Barcelona eyes swoop for Zabaleta

Barcelona eyes swoop for Zabaleta

Published May. 22, 2012 1:00 a.m. ET

Each day we'll bring you the very latest tabloid rumors as the biggest clubs around splash the cash to bolster their rosters. True or not, they're always entertaining...

DAILY MIRROR

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez will fly to Boston on Thursday for face-to-face talks with John W Henry about the Liverpool job.

Didier Drogba has told team-mates he has played his last game for Chelsea.

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Roman Abramovich is planning a big summer spending spree to build a new empire at Chelsea.

Romelu Lukaku has joined Fernando Torres with another damning insight into life behind the scenes at Chelsea.

Emmanuel Adebayor is desperate to stay at Tottenham.

Luis Suarez has pledged his future to Liverpool.

Randy Lerner will fly back to Birmingham tomorrow to decide who will replace Alex McLeish as Aston Villa boss.

Arsenal captain Robin van Persie is in danger of pricing himself out of a summer move to Italy.

Real Madrid will offer Lassana Diarra in part exchange for Spurs star Luka Modric.

Jan Vertonghen is still keen to join Tottenham despite their Champions League heartbreak.

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is plotting a triple swoop on Sunderland for Kieran Richardson, Craig Gordon and George McCartney.

QPR will make a £5million bid for Wigan star Victor Moses.

Barcelona are lining up a shock move for Manchester City's Pablo Zabaleta but may be unable to afford Tottenham winger Gareth Bale.

THE SUN

Didier Drogba broke down in tears as he told stunned team-mates: "I'm off."

Chelsea insist they will not be rushed into naming Roberto Di Matteo as manager by a tidal wave of Champions League emotion.

Romelu Lukaku has launched a bitter attack on former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas.

Frank De Boer is the latest manager to snub Liverpool.

Louis Saha wants to stay at Tottenham even though they missed out on the Champions League.

Joe Cole still has hopes of making it at Liverpool after his loan spell with Lille.

West Ham fear goalkeeper Robert Green has played his last game for the club.

Fulham aim to pip Liverpool and Spurs to the signing of £5million Anderlecht striker Dieumerci Mbokani.

Barcelona are set to make a £10million bid for Manchester City right-back Pablo Zabaleta.

DAILY STAR

Roberto Di Matteo's luck has run out at Chelsea with owner Roman Abramovich set to axe him this week.

Didier Drogba will quit Chelsea having won the Champions League.

Roberto Martinez is favourite for the Liverpool job after agreeing to fly to Boston for talks.

David Silva is being lined up for a return to Spain by Real Madrid.

Emmanuel Adebayor is desperate to stay at Tottenham even though they missed out on Champions League football.

Luka Modric is prepared to hand in another transfer request to get a move away from Spurs.

Swansea are lining up a £2million move for Burnley skipper Chris McCann.

Sunderland midfielder Kieran Richardson is set to leave the Stadium of Light this summer.

DAILY MAIL

Juventus will turn their attentions to Manchester City's Edin Dzeko, 26, as they prepare to pull out of the race to sign Arsenal forward Robin van Persie, 28.

Eden Hazard admits Chelsea's Champions League victory has made a difference to his plans.

Ryan Giggs has put himself forward for the Olympic football team - and hopes for a reunion with David Beckham.

Joe Cole will shun a return to Lille or West Ham as he aims to revive his career at Liverpool.

Didier Drogba's agents have backtracked over the striker's decision to leave Chelsea.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was in Holland yesterday trying to clinch a deal for Ajax centre-back Jan Vertonghen.

Andriy Shevchenko is being lined up for a coaching role at Chelsea.

Barcelona are considering a move for Manchester City full-back Pablo Zabaleta.

Real Madrid are looking to add creativity to their midfield with David Silva and Luka Modric possible targets.

Wolfsburg have revived their interest in QPR's Adel Taarabt.

Swansea are considering a £2million move for Burnley's Chris McCann.

DAILY EXPRESS

Luis Suarez has given Liverpool a lift after Frank De Boer became the latest manager to rule himself out of the Anfield vacancy.

Roman Abramovich believes Roberto Di Matteo was "lucky" to win the Champions League.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Former England coach Fabio Capello is becoming a strong candidate for the vacant Liverpool manager's job. Liverpool, who sacked Kenny Dalglish last week, are working through a list of candidates but the possibility of Capello joining is being discussed with increasing seriousness.

Luka Modric is considering handing in a transfer request after Tottenham's failure to qualify for the Champions League. European champions Chelsea, who bid for Modric last summer, Real Madrid and both Manchester clubs are all interested in signing the Croatian star.

THE TIMES

Roman Abramovich is reluctant to offer Roberto Di Matteo anything more than a one-year contract at Chelsea because he is not convinced the Italian is a world-class manager.

Sao Paulo midfielder Lucas Moura, 19, is a target for new European champions Chelsea although Manchester United are also interested.

Manchester City are ready to pull the plug on their proposed move for Lille playmaker Eden Hazard, 21, unless the player and his agent lower their financial demands.

THE GUARDIAN

Didier Drogba has confirmed he will leave Chelsea this summer but Fernando Torres will not be following his fellow striker out of the club despite the Champions League hierarchy having been left distinctly unimpressed by the timing of the Spaniard's publicly expressed frustration at life as a bit-part player at Stamford Bridge.

THE INDEPENDENT

Fabio Capello would be interested in the manager's position at Liverpool, though he is waiting to see if the club's American owners want to give him the opportunity to stake his claim for the position vacated by Kenny Dalglish.

Chelsea and Didier Drogba will announce the striker's departure in the next few days, with both sides reconciled to the fact that a parting of the ways after Saturday's victorious Champions League final is now inevitable.

DAILY RECORD

Manchester businessman Mike McDonald is to pull out of Charles Green's Rangers takeover.

Celtic are hot on the trail of Leeds United youngster Aidan White.

Craig Brown has revealed he failed with a second ambitious bid to lure James McFadden to Aberdeen.
 

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