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Gossip: Man United edge ahead of Liverpool in £86.7m race

DELICIOUS JOURNEYS THROUGH AMERICA FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING HETEROSEXUAL MALES VISIBLY UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF A GAY FOREIGNER IN A MESH T-SHIRT
With 22 goals and 11 assists in 39 games in all competitions, it felt like only a matter of time before Bruno Fernandes was being whored out across Europe. A Bola do a wonderful job of sparking up some interest in the Sporting Lisbon midfielder.

They claim that Manchester United have ‘begun exploratory contacts’ with the Portuguese club, and that they will even meet with Miguel Pinho, the player’s agent, this week.

Chelsea, Milan and Liverpool are also reportedly interested, but United are ‘most committed’ to the 24-year-old. And while A Bola suggest he is the only player whose exit Sporting considers ‘non-negotiable’ this summer, they add that ‘a figure of €60/70million seems like … practically irrefutable’. Which is to say they would find it difficult to turn down an offer of anywhere between £52m to £60.7m for a player who has a release clause of €100m (£86.7m).

JOLLY RODGERS
But that is not what you’re here for, is it? You want to hear all about the imminent return of Brendan Rodgers to the Premier League.

The Northern Irishman has been installed as the early favourite to replace the sacked Claude Puel at Leicester. And a Sun exclusive says the Foxes will ‘approach’ Celtic with a juicy £6m offer to take their manager off their hands.

Mike McGrath adds that ‘Rodgers is the man they want and his compensation fee is down to having two full seasons left on his deal at Celtic Park.’ That still feels like a really bloody low fee to offer for someone who has won literally every single domestic trophy available to him since summer 2016.

The Huddersfield Examiner suggests that former Town manager David Wagner is another candidate, while the delightful combination of talkSPORT and beIN SPORTS teams up to bring Leicester fans some absolutely wonderful news to start the day.

“I’m very interested to be back in management,” David Moyes told the former at Wembley on Sunday. “I think I’m ready, well-rested. And, you know, any jobs which give me the opportunity and have a bit of stability, I’d be interested, yeah.”

If David Moyes becomes only the fifth person to ever manage two Premier League winning clubs, we have all failed football.

Jose Mourinho, Claudio Ranieri, Mark Hughes and Brian Kidd, if you were wondering.

AND THE REST
It’s all just Kepa stuff, really. Mad, wasn’t it?