Paper Talk

• Brendan Rodgers faces a major struggle to keep captain-elect Jordan Henderson, 24, with no sign of agreement over the England midfielder's new contract in the pipeline.
• Tom Cleverley is ready to turn down a permanent move to Aston Villa - and instead join Everton from Manchester United.
• Roma are cooling their interest in Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech and want to sign Lukasz Fabianski from Swansea instead.
• Marcelo Bielsa is on West Ham's radar if the club do not agree a new contract with Sam Allardyce at the end of the season.
• Angel Di Maria will be offered an escape route out of Manchester United by Paris Saint-Germain.
• Branislav Ivanovic is to be offered a new contract at Chelsea.
• Manchester City are about to strike it rich with a new £80million-a-year sponsorship deal with Etihad.
• Diego Simeone will have to break promises made to his Atletico Madrid players if he is to succeed Manuel Pellegrini as Manchester City chief this summer.

• Jack Wilshere is the shock name on Manchester City's hitlist of homegrown players. City need to boost their quota of British-born players in the summer and see the £30million-rated England midfielder as a potential target.
• Paris Saint-Germain are ready to rescue Angel Di Maria, 27, from his Manchester United agony in the summer.
• Manchester United are willing to offer £30m to land Real Madrid and France's central defender Raphael Varane.
• Milan are planning a summer move for Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick, 33, who is out of contract at the end of the season. The Rossoneri want to replace Nigel de Jong, 30, who is leaving San Siro on a free transfer in the summer. De Jong is on United boss Louis van Gaal's summer shopping list.
• North-east rivals Newcastle and Sunderland have joined Stoke in pursuit of Senegal centre-back Papy Djilobodji. The Nantes defender, 26, was monitored last season by Chelsea, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund.
• Tottenham are lining up a summer swoop for Marseille forward Andre Ayew, 25.
• Everton are monitoring Lyon's France Under-21s defender Samuel Umtiti. Goodison Park scouts have been watching Umiti's team-mates Alexandre Lacazette, 23, and Nabil Fekir, 21 in recent months but now Cameroon-born Umiti has caught the eye. Manchester City have also made enquiries and Arsenal are also reportedly interested.
• Liverpool and Tottenham have joined the growing list of Premier League clubs following Cagliari teenager Godfred Donash, 18.
• Roma are prepared to hand James Milner a staggering £18.1million package to quit Manchester City on a free transfer.
• Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini wants to take Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny to the San Siro.
• Arsenal are back in the hunt for Atletico Madrid striker Mario Mandzukic.
• Newcastle and Sunderland have joined Stoke in pursuit of Senegal centre-back Papy Djilobodji.
• Crystal Palace are ready to smash their transfer record to land Celtic's £10million-rated Virgil van Dijk this summer.
• Everton are monitoring Lyon defender Samuel Umtiti.
• Sheffield Wednesday will launch a £12million summer swoop for Blackburn striker Jordan Rhodes.

• Manchester United have joined the race for Burnley forward Danny Ings, 22.
• West Brom's Callum McManaman was hit by at least two thugs in shocking scenes at Aston Villa last night.
• Roma have joined the race to sign Manchester City midfielder James Milner and will offer him a huge £17million package.
• Blackburn could let Jordan Rhodes join promotion-chasing Derby on loan if they crash out of the FA Cup today.
• Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy wants Wigan's James McClean on loan to aid his promotion push.

• Manchester United are ready to offload record signing Angel Di Maria to help finance a summer deal for Real Madrid star Gareth Bale.

• Ronny Deila has scotched reports on-loan Swedish striker John Guidetti wants to return to Feyenoord at the end of the season – and insists he could stay on at Celtic.
• New Rangers chief Dave King has invited Ibrox legend John Greig to directors' box for his first home game in charge against Queen of the South.

• Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Lars Bender is now a target for Louis van Gaal after Kevin Strootman's latest injury setback.
• Diego Costa has revealed that he almost moved to Liverpool instead of Chelsea.
• Steve Bruce has been offered another three-year contract to manage Hull when his current deal runs out in the summer.
• Southampton are considering a summer move for Paris Saint-Germain striker Jean-Christophe Bahebeck.
• Manchester City have increased their interest in Monaco's Layvin Kurzawa.
• Crystal Palace are prepared to smash their transfer record to land Celtic's £10million defender Virgil van Dijk this summer.
• Southampton are running checks on AZ Alkmaar right-back Mattias Johansson as Nathaniel Clyne makes them sweat over his future.