Man U to pay £37m for full-back

• Posted on March 4, 2015
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Liverpool and Real Madrid have expressed an interest in 21-year-old Villarreal striker Luciano Vietto, who has a £7.25m release clause, according to the player’s agent. (AS)

Manchester United and Manchester City target Paulo Dybala, 21, tells Argentine radio he would “swim to Barcelona” if the Catalan side wanted to sign him from Palermo. (Daily Mail)

Manchester United are in talks to sign Porto right-back Danilo, 23, with the Old Trafford club willing to meet the Brazilian’s £37m release clause. (Sport – in Spanish)

Everton manager Roberto Martinez has made an approach to sign Barcelona midfielder Sergi Roberto, 23. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has joked that it would take torture or action hero Jack Bauer to get any information out of defender Winston Reid, 26, whose contract ends in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal are waiting for an answer after making an offer for Boca Juniors forward Jonathan Calleri, 21. (Fichajes.net – in Spanish)

OTHER GOSSIP

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Former England captain Terry Butcher believes Chelsea skipper John Terry, 34, deserves longer than a new one-year contract. (Talksport)

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has set a target of 91 points to win the Premier League this season. (Turnstyle.co.uk)

Juventus are keen to offer a new contract to striker Carlos Tevez, 31, to make sure he does not return to former club Boca Juniors when his current deal expires in June 2016. (Goal.com)

Pep Guardiola has dismissed talk that he could replace Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City, insisting he wants to see out his contract at Bayern Munich. (Manchester Evening News)

Former Chelsea defender Winston Bogarde, 44, has applied for the vacant manager’s job at Oldham Athletic. (Daily Mail)

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, 28, has been fined £7,600 for abusing police officers after the car he was in was given a parking ticket. (Daily Star)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes Ibe will be out until the end of March

Former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell has tweeted to rule out   standing for a parliament seat in Kensington and Chelsea, which has been vacated by Conservative MP Sir Malcolm Rifkind, saying his “ambitions lie elsewhere in the political arena”.

Liverpool midfielder Jordon Ibe, 19, has posted an image on his Instagram  account of his knee in a brace after injuring his knee ligaments in the Europa League game against Besiktas in Istanbul last week. He told fans: “I’ll be back stronger.”

Manchester United target Kevin Strootman has denied rumours that he could quit after being out for 18 months with recurrent knee problems. The 24-year-old Roma midfielder has claimed on Twitter:  “On my progress. Just for the record, I’m right on schedule to be back when pre-season starts.”

West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster, 31, apologised for his error that gifted Aston Villa a stoppage-time penalty at Villa Park on Tuesday. Christian Benteke converted the spot kick to give Villa their first league win of 2015. Foster tweeted:  “Sorry to let the lads and fans down tonight, I love you all.”

AND FINALLY….

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers recently took a swipe at Southampton for failing to mention a number of former players in their matchday programme, but the Saints have replied with a ‘wordsearch’ jibe in their latest edition. (Metro)

-BBC