Paris Saint-Germain expecting Chelsea bid for Kylian Mbappe next week - Paper Talk
Plus: Galatasaray are hoping to tempt forward Wilfried Zaha to Turkey with a contract offer worth around £8m per year; Chelsea have held talks over a move for Ajax attacking midfielder Mohammed Kudus; Premier League legend David Silva is set to retire from football at the age of 37.
Sunday 23 July 2023 09:04, UK
All the top stories and transfer rumours from Sunday's newspapers...
SUNDAY TIMES
Paris Saint-Germain will open negotiations over the transfer of Kylian Mbappe next week, with the Qatar-owned club expecting to field formal offers from a range of suitors, including Saudi Arabia and Chelsea.
The owners of Chelsea are set to push the high-profile women-only members club AllBright into administration and buy back the business shorn of its debts.
The government has promised to back any British athlete who refuses to take part in events involving Russians and Belarusians, guidelines for sports governing bodies have revealed.
MAIL ON SUNDAY
Galatasaray are pushing to sign free agent Wilfried Zaha. The Turkish champions are hoping to tempt forward Zaha with a contract offer worth around £8m per year.
Chelsea have held talks over a move for Ajax attacking midfielder Mohammed Kudus.
Barcelona's pre-season match against Juventus was called off hours before kick-off due to a virus hitting the Spanish champions' squad.
Harry Kane's wife, Kate, has sensationally been reported to be 'looking at properties in Munich' as the Tottenham star edges closer to a move to Bayern Munich.
Eddie Howe says that Newcastle's £30m sale of Allan Saint-Maximin to the Saudi Arabian club with whom they share majority owners will be 'above board' when it comes to Premier League rules.
Manchester United winger Anthony Elanga will have a medical with Nottingham Forest on Monday as he looks to complete his £15m transfer.
Fans threw punches in the stands during the preseason friendly between Manchester United and Arsenal at the MetLife Stadium on Saturday night.
Avram Glazer has turned up at Manchester United's training camp in New Jersey amid growing frustration and uncertainty over the sale of the club.
Argentinean customs have warned about 'a deluge of irregular entries' of 'the newest must-have item' in illegal trade: Inter Miami jerseys with Lionel Messi's name and No. in what officials call a 'clear trend' after the seizure of 250 jerseys over the last week.
The Premier League has opened an international office in New York City to support the continued growth of the league and its clubs in the US, league officials disclosed over the weekend.
SUN ON SUNDAY
Manchester United look ready to take up the extra year's option on right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Burnley are trying to agree a fee for Ian Maatsen - despite the left-back starring for Chelsea in pre-season.
Banned Brentford star Ivan Toney is weighing up a big summer move - to a new agent.
Tottenham are stunned after Blackburn slapped a whopping £9.45m price tag on their whizkid defender Ashley Phillips.
Angry Manchester United fans chanted "Glazers out" before Saturday's friendly with Arsenal in the USA.
Lionel Messi has hit Luton's hopes of signing Venezuelan striker Josef Martinez.
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THE ATHLETIC
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has completed his medical ahead of his proposed £12m move to Steven Gerrard's Saudi Pro League outfit Al Ettifaq.
A number of clubs plan to raise concerns with the Premier League regarding the proposed move of Allan Saint-Maximin from Newcastle United to Saudi Pro League side Al Ahli.
Fulham have reached an agreement with Ajax to sign defender Calvin Bassey for a fee in the region of €21m (£18.2m).
Tyler Adams, Jack Harrison and Junior Firpo are set to miss the start of Leeds United's 2023-24 season through injury.
Fulham are close to agreeing a £15m deal to sign Southampton defender Mohammed Salisu.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Such is PSG's determination to sell Kylian Mbappe rather than see him leave as a free agent next summer, the Qatari-owned club are willing to entertain a one-year transfer - effectively an enormous loan fee - to Saudi Arabia that would see Mbappe realise his dream of moving to Real Madrid in 11 months' time.
SUNDAY EXPRESS
Chelsea are reportedly weighing up a summer move for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins, just weeks after Manchester United were warned that it would take a nine-figure transfer fee plus Marcus Rashford to tempt Villa into selling up.
SUNDAY MIRROR
Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure believes his absence from the first team under Frank Lampard was a personal matter.
Manchester United have poached Darren Fletcher's twin sons from Manchester City in a deal worth £1.25m.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp could be about to lose another Kop star with Spanish international Thiago Alcantara nearing the exit door.
Erik ten Hag met with the Glazers in the US - with the proposed takeover of Manchester United held up because of a family split.
Manchester City have been told that they will have to pay RB Leipzig's full £87m valuation to sign Josko Gvardiol - because the German club will have to shell out a premium fee to bring in a replacement.
DAILY STAR SUNDAY
Crystal Palace are considering a move for unsettled Manchester City star Aymeric Laporte.
DAILY RECORD
In-demand Celtic star Reo Hatate has left the door open for a move to the English Premier League amid swirling rumours over his Parkhead future.
Frankie Kent was left out of Peterborough's friendly against Colchester to avoid risking his transfer to Hearts.
Aberdeen boss Barry Robson has revealed he is set to land crucial central defensive recruits with key stoppers Rhys Williams and Angus MacDonald both struggling to make the season opener.
Brendan Rodgers has revealed Kyogo Furuhashi is likely to need surgery to sort out his long-standing shoulder problem.
South Korean duo Yang Hyeon-jun and Kwon Hyeok-kyu have touched down in Glasgow ahead of completing their moves to Celtic.
SCOTTISH SUN ON SUNDAY
Michael Beale is confident a deal for Jose Cifuentes will be done next week.
Premier League legend David Silva is set to retire from football at the age of 37.
The ninth-tier football club which fielded David Goodwillie as a trialist could be kicked out of its publicly-owned training centre.
Celtic have agreed a five-year deal to make Maik Nawrocki their newest arrival.
