Saturday's Newspapers:
18th April 2020
DAILY MAIL
- Chelsea are in talks with their players over taking a pay cut of at least 10 per cent in response to the coronavirus crisis.
- Players in the Premier League and EFL are braced for their clubs to try and insert 'football shutdown' wage drop clauses into future contracts.
- Lionel Messi, Frenkie de Jong and Marc-Andre ter-Stegen are the only players safe at Barcelona this summer, according to reports.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
- Premier League clubs have been told that the 2020-21 season must start by the first week of September at the latest
THE SUN
- Sadio Mane might leave Liverpool if Real Madrid make a 'sizeable' offer, claims Senegal team-mate Keita Balde.
- The number of footballers contacting the PFA for help with mental health problems has "spiked" since the game was forced into lockdown.
- Fiorentina are open to selling Manchester United target Federico Chiesa - but insist the young winger wants to stay at the club.
DAILY MIRROR
- Manchester United have made 1,000 youth season tickets available for next season in a move to improve the Old Trafford atmosphere.
- Top-flight clubs fear any hope of completing the season is disappearing with their planning for a restart in chaos.
DAILY EXPRESS
- Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho will only move to Manchester United if they can guarantee Champions League football next season.
- Manchester City face a battle to keep Gabriel Jesus this summer after Juventus made the Brazilian a transfer target, according to reports in Italy.
DAILY STAR
- Chelsea are said to have been interested in Massimiliano Allegri before sealing a deal with Antonio Conte.
THE TIMES
- Brighton are one of a number of Premier League clubs that have discussed playing artificial crowd noise to generate an atmosphere should the football season resume behind closed doors.
SCOTTISH SUN
- Ann Budge insists Celtic can't be crowned champions until they've played all 38 Premiership games.
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane could be open to a move to
Real Madrid, says Senegal team-mate Keita Balde, who added that Mane, 28, was unlikely to remain at Anfield "forever".
(AS - in Spanish)
France midfielder Paul Pogba, 27, is expected to sign a new
Manchester United contract and is viewed as a potential leader at the club, says Spanish football journalist Guillem Balague.
(Express)
Borussia Dortmund wanted English forward Mason Greenwood, 18, in return when
Manchester United approached the club about signing England winger Jadon Sancho, 20.
(ESPN)
Tottenham and Brazil forward Lucas Moura, 27, says Spurs would struggle to replace striker Harry Kane if the 26-year-old England captain left the club.
(Independent)
Chelsea players would rather take a wage cut of 10% during the coronavirus crisis than the 30% proposed by the Premier League.
(Telegraph)
West Ham have discussed selling three first-team players to cope with the financial implications of the coronavirus pandemic.
(Football Insider)
Barcelona will make a bid to re-sign Brazil forward Neymar, 28, from
Paris St-Germain. The Spanish giants are willing to include French trio Samuel Umtiti, Ousmane Dembele and Jean-Clair Todibo as part of a deal after their finances were hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
(Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 32, Germany keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 27, and 22-year-old Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong are the only three players who are safe at
Barcelona as the Spanish club plan an overhaul of their squad.
(ESPN)
Barcelona manager Quique Setien says Brazil's 27-year-old playmaker Philippe Coutinho, who is on loan at German club Bayern Munich, could still have a future at the Nou Camp.
(RAC 1, via Independent)
Veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, 42, has agreed a contract extension with
Juventus. It would be the Italian's 19th season in Turin.
(Tuttosport, in Italian)
Ajax have put a £35m asking price on Cameroon keeper Andre Onana, with the 24-year-old attracting interest from
Chelsea, Barcelona and
Paris St-Germain. (Telegraph)
Fiorentina are open to selling playmaker and
Manchester United target Federico Chiesa, but they say the 22-year-old Italian does not want to move.
(Sun)
Arsenal could miss out on key transfer target Layvin Kurzawa from
Paris St-Germain. The French left-back, 27, was set to leave PSG on a free at the end of the season but his contract may now be extended.
(Sport)
Hertha Berlin have submitted a provisional contract offer to
Paris St-Germain winger Julian Draxler.
Arsenal have also been tracking the 26-year-old Germany international.
(Foot Mercato - in French)
Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has contacted
Paris St-Germain striker Mauro Icardi's wife and agent, Wanda Nara, about a deal for the Argentine. Icardi, 27, is currently on loan at
Inter Milan from PSG.
(Tuttosport - in Italian)
Meanwhile, former
Chelsea striker Diego Costa, 31, could leave
Atletico on a free transfer at the end of the season.
(Marca)
Arsenal, Chelsea and
Everton are all attempting to sign
Lille's Brazilian defender Gabriel, 22.
(ESPN)
Inter Milan want to sign
Manchester United and France forward Anthony Martial, 24, if they lose
Barcelona target Lautaro Martinez this summer.
(Gazetto Dello Sport - in Italian)
France World Cup winner Kingsley Coman, 23, is facing a £44,000 fine from
Bayern Munich after turning up to training in his personal car rather than the company one given by the club.
(Bild, via Goal)