Paris Saint-Germain have hunkered down alongside Bayern Munich and got on their marks in “the race” to sign Callum Hudson-Odoi from Chelsea this summer, although Zinedine Zidane, Frank Lampard, Emma Hayes, Laurent Blanc or whoever else is unveiled as the club’s new manager next week may decide they’d like to keep the young winger at Stamford Bridge.
Having made himself nigh on indispensable since being thrown into the Manchester United first team on the back of an injury crisis almost three years ago to the day, Marcus Rashford will be rewarded with a six-year contract that will keep him at Old Trafford until he hits the ripe old age of 27. The Mirror report that club executive vice chairman Ed Woodward is hopeful of making an announcement in the coming weeks.
Currently with Monaco but yet to become a fully fledged professional, Képhran Thuram is turning heads at Chelsea and Liverpool. The son of France’s most capped international, Lilian, who some readers may have heard of, the tough-tackling midfielder is also wanted by Juventus, the Old Lady his old man served with such distinction.
Apparently not one for socialising with his team-mates, endearing himself to Madristas or learning to speak Spanish when he can be out shouting “Fore!!!” on the golf course instead, Gareth Bale may get the opportunity to spend more time tramping British fairways if Real Madrid show him the door this summer. The 29-year-old Welshman could end up at Chelsea or Tottenham if his current employers are successful in their efforts to swap him for Eden Hazard or Christian Eriksen.
The Rumour Mill didn’t get where it is today believing faintly preposterous Spanish speculation that Luis Suárez could end up at Manchester United when he’s drummed out of Barcelona this summer, but it’s a bit of gossip that’s doing the rounds in Spain, so it would be a gross dereliction of our duty to spread scurrilous transfer tittle-tattle if we didn’t mention it here.