all in one place.

The Sun

Real Madrid starlet Martin Ødegaard is hoping Liverpool will come in with a loan offer for him after turning down a move to the Bundesliga. He had been linked with Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen. (Read More >>)
Arsenal are set for further talks with Shkodran Mustafi as they look to push through a deal for the Germany and Valencia defender. Chelsea are also reported to be interested.
Real Madrid have had a £54m bid for Bayern Munich midfielder David Alaba rejected.

Liverpool face competition from Real Madrid in their efforts to sign £33m-rated Portugal midfielder João Mário. (Read More >>)
Arsenal have accepted an offer from Galatasaray for defender Mathieu Debuchy, who is thinking over a loan move to Turkey.
Bristol City are keen on a loan deal for exciting Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham.

Everton will offer striker Romelu Lukaku a bumper new deal of £135,000-a-week to try and keep him at Goodison Park. (Read More >>)
Chelsea are keeping tabs on Romania striker Nicolae Stanciu who currently plays for Steaua Bucharest.
Chelsea are watching Brazil’s Thiago Maia, 19, during the Olympics, before making a £15m bid to take him from Santos. (Read More >>)

Manchester City remain keen on signing Dinamo Zagreb’s highly-rated midfielder Ante Ćorić.
Everton are set to make a fresh £12m offer for Swansea City captain Ashley Williams. (Read More >>)
Ajax are ready to step up their interest in Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli. (Read More >>)
Leeds and QPR are among the Championship sides queueing up to sign Nottingham Forest winger Jamie Ward.
Hull City defender Harry Maguire is set to hand in a transfer request to force through a £5m switch from Hull to fellow Premier League newcomers Middlesbrough. (Read More >>)

Celtic could be without exciting winger Patrick Roberts for three weeks after he injured his hamstring in the Champions League win over Astana.
Arsenal face competition from AC Milan in their bid to sign Valencia defender Shkodran Mustafi.
Arsene Wenger has told Chuba Akpom to put his case for a start in Arsenal’s opener against Liverpool — the youngster is not being loaned out for now.

Saido Berahino’s West Brom future is back in the balance after the Baggies withdrew their offer for West Ham striker Diafra Sakho.
Aston Villa are prepared to allow 33-year-old centre-back Joleon Lescott to leave the club for free, with Leeds interested. Read More >>

Everton are prepared to fight Arsenal for the £63m signing of Wolfsburg’s 22-year-old Germany winger Julian Draxler. (Read More >>)

Paul Pogba’s world-record transfer from Juventus to Manchester United is complete, and will be announced when the 23-year-old France midfielder returns from holiday. (Read More >>)

And Diego Costa, 27, is likely to stay at Stamford Bridge, after Atletico Madrid’s president, Enrique Cerezo, said the Spain striker’s “place is with Chelsea”. (Read More >>)

Real Madrid are prepared to offer £55.1m to secure the signature of Bayern Munich’s 24-year-old Austria midfielder David Alaba. (Read More >>)

Jurgen Klopp will not allow midfielder Lucas Leiva, 29, to leave Liverpool until he has secured defensive cover for his injury-depleted backline. (Read More >>)

Roma are interested in reported Liverpool target and former Arsenal captain Thomas Vermaelen, 30, currently at Barcelona. (Read More >>)

Veteran Stoke striker Peter Crouch, 35, could move to Championship side Wolves in a bid for more first-team football. (Read More >>)