Thu Sep 15, 2016 10:48 am
TODAYS NATIONAL FOOTBALL PAPER TALK
15/09/16
We kick things off this morning with a look at the biggest transfer stories making Thursday’s national back pages...
Arsenal are trying to bring a swift conclusion to contract extension talks with Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil. Both will be offered pay rises and the club are confident Ozil will sign but there is not so much optimism over Sanchez. (Daily Mail)
Burnley are interested in signing former West Brom forward Stephane Sessegnon. The Benin international is a free agent following his release from the Hawthorns at the end of last season. (Daily Mail)
Sunderland boss David Moyes is plotting a new bid for Norwich playmaker Steven Naismith. (Daily Mirror)
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has revealed how the German giants managed to beat Manchester United to the signing of highly rated Portuguese star Renato Sanches. (The Sun)
Arsenal are keeping their struggling trio of English players - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere - waiting over contract negotiations but fresh talks are being scheduled with Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil. (Daily Telegraph)
Tony Pulis could be offered a way out of West Bromwich Albion with Queens Park Rangers monitoring his position as the Premier League club's head coach. (The Times)