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Man Utd transfer news: Bruno Fernandes set to stay with goalkeeper targets revealed - Paper Talk

Football transfer gossip: Elliot Anderson is edging closer to a British record move to Man City; Chelsea are preparing to advance their interest in Maxence Lacroix with Como ready to bid for Trevoh Chalobah; Angus Gunn, Karl Darlow and Sam Johnstone linked with Man Utd

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The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday's newspapers...

Premier League

Bruno Fernandes is set to stay at Manchester United - talkSPORT

Man Utd risk being blown out of the water for Mateus Fernandes by Tottenham on wages - The Sun

Elliot Anderson is edging closer to a British record move to Manchester City with further talks planned in the next 24 hours - Daily Mail

Chelsea are preparing to advance their interest in Maxence Lacroix, the Crystal Palace centre-back, with Como ready to bid for Trevoh Chalobah - Telegraph

Marc Cucurella has urged old Chelsea team-mate Enzo Fernandez to join him at Real Madrid - The Sun

Tottenham have opened contract talks with Antonin Kinksy - just as they brought in new goalkeeper Martin Dubravka - The Sun

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Angus Gunn has emerged as a possible goalkeeping target for Manchester United - The Sun

Manchester United have shortlisted Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow and Wolves' Sam Johnstone in the search for a new No.2 - Mirror

Arsenal have been given a major boost in the race to sign Julian Alvarez, with Atletico Madrid refusing to sell him to Barcelona after the forward confirmed he wants to leave the LaLiga club this summer - Mirror

Chelsea have slapped a £75m valuation on their right back, Malo Gusto - Daily Mail

England

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Rob Dorsett gives his verdict on England's 0-0 draw with Ghana in their tricky second match in Group L at the World Cup.

The Ghanaian witch doctor who claimed to have 'cursed' Harry Kane ahead of England's World Cup clash against the African nation insists he has now lifted the jinx - Daily Mail

Scottish Premiership

Charlie Mulgrew has urged the Celtic board to get a move on and back Martin O'Neill by bringing in bodies - Scottish Sun

Rangers will pay £900,000 to land Ross McCrorie from Bristol City, according to a report - Scottish Sun

Celtic have opened talks over a return for Marcelo Saracchi, but want to re-sign the player on loan - something Boca Juniors do not want to do - Daily Record

Tennis

Wimbledon qualifying was suspended after the automated line-calling system suffered a heat-related meltdown, with the All England Club unable to call on line judges - Telegraph

Cricket

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Ben Stokes says he was left 'frustrated and disappointed' by the fallout from nightclub saga which saw him axed from the team ahead of the second Test against New Zealand.

Brendon McCullum held clear-the-air talks with Ben Stokes for "an hour and a bit" in Nottingham on Tuesday, and labelled the England captain's Chelsea night out as a "slight blip" on their team's journey - Telegraph

Rugby Union

South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus has started the mind games before the opening Nations Championship fixture against England by describing his counterpart Steve Borthwick as "someone who works with numbers and chases trends" - Telegraph

Golf

Dustin Johnson is heading for Dundonald in a last-gasp bid to make The Open - Daily Record