Transfer Gossip

Arsenal, Spurs and Milan told Kondogbia price, City will test Wilshere's bond with Gunners, Newcastle keen on Cabaye reunion, United quoted £20million for Fabinho...

United target Barca youngster, Liverpool and Spurs battle for Steven N'Zonzi, Marcos Rojo to Fenerbahce (what?) and Arsenal back in for £30m Julian Draxler.

OSPINA CECH-ING OUT?
Reports in Turkey claim Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina is heading to Fenerbahce.

With Petr Cech seemingly on his way to The Emirates, Colombian Ospina seems set to be the one to make way only a year after joining the Gunners.

Turkish outlet Haberturk report that the Colombian will join Fener for just under £4million. Wenger presumably hopes Cech can help straighten out Wojciech Szczesny.


TOON MAKE DOST CONTACT
Newcastle have made an approach to Wolfsburg over striker Bas Dost, according to The Chronicle.

The Magpies are keen to recruit two strikers this summer, with a move for Charlie Austin said to still be under consideration, but the club are further along in their pursuit of Dost.

The 26-year-old will be available for under £10million and is understood to be keen on a move. In fairness, the prospect of playing alongside Emmanuel Riviere would be enough to tempt anyone to the North East.


ARSENAL TOLD KONDOGBIA PRICE
The Tottenham bid for Geoffrey Kondogbia reported earlier doesn't have much chance of succeeding given Gazzetta dello Sport claims Monaco want £25million, with Arsenal sniffing.

The Express claims "Arsene Wenger has apparently identified Kondogbia as the man to bring some steel to the Gunners' game, and is said to have already held talks with the France international."

AC Milan are also very interested and have been widely reported as having submitted an offer. The Rossoneri are closing in on Jackson Martinez, want Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the Express also says they "apparently" have a deal for Mats Hummels in the works. Righto.


SKRTEL AGREES LIVERPOOL DEAL
Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has agreed a new contract with Liverpool after turning down the chance to join Inter Milan, according to various reports on Merseyside.

Presumably, Liverpool increased their offer from "the kind offered to players who are much older or who have health problems".

Skrtel's agent Karol Csonto is quoted in the Liverpool Echo as saying: "I confess that there were not mere rumours, the interest from Inter was real. The deal did not go ahead, but there was contact made.

"The player had been thinking about his future and eventually opted to remain at Liverpool."


REAL MADRID STILL WANT AGUERO
Madrid newspaper AS are doing their best to turn Sergio Aguero's head by repeating their claim that the dreamy Argentine is at the top of their summer wanted list.

The newspaper does warn - however - that 'the financial muscle of [Real Madrid] is not inexhaustible' and that they may have to sell Karim Benzema or Fabio Coentrao to fund a move for Aguero. They might want to ask themselves why on earth Manchester City would sell...


'SPURS BID FOR KONDOGBIA
It seems highly unlikely that Geoffrey Kondogbia would join Tottenham but Spanish newspaper Sport claim that the Monaco man has been the subject of a £20m bid from Spurs, who cannot offer Champions League football but can offer the chance to play alongside Ryan Mason and Andros Townsend.

So why is it on the front page of Sport? Because Barcelona are said to be interested in Kondogbia as an alternative to Paul Pogba. Don't they know that Fabian Delph is available?


'ARSENAL BID FOR MORENO'
This doesn't make a great deal of sense but we're only here to faithfully bring you the gossip. Spanish newspaper Marca claim that Arsenal have already offered £14m to Espanyol for defender Hector Moreno.

As Arsenal really don't need another centre-half, we suspect that this is gold-plated nonsense. feel free to ignore and move on.


CITY READY WILSHERE APPROACH
This one won't go away. Following the rejection of their second bid for Raheem Sterling, Manchester City will attempt to sign Jack Wilshere from Arsenal.

Presumably City want both Wilshere and Sterling. The idea it might be one or the other would hint at a skewed recruitment approach. Sterling certainly seems the more likely of the two to be playing at the Etihad come the new season, but City clearly fancy their chances of prising Wilshere away from his boyhood club and The Mirror report that an approach is on its way.

Just last week Wilshere was looking for reassurance from Arsenal. Despite warning he would not go to any club just to satisfy homegrown quotas, the midfielder said: "I'd want to be wanted by a club, I want to be wanted by Arsenal." City could certainly make him feel valued, though whether he is ready yet to walk away from Arsenal remains to be seen.


UNITED WANT LUKAKU
The Sun are calling it a 'new shock target' but we are not massively shocked that The Sun would claim that Manchester United are interested in Romelu Lukaku. We would be massively shocked if it were true, mind.

They also mention United's interest in Mario Mandzukic, reported by The Sun on June 9. It's difficult to see either being of any real interest to United as Lukaku scored just ten PL goals last season and Mandzukic's 12-goal La Liga haul was little better.


NEWCASTLE WANT CABAYE REUNION
Newcastle's attempt to get the 2010-11 band together could be boosted by a push to re-sign Yohan Cabaye from Paris Saint-Germain.

Coming days after it was reported the Toon were exploring the possibility of bringing Andy Carroll back to Tyneside, The Sun claims that France international Cabaye is a target for Steve McClaren. Joey Barton and Kevin Nolan must be staring at their phones.

Cabaye, 29, has also been linked with Crystal Palace recently, and with respect to the Eagles and Magpies, it is surprising that the midfielder's stock has fallen in quite the way it has. He struggles to get in the PSG XI, but many would. Isn't there a top-six side who could use a player of Cabaye's sort?


BIG GUNS ON THE PROWL IN MONACO
The Daily Mail has plenty of fresh, steaming...gossip from Monaco this morning involving United, Tottenham and Arsenal.

The Ligue 1 club have reportedly told United they will have to pay £20million for the wonderfully-named Fabinho. The right-back only signed permanently for Monaco last month for £4.2million having spent the last two years on loan at the Stade Louis II from Portugal's Rio Ave in Portugal. A few weeks on, they have quoted the Red Devils almost four times that amount. Sounds improbable until you consider that Jorge Mendes represents the Brazilian.

Meanwhile, Tottenham have been told to forget the idea of signing Anthony Martial, while Jeffrey Kondogbia is said to be the subject of a £20million bid from AC Milan, which the Mail says may spark Arsenal to finally move for the midfielder. Best get a shift on, Arsene.


AND THE REST
Aston Villa are eyeing up a move for Tottenham's Andros Townsend after signing Micah Richards...Chelsea are targeting Abdul Baba Rahman from Augsburg for £15million...Newcastle are hoping their pursuit of Watford's Troy Deeney could convince QPR to drop their asking price for Charlie Austin...Nathaniel Clyne is ready to snub Manchester United and push for a move to Liverpool...Estaban Cambiasso is weighing up whether to move to the US and play in Major League Soccer...Juventus have opened talks with Chelsea over an audacious £18m swoop for Brazil star Oscar.

Manchester City have been told Paul Pogba will only leave Juve if he asks to leave...Middlesbrough are in a £2m battle with Celtic to sign Jelle Vossen permanently from Genk...Chelsea have decided they will sell Petr Cech for Arsenal and bring in QPR's Rob Green as his replacement...Manchester United could be made to wait until the very end of the summer transfer window to sign Hugo Lloris...Arsenal and Manchester United have been told they can have Morgan Schneiderlin for £24m...Watford want Getafe midfielder Pablo Sarabia, who was once on Arsenal and Manchester United's radar.

Manchester United have asked Real Madrid about signing centre-back Raphael Varane during the David de Gea negotiations...Manchester City will wrap up a £10m deal for Fulham youngster Patrick Roberts in the coming days...Stephen Bywater and Peter Ramage could move to the Indian Super League this summer...Newcastle, Chelsea and West Ham are in a three-way battle for QPR's Charlie Austin...Chelsea are lining up a move to sign 18-year-old Serbian wonderkid Andrija Zivkovic...Manchester City's hopes of signing Kevin De Bruyne have been boosted after contract talks with Wolfsburg stalled...Celtic are calm about Virgil van Dijk's future despite the defender wanting to leave.