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Football Rumours on Saturday 17th March 2018
2018-03-17 10:45:22



  • Real Madrid have agreed a deal in principle to sign Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski. The 29-year-old's agent had also held talks with Chelsea and Manchester United.
    (Mundo Deportivo)


  • Real Madrid's 24-year-old defender Raphael Varane says Manchester United want him. The Frenchman was signed for the Spanish club by Jose Mourinho during his time as manager.
    (Sun)


  • Former Bayern Munich and Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann says the German giants have been in contact with Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino over their soon-to-be-vacant managerial position.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Everton are willing to pay Arsenal's 26-year-old England midfielder Jack Wilshere, whose contract with the Gunners expires at the end of the season, an £8m signing-on fee to join the club this summer.
    (Times)


  • Chelsea's 25-year-old Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has committed his immediate future to the Premier League club.
    (Evening Standard)


  • Borussia Dortmund are interested in West Ham's 18-year-old Portuguese winger Domingos Quina.
    (Sun)


  • Spurs will open contract talks with South Korean forward Son Heung-min. The 25-year-old's deal expires in 2020.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Wolves will challenge Arsenal for AC Milan striker Andre Silva's signature if they are promoted to the Premier League. Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo has previously worked with the 22-year-old Portugal international at Dragoes.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Roma goalkeeper Alisson has been linked with a move to Liverpool but the 25-year-old appears to favour a switch to Real Madrid.
    (Daily Express)


  • Chelsea manager Antonio Conte does not believe there will be a string of exits from Chelsea if the club do not qualify for next season's Champions League.
    (Daily Telegraph)




  • MANAGEMENT STUFF


  • Chris Coleman says he will remain in charge of Sunderland if the club are relegated to League One - as long as the owners want him to.
    (Sunderland Echo)


  • Dean Keates has been appointed Walsall manager on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Leicester City's assistant manager Michael Appleton is thought to be high on West Brom's list of contenders to replace boss Alan Pardew.
    (Daily Telegraph)


  • Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says defender Gary Cahill, 32, and striker Alvaro Morata, 25, need to "work hard" if they want to get back into the first team and improve their chances of going to the World Cup with England and Spain respectively.
    (Daily Express)


  • Jurgen Klopp claimed Manchester City could be running scared over their Champions League clash.
    (Sun)




  • INTERNATIONAL STUFF


  • New coach Ronald Koeman has named five uncapped players in the Netherlands squad for his first international in charge, signaling that he is going to shake up a team that failed to qualify for two consecutive major tournaments.
    (Daily Mail)




  • OTHER STORIES

  • Danny Welbeck is expected to find out on Monday whether he will face any retrospective action for an alleged dive against AC Milan.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli says nobody wants to be "labelled as a cheat" after he was accused of diving in last month's win over Crystal Palace.
    (Sky Sports)


  • West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady has apologised to Hammers fans for the chaotic scenes at London Stadium last weekend. She described the fan protests and multiple pitch invasions as "one of the most painful days in the history of the club".
    (Sun)


  • A 73-year-old Tottenham fan says he was left in tears after the club ranked him in only the third level of priority to choose his seat in the new stadium, despite being a season ticket holder for 63 years.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Gillingham striker Conor Wilkinson's loan spell at Portsmouth in 2016 was ended because he refused to sing in an initiation ceremony.
    (Kent Online)


  • Rennes have finally found the two missing French Cup trophies they won in 1965 and 1971. The latter turned out to have been "so well preserved that nobody at the club knew where it was".
    (Rennes club website)


  • Marseille have had their Twitter account suspended for the second time this month over a copyright dispute.
    (RMC)


  • Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino, 26, brought out a birthday cake for someone celebrating their 40th birthday after being asked by staff while out for a meal in the same restaurant.
    (Daily Mail)






















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