Christian Benteke to Liverpool, Paul Pogba to Man City, and Morgan Schneiderlin and Sergio Ramos to Man Utd are Friday's newspaper headlines.
LIVERPOOL TO TURN ATTENTION TO BENTEKE
Close to making Southampton right-backNathaniel Clyne their sixth signing of the summer, Liverpool are now ready to turn their attention to Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke, according to several newspapers.
The Reds have also been linked with Sevilla's Carlos Bacca, but The Times claims Benteke remains their number one strike target.
Villa, however, are so far refusing to consider offers below the Belgian's £32.5million release clause, which the newspaper adds has proven a deterrent to Liverpool so far.
CITY CLOSE ON £60M POGBA DEAL
Manchester City are close to winning the £60million battle for Paul Pogba, according to a Sun exclusive.
The Juventus midfielder has been linked with Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, but City apparently believe they have fought off the competition and hope to complete the deal before making a final move for Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling.
City will break the British transfer record to sign Pogba and will pay the French international over £200,000, The Sun adds.
SCHNEIDERLIN SET FOR UNITED SWITCH
Manchester United are close to signing Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, according to the Daily Mirror and Daily Star.
The latter newspaper claims Saints have accepted a bid of £20million rising to £25million from United for the Frenchman, while the Mirror suggests a £24million deal is close to being finalised.
"The talks are ongoing and should be completed soon," Schneiderlin said of his future.
United's pursuit of Sergio Ramos could also receive a boost in the coming days, it seems, with The Times, Telegraph and Independent all claiming they have asked the defender to state publicly his intention to leave Real Madrid this summer.
United's opening bid of £32million is said to have been rejected 'out of hand', but The Times says all three partise are keen for a swift resolution, while the Telegraph adds that the Red Devils have received 'sufficient encouragement' that their ambitious bid could be completed.
AND THE REST
- Manchester City are weighing up a cheeky move for Manchester United's next potential buy, Nicolas Otamendi (Daily Mirror)
- Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood wants to raid former club Tottenham for Andros Townsend, Emmanuel Adebayor and Tom Carroll (The Sun)
- Chelsea target Abdul Baba Rahman has concerns over a move to Stamford Bridge - because he fears he will not play regularly (Daily Mirror)
- Chelsea winger Mohamed Salah is demanding a pay rise to stay at Fiorentina (Daily Telegraph)
- West Ham are edging towards agreeing a deal with Barcelona to sign Alex Song on a permanent deal (Daily Telegraph/Daily Mail)
- French flier Florian Thauvin is set to become Newcastle manager Steve McClaren's first signing early next week (Daily Star)
- Glenn Murray is a top target for Premier League new-boys Bournemouth and Norwich (The Sun)
- Swansea are making a £6million move for Sporting Braga striker Eder (Daily Mail)
- Watford are after Manchester United rookie left-back Reece James (The Sun)
- Watford are leading the chase for Joey Barton (The Sun)
- Watford are confident of landing Inter Milan midfielder Zdravko Kuzmanovic (Daily Mail/Mirror)
- Dame N'Doye has told Crystal Palace, Swansea and Norwich he wants £50,000 a week to join them (Daily Mirror)
- Southampton are in talks with loanee Eljero Elia over a £2.5million permanent move (Daily Mirror/Daily Star)
- Middlesbrough are set to snap up Chelsea duo Tomas Kalas and Nathan Ake on season-long loans (The Sun/Daily Mail)
- Arsenal winger Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 17, will join Ipswich on loan next season (The Sun/Daily Mirror).
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