Fri Sep 02, 2016 7:00 am
TODAYS FOOTBALL NEWPAPER NEWS
PAPER TALK
02nd September 2016
Right, let's kick things off this morning with a quick roundup of some of the biggest stories making today's back pages...
Chelsea had a £42m bid rejected for Kalidou Koulibaly before they signed David Luiz, according to Napoli's president (Express)
Man Utd are being linked with a sensational swoop for Antoine Griezmann in 2017 (Sun)
Alexis Sanchez could reportedly demand a buy-out clause in his new Arsenal deal (Star)
Wales star Hal Robson-Kanu turned down a huge offer of £100,000 a week from China to sign for Tony Pulis at West Brom (Mirror)
Farhad Moshiri has claimed that Everton pulled out of a deal to sign Moussa Sissoko because they did not want to "jeopardise" James McCarthy's position in the squad (Mail)
A Barcelona official has claimed that the club had an agreement in place to sign Man Utd midfielder Paul Pogba last summer, only to decide against the signing (Independent)
Palace have signed the younger brother of Christian Benteke, seeming to help their record signing settle in at the southeast London club (Palace)