JOSE TO MAKE HIS MARQ
THE IVORY COAST WANT CHELSEA DEFENDER NATHAN AKE, 22, TO PLAY FOR THEM INSTEAD OF HOLLAND ‘Even giants would struggle here’
CRYSTAL PALACE and Bournemouth are going head-tohead for QPR starlet Ryan Manning, 20.
QPR boss Ian Holloway said of the left-footed midfielder: “I have had some wonderful players and, in my view, Ryan is up there with them. He is a special talent.”
A big-money offer will be hard for Rangers to resist. MANCHESTER UNITED are confident of landing Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos for £50million.
The French club are reluctant to lose the Brazil star, 22, but Marquinhos (left)– who has two years left on his deal – is believed to be keen.
United have also held fresh talks over a £40m move for Benfica’s 22-year-old Sweden defender Victor Lindelof.
The Portuguese club are holding out for Lindelof’s £50m buy-out clause.
But they are set to pay his old club Vasteras £3.5m in compensation to overcome their sell-on agreement and smooth over his sale to United.
Boss Jose Mourinho is also weighing up Burnley’s former United trainee Michael Keane.
LIVERPOOL’S title challenge may have fizzled out but Jurgen Klopp is not shocked... he believes even Real Madrid and Barcelona would struggle to win the Premier League.