HEADLINES
Chelsea set to face LOSC Lille without unvaccinated players
Trippier’s stunner for Newcastle leaves Lampard’s Everton in trouble
Jay Rodriguez delivers Burnley point against wasteful Man United
Ajax want Dest back from Barcelona
Inter see off Roma in Coppa Italia
‘My final decision’ – Ziyech rules out Morocco return
Ralf Rangnick insists he has ‘no problems’ with Jesse Lingard
Bruno Guimaraes insists Newcastle can ‘definitely’ be bigger than Arsenal
West Ham condemn Kurt Zouma after video emerges of him kicking his cat
SPANISH PAPERS
Spotify Camp Nou will be the official name of FC Barcelona’s stadium, according to EsportsRAC1.
Currently, Spotify will only pay €5m for the title rights of the Camp Nou. However, once the Espai Barça projected is completed, the streaming service could start paying up to €20m-€25m per season.
Barcelona supporters flooded social media with angry messages after news broke of a potential sponsorship deal with Spotify which could also include stadium naming rights.
Barcelona chief executive Ferran Reverter has resigned after just seven months in the role at Camp Nou.
Spotify is not the reason for Reverter’s departure. Laporta and him had just different views in general. Reverter will leave without a further payment. His departure was agreed on a friendly way.
Bayern Munich and Barcelona are both in talks with Christensen. Chelsea have already made their extension proposal and it is now up to the player to decide.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has his options to start against Espanyol on the weekend. The striker has been working hard to get back to his best shape.
FIFA’s president, Gianni Infatino, has given the green light for the African Super League to go ahead – a project almost similar to the European Super League.
Casemiro on Real Madrid vs PSG: “It’s impossible for me to stop Messi on my own. My team-mates will have to help me. It will be a great game.”
Luka Modric (36) says he could end up playing until he’s 40.
It’s unlikely that Karim Benzema will be a 100% ready for the match against PSG. Real Madrid are very worried about the situation. [Onda Cero]
Paris Saint-Germain have three names on their shopping list in the event of Kylian Mbappe’s departure for Real Madrid: Erling Haaland, Paul Pogba and Lucas Paqueta.
Barcelona are interested in signing Internazionale’s 29-year-old midfielder Marcelo Brozovic on a free transfer this summer transfer window as per Mundo Deportivo. The Italian club are keen for the Croatian to renew his contract but it’s proving difficult to close negotiations.
GERMAN PAPERS
Antonio Rüdiger is no longer an option for Bayern Munich. The German’s wage demands are too high and in addition to that, he’s not not very interested in making the move to Munich.
ITALIAN PAPERS
Italian authorities are planning to bring the stadium capacity back to 75 per cent from next week, including the Champions League, while they could reach 100 per cent by March.
Milan are expected to have Fikayo Tomori and Ante Rebic on the bench for the Coppa Italia quarter-final against Lazio, bringing in Junior Messias and Brahim Diaz
Alexis Sanchez reiterates his desire to play more regularly after a stunning strike in the Coppa Italia win over Roma and insists Inter ‘played better’ than Milan in the Derby.
Alessandro Bastoni is at risk of missing Inter’s game against Liverpool, report @Gazzetta_it.
Antonio Conte confirms Tottenham Hotspur will make Cristian Romero’s loan move from Atalanta permanent in a deal believed to be worth over €50m. ‘He is perfect for the Premier League.’
Giorgio Chiellini is expected to remain out of action until March as Juventus announced their captain has sustained a low grade calf strain.
PSG are reportedly still interested in signing Juventus striker Moise Kean and will make a new attempt to sign the Italy international at the end of the season.
Atalanta fear that Duvan Zapata could be out for four months due to an adductor injury that he picked up against Cagliari, report Sky Italia. La Dea will look at the free market to replace him on a temporary basis.
Lautaro Martinez has been fined €10,000. Simone Inzaghi has been banned for one game. Alessandro Bastoni has been handed a two match suspension and Theo Hernandez has been given a one match suspension and a €5k fine.
BRITISH EXPRESS
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
Manchester United are moving their sights to Leicester’s Youri Tielemans as a midfield target for the summer with serious doubts around the availability of Declan Rice and Kalvin Phillips.
LONDON EVENING STANDARD
West Ham were widely criticised for starting Kurt Zouma on Tuesday night after footage emerged of him drop-kicking his cat in his kitchen – with manager David Moyes explaining he is ‘one of our better players’.
The Police will now investigate Kurt Zouma after a video emerged of him hitting and kicking his cat.
Tottenham will be without Eric Dier, Oliver Skipp and Japhet Tanganga for Wednesday’s visit of Southampton – but deadline day duo Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur could be handed their full debuts for the club.
DAILY MIRROR
Paris St-Germain are interested in signing Italy striker Moise Kean in the summer. The 21-year-old is on loan at Juventus from Everton and the Serie A side have an obligation to make his move permanent for 28m euros (£23.6m), plus 3m euros (£2.5m) in add-ons.
Arsenal and Chelsea are reportedly at the forefront of clubs battling to sign Leeds midfielder Kalvin Phillips this summer.
DAILY MAIL
Tottenham Hotspur want to sign Inter Milan and Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal.
Arsenal could struggle to persuade Bukayo Saka to sign a new long-term deal at the Emirates if they fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League
LIVERPOOL ECHO
Liverpool and Senegal forward Sadio Mane would be willing to leave the club this summer if Real Madrid or Barcelona come in for him.
Mohamed Salah could come into contention for Liverpool’s clash with Leicester City on Thursday night, Jürgen Klopp has confirmed.
Sadio Mane will not be considered for action against Leicester after returning to Senegal to celebrate their triumph in Sunday’s AFCON final.
FOOTBALL LONDON
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is unwilling to sell William Saliba despite interest from Real Madrid and West Ham in the defender who is yet to make his first-team debut for the Gunners.
Roma are set to renew their interest in Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka in the summer.
Chelsea star Hakim Ziyech has announced his decision to reitre from international foootball, following a long-term falling out with Morocco coach Vahid Halilhodzic.
Cesar Azpilicueta warns his Chelsea team-mates NOT to waste their Club World Cup opportunity as Blues captain reflects on ‘bad experience’ missing out to Corinthians in 2012.
