Paper Talk: Icardi, Schweinsteiger, Sissoko, Lukaku

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3 min readAug 6, 2016

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

The Sun

José Mourinho has launched a triple-whammy attack on Arsène Wenger, Jürgen Klopp and Louis van Gaal. He described Wenger and Klopp as ‘ not ethical’ for commenting on the possible signing of Paul Pogba and said it will be difficult ‘to change dynamics’ at United after Van Gaal’s reign.
Leicester’s owner has spent £2m on new cars for the club’s title-winning heroes.

Arsenal legend Freddie Ljungberg is wanted by Arsene Wenger to replace Thierry Henry on their U18 coaching staff.

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Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri believes his champions won’t crumble like Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea side did last season.

José Mourinho confirms Bastian Schweinsteiger’s Manchester United career is over.

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West Brom boss Tony Pulis assured his job is safe by new Chinese owners.
Newcastle United midfielder Moussa Sissoko, 26, could be set for a move to Paris St-Germain, though the French champions will have to pay £35m to sign him. (Read More >>)

Chelsea have yet to make a bid for former striker Romelu Lukaku, 23, with Everton having made clear they will not consider offers for their £28m club-record signing. (Read More >>)
Scott Sinclair is edging closer to a £3.5million move to Celtic with Aston Villa set to decide on the forward’s future within 24 hours. (Read More >>)

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Real Madrid agree to double manager Zinedine Zidane’s wages to £90,000-a-week.
Middlesbrough’s hopes of signing Zinedine Zidane’s son Enzo for the season have increased after Real Madrid told the 21-year-old midfielder he could leave on loan. (Read More >>)

Mauro Icardi’s agent is reportedly heading to London in order to discuss a possible Arsenal deal for the Inter forward.

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Manchester United Megastore staff members are rejecting fans’ requests to print Paul Pogba’s name on the back of the new Adidas shirt.

Slaven Bilić wants to add at least five new players to his West Ham squad.
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane wants to buy Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matić, but the club’s president Florentino Perez has his eye on Moussa Sissoko.

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Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has warned Crystal Palace and any other clubs interested in signing Christian Benteke, 25, that the striker will not be sold below his value as a “present”. (Read More >>)