News Britannia: Schweinsteiger wants pay-off to leave Man Utd, BVB eye Prem duo
Sources close to the player have confirmed to the Sun that Bastian will cost every penny of the £14million still owed to him on his two-years left.
“He has had talks with Jose over his future but it is still uncertain at this stage. The new few weeks will reveal more.
“He will not be pushed out and will sit tight for pay-off.”
Meantime, BVB have set sights on Moussa Sissoko, whose price-tag, however is set to £ 35 million despite Newcastle’s recent relegation to the Championship. The German club are also interested in signing former Inter star Xherdan Shaqiri who netted one of the most beautiful goals at EURO 2016 with his national team Switzerland.
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Manchester City have agreed terms with their main target Leroy Sane (Dail Mirror)
Leeds have been ordered to pay £290,000 in damages to former employee Lucy Ward (The Guardian)
Christian Benteke is willing to stay at Liverpool and fight for his place despite interest from other clubs (The Guardian)
Juventus will compete with Arsenal for Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain, 28, and could meet his release clause of almost £80m (Gazetta dello Sport)
Paul Pogba has hinted that he is open to moving to Manchester United this summer,describing his former club as “my first family” and refusing to commit his future to current club, Juventus
Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has had dinner with Paul Pogba in a restaurant in California (Daily Mail)
Georginio Wijnaldum’s preference is to join Tottenham if he leaves Newcastle but the Magpies want more than £25m (Daily Mail)
Middlesbrough have agreed an £8m fee with Borussia Dortmund for Neven Subotic (Daily Mail)
Hull City manager Steve Bruce has warned Italian sides Fiorentina and Sampdoria away from striker Abel Hernandez, 25 (Hull Daily Mail)
Eintracht Frankfurt want to take Manchester United youngster Guillermo Varela on loan (Daily Mail)
Leicester star Jamie Vardy has had successful surgery on his long-term wrist injury (Daily Mail)
England managerial candidate Sam Allardyce’s hopes of landing his dream job have been strengthened after the FA received worrying feedback about Jurgen Klinsmann (Daily Mail)
Liverpool could need a new centre-back after Joe Gomez suffered an Achilles injury (Daily Mirror)
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has reportedly told forward Joel Campbell, 24, to look for a new club, with some interest from Spanish side Valencia (Estadio Deportivo)
Nottingham Forest are one of 10 clubs hoping to sign Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, 23 (Nottingham Post)
Burnley are interested in Crystal Palace midfielder Lee Chung-yong, 28 (The Guardian)
Antonio Conte will call on Chelsea’s ex-Italians for advice on managing the club (Daily Mirror)
Stoke City have made enquiries about Everton midfielder James McCarthy, 25 (Daily Mail)
Sunderland’s players have arrived back in the UK braced for Sam Allardyce’s exit to take over England (The Sun)
Chelsea target Joao Mario has decided to move to Inter Milan instead (The Sun)
Leonardo Bonucci’s move to Manchester City could move closer with Mehdi Benatia joining Juventus (The Sun)
Celtic will become the first UK club to have rail seating in use for the first time this weekend (The Sun)
Hull are lining up a £6m bid for Cardiff keeper David Marshall (The Sun)
Southampton are to offer Dusan Tadic a new contract to keep him at the club (Daily Star)
Newcastle target Peter Crouch has begged Mark Hughes for more game-time at Stoke (Daily Star)
Claudio Ranieri has told N’Golo Kante to hurry up and decide whether or not he wants to leave Leicester for Chelsea (Daily Star)
Bournemouth striker Tokelo Rantie is wanted by Leeds and he has refused to go on the Cherries’ pre-season tour (Daily Star)
Ryan Giggs was pushed towards the Manchester United exit door after Jose Mourinho refused to speak to him (Daily Star)
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, 25, could head to the Chinese Super League – if a deal is completed before the Chinese transfer window shuts on Friday (Corriere Della Sera)
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri is set to sign a new four-year contract (Leicester Mercury)
The Foxes have submitted a third and final £15m offer for Burnley defender Michael Keane, 23 (Metro)
