Injured Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany features on the Times back pageChelsea have offered Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 34, a two-year deal worth almost £10m a season. (FootMercato, via Daily Star)Premier League leaders Leicester will attempt to tie manager Claudio Ranieri to a new contract at the end of the season amid fears that he could buy himself out of his existing deal and join a bigger European club. (Times - subscription required)
Real Madrid's Germany international Toni Kroos, 26, has an offer on the table to join Arsenal in a multi-million pound transfer, according to reports. (AS, via Metro)
Manchester United have identified Barcelona reserve keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 23, as a possible replacement for David de Gea, 25, should the Spaniard leave Old Trafford this summer. (Daily Mirror)
Former Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has agreed a shock deal to manage Jordan as well as coach Derby. (Sun)
Liverpool face having to pay £120,000-a-week striker Christian Benteke to play elsewhere if they want to offload him this summer. (Daily Mirror)
Antonio Conte, expected to join Chelsea when he leaves his role as Italy coach after Euro 2016, is ready to kick off his reign at Stamford Bridge before the tournament begins. (Sun)
West Ham are expected to confirm the permanent signing of Manuel Lanzini, 23, in the next few days, while the Hammers have also agreed to sign Norway midfielder Havard Nordtveit, 25, on a free transfer from Borussia Moenchengladbach next season. (London Evening Standard)
Manchester
United could lose out in the race for Borussia Dortmund's highly rated
26-year-old Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang because he promised
his grandfather he would play for Real Madrid. (Manchester Evening News)Napoli
midfielder Jorginho is a target for Arsenal and has also caught the
attention of Real Madrid, the player's agent has said. (Radio Kiss, via Daily Mail)
Chelsea are ready to make a transfer offer for Roma defender Kostas Manolas, 24, according to reports in Italy. (Il Tempo, via Metro)
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville is unlikely to accept a permanent offer to stay in charge at Valencia.(Bleacherreport.com)
Stoke and England goalkeeper Jack Butland, 23, is on the verge of signing a new five-year contract, in a huge boost for his club. (Daily Telegraph)
Bayern Munich honorary president Franz Beckenbauer has warned Pep Guardiola he will not be allowed to take players with him when he leaves the German side to take over at Manchester City this summer. (Bild, via Manchester Evening News)
Southend boss Phil Brown, a former Bolton assistant manager, is a leading contender to replace Neil Lennon at the Trotters. (The Guardian)
Manager Roberto Martinez will retain full control of Everton's transfer activity despite the arrival of billionaire investor Farhad Moshiri. (Liverpool Echo)
Nottingham Forest owner Fawaz Al Hasawi says he would sell the club for the right price following a new wave of criticism from supporters. (Times - subscription required)
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| The World T20 and the Cheltenham Festival are prominent on the front of the Telegraph sports supplement |
Brighton boss Chris Hughton says the door is not closed on Dutch forward Elvis Manu, 22, currently on loan at Huddersfield. Manu was disciplined and fined by the Yorkshiremen last week after previously criticising Albion in an interview in the Dutch media. (The Argus)
Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool have an "outstanding talent" in 19-year-old Brazilian midfielder Allan Rodrigues de Souza, who has had to be loaned to Belgian outfit Sint-Truidense because of work permit issues. (Liverpool Echo)
Arsene Wenger should try to bring Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure - 33 in May - to Arsenal in the summer, according to former City boss Stuart Pearce. (Talksport)
A group of professional footballers and their friends were alleged to have thrown glasses of urine over a balcony at the Cheltenham Festival. (Daily Mail)
David de Gea is the only current Manchester United player in Rio Ferdinand's 'dream five-a-side team', a rather attacking line-up being completed by Barcelona duo Lionel Messi and Neymar, plus Real Madrid's Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. (Squawka.com)
Norwich's home encounter with Watford has been moved to the final week of the Premier League season because of the Hornets being involved in FA Cup semi-final action. (Eastern Daily Press)
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Tottenham's England striker Harry Kane has packed a punch in front of goal again this season but after a day off to recover from his two-goal display in Sunday's victory at Aston Villa, he was in the gym on Tuesday to hone his fitness before a key end-of-season run-in for Spurs.
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| Harry "The Hitman" Kane |
Wayne Rooney takes his youngest child, baby Kit, to Manchester United's FA Cup match with West Ham.
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| Three-fifths of the Rooney family |
Former
world champion boxer Ricky Hatton, a devoted Manchester City fan,
reacts to Vincent Kompany's early departure from the Champions League
match with Dynamo Kiev because of injury, writing:"I could cry for Vincent Kompany."Southampton striker Charlie Austin shares his thoughts on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival,
and looks ahead to day two: "Yanworth is my nap but I do like Diego du
charmil I think he's off a great mark of 133 so let's hope he can run a
blinder! But we are up." And finallyLeicester
have signed the nephew of the Sultan of Brunei, one of the world's
richest men. Faiq Jefri Bolkiah, a 17-year-old winger, has been at
Chelsea since 2014 after earlier spells with Arsenal and Reading. (Guardian)Manchester United's Marcus Rashford, 18, and Jesse Lingard, 23, were spotted swapping cars near the club's Carrington training ground, forcing other motorists to swerve around them. (Daily Star)
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