Paper insight 25 August 2014

• Manchester United are locked in a row over Angel Di Maria's fee.
• Tottenham maintain that Andros Townsend is not for sale
• Fernando Torres will not leave Chelsea unless they pay up his £8.5m-a-year contract in full.
• Chelsea will spark a scramble by giving the green light to Islam Feruz's loan exit.
• Ronald Koeman is ready to revive his interest in Nathan Redmond.
• Harry Redknapp was booed by his own QPR fans waving to Tottenham fans during Sunday's 4-0 defeat at White Hart Lane.
• Sunderland are trying to sign Soloman Kalou from Lille for around £4m as well as Liverpool's Fabio Borini for £14m.
• Southampton are ready to go back in for Nathan Redmond after having a £3.5m bid rejected by Norwich.
• Peter Ramage, Owen Garvan and Jimmy Kebe have been told they can't leave Palace until they appoint a new manager.

• Manchester United's record-breaking £63.9million capture of Angel Di Maria will take their spending this year to £170m.
• Mario Balotelli is expected back at Manchester City tonight - to watch new club Liverpool.
• Hull boss Steve Bruce hopes to make it third time lucky with a £12m-plus offer for Blackburn hot-shot Jordon Rhodes.
• Arsene Wenger has made a check on Brazil World Cup star Luiz Gustavo.
• Fabio Borini is ready to quit Liverpool to join Sunderland - but only if it is a loan.
• QPR boss Harry Redknapp is closing in on a deal for Reading's £6m-rated keeper Alex McCarthy.
• Roberto Martinez is considering a move for either Samuel Eto'o or Danny Welbeck.
• Esteban Cambiasso has walked out of talks with Leicester after a row over money.
• Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is determined to keep star midfielder Cheick Tiote this window after insisting he is building a decent side.

• Carlo Ancelotti says Arsenal target Sami Khedira won't be leaving the club.
• Everton and Tottenham are leading the race to sign Danny Welbeck - who is available for £16m or on loan.
• Tottenham's attempts to sign Federico Fazio from Sevilla are stalling because of the poor relationship between the two clubs.
• Roma and AC Milan are all interested in Roberto Soldado, while Vlad Chiriches is being looked at by Roma.
• Sunderland's Modibo Diakite is in talks about joining Fiorentina on a permanent deal.

• Rangers boss Ally McCoist is one of the names being considered by Palace.

• Arsenal's hopes of offloading striker Lukas Podolski to Juventus hang in the balance after the Italian giants emerged as favourites to land Monaco forward Radamel Falcao.
• Real Madrid have told Manchester United they will have to pay £75million to take Angel Di Maria to Old Trafford.
• Celtic boss Ronny Deila was last night told Serbian striker Stefan Scepovic is the ideal target man for his side - he is set to sign for £3million from Sporting Gijon today.

• Manchester United are set to smash the British transfer record with the £64m signing of Real Madrid star Angel Di Maria.
• Mario Balotelli is expected to complete his £16m switch to Liverpool today.
• Brendan Rodgers insists that Daniel Sturridge's confidence will not be damaged by Liverpool's constant search for a striker this summer.
• Arsenal are weighing up a move for Atletico Madrid defender Toby Alderweireld.
• Roberto Martinez is stepping up his hunt for more strikers at Everton, Samuel Eto'o is an option on a free transfer.
• Tottenham defender Michael Dawson is closing in on a switch to Hull City.
• Swansea skipper Ashley Williams wants a 'hands off' notice put on star striker Wilfried Bony.

• Celtic target Stefan Scepovic has gone into hiding to protect his £3m move to the Scottish champions.
• source:skysports