Eurosport Paper Round: City, United fight for £40m Sane, Van Gaal and Mourinho could team up

Man City and Man United battle it out for £40m-rated Leroy Sane

Manchester City and Manchester United will lock horns over the summer in order to capture the prized signature of Schalke star Leroy Sane. The feature report in the Daily Mail has the two Manchester clubs

vying for Sane, a pacey attacker who can play in any position across the front three. Sane was named in the provisional German squad for Euro 2016, showing the 20-year-old is already turning heads at international level. Sane appeared 42 times for Schalke in all competitions last season, finding the back of the net nine times.

 

Van Gaal to be offered director of football role by United, with Mourinho as manager

The Sun are reporting Manchester United have offered embattled manager Louis van Gaal the director of football role, in order to let Jose Mourinho take over as manager in the summer. The report claims that Van Gaal will move upstairs to complete the third and final year of his contract. Van Gaal is still popular among some members of the board like Ed Woodward, who wants the Dutchman's football expertise to still be utilised by the club. Mourinho in the meantime has rejected overtures from other clubs, as he waits for the manager's seat at Old Trafford to become vacant.

Chelsea's striker shortlist includes Higuain, Morata and Lukaku

Chelsea will completely revamp their strikeforce according to the Daily Mail, with Gonzalo Higuain, Alvaro Morata and Romelu Lukaku all targets in the summer. Diego Costa, Loic Remy and Radamel Falcao are all set for Stamford Bridge exits after extraordinarily poor seasons at the club. Higuain has a £72 million buyout clause, Morata's situation is complicated by a £23.6 million buyback clause that Real Madrid may activate before selling on for a further profit and currently Lukaku has a £65 million price tag slapped on him by Everton.

Arsenal play hardball with Borussia Monchengladbach over Granit Xhaka offer

The Mirror are reporting that Arsenal have only offered half of Borussia Monchengladbach's asking price for Granit Xhaka. The report says Arsenal have offered £19 million - a fact confirmed by Monchengladbach - whom rate Xhaka at £35 million. Xhaka and Arsenal have already agreed to personal terms. The club's sporting director Max Ebert was very strident that Xhaka will only be sold if Monchengladbach receive the fee they are after.

Source: Eurosport