All the top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers…
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Tottenham Hotspur are planning to make contact with Luis Enrique as the club step up their efforts to find a new permanent head coach and prepare for a potential battle with London rivals Chelsea.
Newcastle United’s excellent season under Eddie Howe has helped persuade the club’s owners to be more aggressive in their summer recruitment strategy, having initially planned to operate with a modest budget of just £20m topped up by player sales.
Todd Boehly delivered a pre-Real Madrid pep talk to Chelsea’s players in the Stamford Bridge dressing-room after the latest demoralising defeat to Brighton on Saturday in which he labelled the club’s plight as “embarrassing”.Information Guide Nigeria
THE TIMES
Barcelona are growing increasingly confident of signing Ilkay Gundogan, the Manchester City captain, on a free transfer.
DAILY MAIL
Vincent Kompany is a contender for the Tottenham head coach’s job – but Burnley are ready to offer their boss an improved deal to keep him at Turf Moor.
Manchester City will not stand in Aymeric Laporte’s way if the defender wants to pursue a move elsewhere.
Manchester United co-chairmen Avram and Joel Glazer are reportedly growing increasingly confident of remaining in control of the club by securing outside investment.
Marseille have become the latest club to express an interest in Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha when he becomes a free agent this summer.
Chelsea will try and sell Conor Gallagher this summer with a number of Premier League and European clubs interested in the England midfielder.
Liverpool held a recruitment meeting last week in their Fitzrovia offices in London as they collate information on transfer targets. Talks are expected soon with Brighton’s World Cup winner Alexis Mac Allister.
AC Milan are reportedly interested in signing Mason Greenwood amid increasing uncertainty over his Manchester United future.
Arsenal are optimistic Oleksandr Zinchenko will be back in their squad against Southampton on Friday night after his late injury-enforced withdrawal from the 2-2 draw at West Ham on Sunday.
Aston Villa are keen on signing Arsenal forward Reiss Nelson this summer, four years after he was blocked from leaving the Emirates while now Villa boss Unai Emery was in charge of the club. They will likely face competition for his signature from Brighton and West Ham.
Promoter George Warren claims Joe Joyce will still get “big fights” despite his shock defeat at the weekend against China’s Zhilei Zhang.
Deontay Wilder’s trainer Malik Scott says a clash with Anthony Joshua is the “only bout he wants” as he enters negotiations for a multi-fight deal in Saudi Arabia which could see them fight on the same card as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
Other Top Football News:
- Carlo Ancelotti: What I think of Todd Boehly ‘Embarrassing’ Chelsea’s Rant
- Granit Xhaka rubbishes ‘mindset’ criticism from Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta after West Ham draw
- Liverpool star Mohamed Salah breaks unique Premier League record held by Robbie Fowler for 16 years
- Blow to Arsenal’s title hopes! Gunners captain out for the season with hamstring injury
THE SUN
Bayern Munich will reportedly “do everything possible to axe Sadio Mane” after he was fined £260,000 for allegedly punching Leroy Sane.
