Top articles in Wednesday's newspapers and transfer rumors…
Sun
Erik ten Hag and Marcus Rashford have barely spoken to each other as pressure mounts on the Manchester United manager.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe is reportedly dreaming of appointing Zinedine Zidane as Manchester United's next manager.
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Gary Neville questioned on his podcast what kind of team Manchester United are as their performances this season have been so erratic and unpredictable.
Barcelona are considering a move for former Manchester United star David de Gea, according to reports.
Sergio Aguero says he will need to undergo more tests before he can come out of retirement to play for his boyhood club Independiente.
Gennady Golovkin has apparently confirmed his retirement from boxing after taking up the prestigious position of the new president of Kazakhstan's National Olympic Committee.
guardian
Despite Erik ten Hag's side usually entering matches after matchdays for warm-downs and video analysis, a number of Manchester United players missed coaching after Saturday's 2-1 loss to Fulham. I complained to the staff that I wanted Sunday off.
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Jamie Carragher and Gael Clichy believe Manchester United are putting too much effort into defending, leaving them vulnerable to counter-attacks and leaving spaces in dangerous areas.
daily mail
Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson has emerged as a target for Bayern Munich.
Manchester United could raise up to £100m and reduce the club's staff costs by clearing Old Trafford this summer.
West Ham fear the FA's gambling investigation into Lucas Paqueta could affect their transfer plans for the second successive summer, with his £85m release clause effective at the end of the season. .
daily mirror
Amanda Staveley plans to make a bid to obtain a bankruptcy petition against her that was dismissed Wednesday.
Liverpool are reportedly keen to bring Porto star Alan Barrera to Anfield.
athletic
Arsenal have reported a loss of £52.1m for the 2022-23 season.
Manchester United's incoming chief executive Omar Berrada has already begun meeting with key executives at the club as Manchester City's gardening leave period ends.
Omar Berada appointed as Manchester United's new chief executive
Some Blackburn Rovers fans suspended their FA Cup fifth round match against Newcastle United in protest against the club's ownership.
daily telegraph
The dramatic drop in Nicolas Pepe's value contributed to around £18m of Arsenal's losses last season, taking their total to more than £52m.
Emma Raducanu's agent said “people shouldn't be malicious” about her post-US Open career, which is still lacking momentum two months after returning from surgery.
independent person
Everton will see their case supported by written reasons given by the Appeals Committee on Monday, the next time they are accused by the Premier League of breaching profitability and sustainability rules. It is likely to use the argument that no one should be punished twice for the same set of accounts.
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Gary Neville feels Everton will feel vindicated after having their 10-point penalty reduced to six.
daily star
Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp, former Liverpool star Dirk Kuyt and former Southampton and Everton manager Ronald Koeman are all interested in working together to buy a League One or League Two team. He wants Henrik Larsson to be his manager.
era
The Premier League will hold face-to-face discussions with 777 Partners as part of the final decision-making process on Everton's proposed takeover.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe's ambitious plans for a 'Wembley of the North' have been welcomed by local council leaders, but they have warned that redeveloping the area around Old Trafford will take 15 to 20 years.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe has outlined his plans for Manchester United's future and explained how Old Trafford needs to be rebuilt to make it fit for purpose.
Ollie Hassell-Collins has said he would consider switching his allegiance to Wales if he does not win any more caps for England over the next two years.
Professor Giannis Pitsiladicius, one of the world's leading anti-doping experts, said drug cheating could be eliminated from sport with the right level of funding for scientific research. He said the funding would be in the tens of millions of pounds.
daily express
It seems unlikely that Lionel Messi will participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
daily records
Neil Warnock has hit back at people who claim he is only in Aberdeen for a holiday, saying he would have chosen somewhere warmer then.
Mikey Johnston believes Brendan Rodgers didn't want him to leave in January and would have kept him if it had been up to him.
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