Morning Gossip

THE GUARDIAN
Manchester United are set to offer Toni
Kroos £260,000 a week as they do their
best to secure the 24-year-old midfielder
from Bayern Munich.
Gus Poyet will not resign as Sunderland
boss despite their struggles this season and
will demand owner Ellis Short to back him
or sack him in the coming months.
THE SUN
Manchester City will commence talks to
keep hold of striker Edin Dzeko .
Man Utd boss David Moyes has been dealt
a final blow over his hopes of signing İlkay
Gundogan after the German midfielder
penned a contract extension with Borussia
Dortmund.
Hull face a battle to sign Jake Livermore
with West Ham and Stoke also interested
in the on-loan midfielder from Spurs.
DAILY MIRROR
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is upbeat over
his chase to sign Diego Costa for £50m in
the summer and Atletico Madrid manager
Diego Simeone insists he is willing to see
his striker leave.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Manchester United are looking to offer
£30m for Southampton defender Luke
Shaw ahead of the World Cup and appear
ahead of Chelsea in the race to sign the
18-year-old.
DAILY MAIL
Manchester United players Tom
Cleverley, Danny Welbeck and Ashley
Young were forced to take part in an extra
training session after being photographed
in Manchester on a night out following the
club's Champions League exit in Munich.
United are working hard to finalise a deal
for Sporting Lisbon midfielder William
Carvalho with chief exec Ed Woodward
working overtime to overcome the £37m
buy-out clause believed to be in the 21-
year-old's current contract.
Man City are the world's best-paid sports
team with average first-team pay reaching
£5.3m a year, according to a new report.
THE INDEPENDENT
Fulham players Scott Parker, Brede
Hangeland and Sacha Reither have done
their bit for the club by calling fans who
have renewed season tickets for next
season to say thank you.
DAILY EXPRESS
Brighton's 21-year-old loanee Jesse
Lingard says he will be hugely confident
when he returns to Manchester United at
the end of the season.