All the top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers…
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Tottenham Hotspur are planning to make contact with Luis Enrique as the club step up their efforts to find a new permanent head coach and prepare for a potential battle with London rivals Chelsea.
Newcastle United’s excellent season under Eddie Howe has helped persuade the club’s owners to be more aggressive in their summer recruitment strategy, having initially planned to operate with a modest budget of just £20m topped up by player sales.
Todd Boehly delivered a pre-Real Madrid pep talk to Chelsea’s players in the Stamford Bridge dressing-room after the latest demoralising defeat to Brighton on Saturday in which he labelled the club’s plight as “embarrassing”.
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THE TIMES
Barcelona are growing increasingly confident of signing Ilkay Gundogan, the Manchester City captain, on a free transfer.
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Image: Ilkay Gundogan has played 40 times for Man City this season, scoring five times
DAILY MAIL
Vincent Kompany is a contender for the Tottenham head coach’s job – but Burnley are ready to offer their boss an improved deal to keep him at Turf Moor.
Manchester City will not stand in Aymeric Laporte’s way if the defender wants to pursue a move elsewhere.
Manchester United co-chairmen Avram and Joel Glazer are reportedly growing increasingly confident of remaining in control of the club by securing outside investment.
Marseille have become the latest club to express an interest in Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha when he becomes a free agent this summer.
Image: Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher
Chelsea will try and sell Conor Gallagher this summer with a number of Premier League and European clubs interested in the England midfielder.
Liverpool held a recruitment meeting last week in their Fitzrovia offices in London as they collate information on transfer targets. Talks are expected soon with Brighton’s World Cup winner Alexis Mac Allister.
AC Milan are reportedly interested in signing Mason Greenwood amid increasing uncertainty over his Manchester United future.
Arsenal are optimistic Oleksandr Zinchenko will be back in their squad against Southampton on Friday night after his late injury-enforced withdrawal from the 2-2 draw at West Ham on Sunday.
Image: Aston Villa are interested in Arsenal's Reiss Nelson along with Brighton and West Ham
Aston Villa are keen on signing Arsenal forward Reiss Nelson this summer, four years after he was blocked from leaving the Emirates while now Villa boss Unai Emery was in charge of the club. They will likely face competition for his signature from Brighton and West Ham.
Promoter George Warren claims Joe Joyce will still get “big fights” despite his shock defeat at the weekend against China’s Zhilei Zhang.
Deontay Wilder’s trainer Malik Scott says a clash with Anthony Joshua is the “only bout he wants” as he enters negotiations for a multi-fight deal in Saudi Arabia which could see them fight on the same card as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
THE SUN
Bayern Munich will reportedly “do everything possible to axe Sadio Mane” after he was fined £260,000 for allegedly punching Leroy Sane.
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Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel defended Sadio Mane after the forward apologised for punching team-mate Leroy Sane, insisting ‘everyone has the right to make a mistake’
Stoke City have confirmed defender Ben Wilmot suffered a broken back against West Brom on Saturday but will not require surgery on the injury.
DAILY EXPRESS
Chelsea reportedly rejected the chance to make Luis Enrique their new manager immediately, instead preferring to hire Frank Lampard on an interim basis.
Inter Milan are considering moves for Borussia Monchengladbach striker Marcus Thuram and Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino as they look for significantly lower-cost deals than one to make Romelu Lukaku’s loan move from Chelsea permanent.
Sporting Lisbon are reportedly “furious” with defender Jerry St. Juste after he recently spoke out about interest coming from a leading Premier League club.
THE ATHLETIC
Nottingham Forest are lining up a move for former City Ground favourite Pierre van Hooijdonk’s son Sydney, who has impressed in the Netherlands this season on loan at Heerenveen from Bologna with 16 goals in 31 games.
Bill Belichick’s position as head coach of the New England Patriots could be under threat if the franchise repeats the struggles of last season, which saw them post a rare losing record in his 23rd season in charge.
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The Mirror’s chief football writer, John Cross questions if Javi Gracia can turn the negativity around at Leeds after two heavy home defeats from Liverpool and Crystal Palace
THE INDEPENDENT
Istanbul could again miss out on hosting a Champions League final amid growing concerns this season’s match could be disrupted by political unrest following the country’s election a month earlier.
SCOTTISH SUN
Aberdeen striker Duk has confirmed the Dons will be due to pay Benfica half of any transfer fee.
Jason Cummings is at the centre of a major transfer battle in India. That’s after Mumbai City joined champions Mohun Bagan in a bidding war to sign the former Scotland striker.
Steven MacLean will get the chance to stake his claim to take over from Callum Davidson as St Johnstone manager, potentially staying in caretaker charge until the end of the season.
DAILY RECORD
Aberdeen have renewed their interest in signing Go Ahead Eagles defender Jay Idzes, who they had hoped to bring to Pittodrie in January before then manager Jim Goodwin was dismissed.
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