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05/04/16

You might not be surprised to hear there are a few Chelsea transfer lines in the papers today...

Antonio Conte has told Chelsea to re-sign Romelu Lukaku - and wants a deal done before Euro 2016. (Daily Star)


Alexis Sanchez is ready to snub a Real Madrid move - for now. The Chilean has starred for Arsenal since a 2014 move from Barcelona but reports have linked him with a return to Spain. (Daily Star)


Alex Iwobi has agreed a new £30,000-a-week Arsenal deal keeping him at the club until 2021. (Daily Mirror)


Miralem Pjanic has flown into London to discuss a possible move to Chelsea. Pjanic, who is valued at £31m, has scored nine goals and 10 assists in his 28 Serie A appearances. (Daily Express)


Antonio Conte is set to bring long-term assistants Angelo Alessio and Massimo Carrera with him to Chelsea but his backroom staff will not be officially signed off until the summer. (Daily Mail)

Daily Mirror


Manchester City are set to freeze season ticket prices for Pep Guardiola's first season in charge at the Etihad.

Antonio Conte will have talks with Spain striker Diego Costa in a bid to keep him at Chelsea.

Real Madrid are willing to sell James Rodriguez for £60m this summer. Manchester United and Chelsea have been both been credited with interest in the Colombian schemer.

Alex Iwobi has agreed a new £30,000-a-week Arsenal deal keeping him at the club until 2021.

Stoke City, Southampton and Newcastle United are chasing £15m-rated Wolfsburg striker Bas Dost.

Joe Cole is set to leave England this summer to link up with the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USA - his contract with League One side Coventry expires at the end of the season.

Antonio Conte has told Chelsea to re-sign Romelu Lukaku - and wants a deal done before Euro 2016.

Alexis Sanchez is ready to snub a Real Madrid move - for now. The Chilean has starred for Arsenal since a 2014 move from Barcelona but reports have linked him with a return to Spain.

Mohamed Salah has revealed that he almost joined Liverpool before Jose Mourinho convinced him into moving to Chelsea.

West Ham have made a formal approach to sign £9.5m-rated Levante midfielder Victor Camarasa.

Watford will target Brighton star Anthony Knockaert this summer if the Seagulls fail to win promotion to the Premier League.

Memphis Depay will have to take a pay cut of over £1m if he stays at Manchester United next season.

Harry Kane has revealed Jurgen Klopp praised him for his strike against Liverpool on Saturday. Kane said: "He just said three words - 'What a strike'."

Arsenal have put talks with Jack Wilshere over a new deal on hold after he was caught up in a nightclub fracas in London over the weekend - the midfielder has two years remaining on his current contract.

Antonio Conte will give Juan Cuadrado a chance to shine with Chelsea next season - Cuadrado has been on loan with Juventus this season and had been linked with a permanent move.

Daily Express

Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini, 32, is reportedly considering a move to MLS this summer when his contract at the Emirates expires.


Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is reportedly keen on signing Real Madrid winger Lucas Vazquez, who spent last season on loan at Espanyol and is valued at £10m.

Leighton Baines has admitted that Everton's troubles are deepening because there is no chemistry between the players.


Miralem Pjanic has flown into London to discuss a possible move to Chelsea. Pjanic, who is valued at £31m, has scored nine goals and 10 assists in his 28 Serie A appearances.

Daily Mail

The latest stat to damn Arsenal's strikers - if all shots that have hit the woodwork had found the net, they would be top of the League - will do nothing but frustrate the Emirates faithful further.

Antonio Conte is set to bring long-term assistants Angelo Alessio and Massimo Carrera with him to Chelsea but his backroom staff will not be officially signed off until the summer.

Conte is also considering a list of players to target this summer, with unsettled Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani towards the top of it.

Some of Manchester United's younger players see manager Louis van Gaal as 'a grandpa' whose management style is outdated.

Roy Hodgson will stand by Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere and select him for England's Euro 2016 squad even after finding himself on the front page of the papers over a fracas in London.

DERBY RECALL KEEPER FROM LOAN

05/04/16

Derby County goalkeeper Jonathan Mitchell has been recalled from his loan spell at Sky Bet League 2 side Luton Town.

The 21-year-old joined the Hatters on an emergency loan deal until the end of the season in early March to gain first-team experience.

The Rams have activated a clause to recall Mitchell to act as cover for Lee Grant, who is set to undergo groin surgery, and goes stright into tonight's squad for the game against Hull.

BIRMINGHAM PUT ALL CONTRACT TALKS ON HOLD

05/04/16


Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett says that any player contract negotiations will be put on hold until the completion of the 2015/16 league campaign.

The Blues boss revealed last month that the club had started initial talks with several players including winger Jacques Maghoma and captain Paul Robinson about the possibility of extending their current deals.

"Those discussions have been ongoing, but for me they really need to be at the end of the season now," said Rowett.