Gossip: Ibrahimovic, Costa, De Gea, Morata, Lukaku, Ranieri, Can, Keane

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Manchester United's Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 35, will be offered £5m a season to become the face of new Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC, with the option of an immediate loan back to United - or another European club - for the first half of next season. (Daily Mail), external

Paris St-Germain's Ivory Coast right-back Serge Aurier, 24, has told Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho he wants to play for the Old Trafford club. (L'Equipe, in French), external

Real Madrid will bid £60m - nearly double the world record fee for a goalkeeper - to sign Manchester United's Spain goalkeeper David De Gea, 26, this summer. (Sun), external

Meanwhile, Real Madrid and Spain striker Alvaro Morata, 24, has alerted Chelsea by reportedly growing frustrated at a lack of game time in Spain. (Diario Gol, in Spanish), external

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Thursday's back page of the Daily Mirror

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger reportedly turned down the chance to sign midfielders N'Golo Kante, 26, who is now with league leaders Chelsea, and Thomas Lemar, 21, now with Monaco, for a combined £12.6m only two years ago. (Sun), external

Chelsea fear that a fresh £650,000-a-week offer from China has turned the head of 28-year-old Spain striker Diego Costa. (Daily Mirror), external

Liverpool are prepared to play midfielder Emre Can, 23, until the end of his contract, regardless of whether the Germany international commits to a new deal this summer. (Daily Telegraph), external

Captain Troy Deeney says he has been "linked with everyone" but could leave Watford this summer "if they want to get rid of me", with West Brom eyeing a £20m move for the 28-year-old English striker. (Daily Star), external

Claudio Ranieri says he is ready to return to management, two months after he was sacked by Leicester. (BT Sport), external

Up to 16 players could leave Sunderland this summer, with the Black Cats looking destined for relegation to the Championship. (Daily Star), external

Everton's Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku has told friends he wants to rejoin Chelsea this summer, with the Toffees having put a £100m price tag on the 23-year-old. (Sun), external

Having been been linked with Chelsea and Manchester United, Lukaku has now revealed he subscribes to their clubs' TV channels.(Sport via Manchester Evening News), external

Fit-again goalkeeper Jack Butland, 24, is targeting an imminent comeback with England as well as Stoke City.(Stoke Sentinel), external

Tottenham are interested in a £30m move for Bayern Munich's Brazil winger Douglas Costa, 26.(Daily Mirror), external

Spurs are ready to enter the bidding for Burnley's 24-year-old England defender Michael Keane, which could boost Manchester United's hopes of landing Tottenham's England midfielder Eric Dier, 23.(Daily Telegraph), external

Fulham's English left-back Ryan Sessegnon will sign a professional contract with the Championship club when he turns 17 next month.(Daily Mail), external

Southampton want to sign Iceland playmaker Gylfi Sigurdsson, 27, from Swansea and Leeds' Sweden defender Pontus Jansson, 26.(NBC) , external

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Thursday's back page of the Daily Star

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US President Donald Trump's 11-year-old son Barron appears to be an Arsenal fan. (Evening Standard), external

Burnley defender James Tarkowski has spent two days, one hour and 32 minutes on the bench this season - the most in the Premier League. In fact nobody has sat on the bench for longer than him in Europe's top five leagues this season, (Bwin), external

Stoke striker Peter Crouch, 36, partied at a Kasabian gig on Tuesday night, but he had to wait for the band - who are Leicester supporters - to take to the stage as they did not start the show until after the Foxes' Champions League tie.(Daily Mail), external

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