Paper Talk

• Stoke are ready to take an amazing gamble on signing Wayne Rooney - with the backing of their sponsors bet365, who comfortably have the financial clout to assemble a £45m package.
• Tottenham and Everton are locked in a £22m tug-of-war over Hull City defender Harry Maguire.
• Burnley are ready to make a move for Everton striker Oumar Niasse, if Andre Gray moves on.
• Manchester City and Arsenal are chasing Dinamo Zagreb starlet David Colina.

• Ronald Koeman wants Wayne Rooney to put love before money when considering his footballing future, as the Everton boss hopes the lure of an emotional return to Goodison Park will prove tempting.
• Manchester City are planning to open contract talks with Pep Guardiola, and are hoping to tie him down for longer than the three-year deal he signed on arrival last summer.
• Manchester United face competition from Roma for Benfica's Sweden international central defender Victor Lindelof.
• Huddersfield boss David Wagner has emerged as a shock contender to take over at relegated Middlesbrough.
• Ally McCoist wants the Sunderland job and a chance to link up again with the Black Cats' chief executive, Martin Bain.

• Everton's Ross Barkley is a shock summer transfer target for West Ham.
• Tottenham have offered £2m for Espanyol goalkeeper Pau Lopez, but the Spanish club want £3m for the 'keeper currently on loan at White Hart Lane.
• Newly-promoted Brighton have joined Turkish giants Galatasaray in the hunt for Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham.

• Arsene Wenger will this week finally confirm that he is staying at Arsenal for the next two years.
• Manchester United are poised to offer manager Jose Mourinho a five-year deal after he led them to Europa League glory.
• Romelu Lukaku is at the centre of a world-record £100m tug-of-war between Chelsea and Manchester United.
• Neil Warnock has emerged as a surprise candidate to take over at Sunderland.
• Swansea are poised to make a bid for Las Palmas midfielder Roque Mesa, as they look to replace £30m-rated Gylfi Sigurdsson.
• Crystal Palace may have to pay Fulham around £5m in compensation if they want to secure the services of boss Slavisa Jokanovic, as the Serb does not have a release clause in the contract he signed with the Cottagers in February.
• AC Milan have emerged as rivals to Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham in the race to sign Celtic striker Moussa Dembele.

• Pep Guardiola is facing pressure to bring Joe Hart back to Manchester City.
• Sunderland will make an official move for Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes in the next 48 hours.
• Everton's interest in Wayne Rooney has cooled, leaving the Manchester United star scrambling for a move to either China or the USA.
• West Ham want to sign Sunderland 'keeper Jordan Pickford and use Adrian as a makeweight in a deal worth around £25m.
• Arsenal and Chelsea will go head to head in a battle to sign £85m-rated Andrea Belotti from Torino in the summer transfer window.
• Rafa Benitez wants to bring Napoli's Pepe Reina back to the Premier League with Newcastle.
• Marseille are stepping up their bid to sign Laurent Koscielny.
• Former Barcelona and Juventus defender Martin Caceres is in talks with Celtic and Leicester after deciding to quit Southampton.

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic is ready to talk about extending his stay at Manchester United after ruling out a move to the MLS.
• Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has urged vice-chairman Ed Woodward to tie up a quick deal for Burnley defender Michael Keane.
• Swansea and Brighton have stepped back into the chase for Arsenal target Henry Onyekuru, the goalscoring winger from Belgian side Eupen.