The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday’s newspapers…
DAILY MIRROR
Mohamed Salah could miss 10 Liverpool matches after a controversial FIFA decision.
Moises Caicedo is being eyed up as a big summer signing for Al Nassr this summer, according to reports, with the Chelsea midfielder top of the Saudi Pro League club’s wish list.
Liverpool will face competition from Bayern Munich in the race to sign Bournemouth starlet Dean Huijsen.
Bayern Munich star Josip Stanisic pushed a ballboy to the floor as his side were dumped out of the Champions League.
Liverpool are agreeing a deal with the fourth member of their squad who was running out of contract at the end of this season, with goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros poised to continue his career at Anfield.
Erling Haaland has hinted that he is not far from a comeback despite initially being ruled out for the season.
THE TIMES
Michail Antonio will have to wait until the end of the season to find out whether West Ham will extend his contract beyond its expiry this summer.
Police made seven arrests after Aston Villa’s Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night. In the home end at Villa Park two men were arrested on suspicion of racist chanting and another for a racially aggravated public order offence.
Manchester United will participate in the new World Sevens Football women’s tournament, through which they could earn just under £2m – four times as much as winning the FA Cup.
The women’s welterweight Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has announced plans to move up in weight category for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
Serena Williams believes that she would have received a drugs ban of 20 years and had some of her 23 grand-slam singles titles stripped if she had recorded an anti-doping offence in the same way as Jannik Sinner.
DAILY MAIL
Jurgen Klopp is already unhappy and worn out with his new job at Red Bull and would consider returning to management for two big jobs, according to a new report.
Chelsea will rebuff interest from Al Nassr in midfielder Moises Caicedo.
RB Leipzig will reportedly demand around £86m for their star striker Benjamin Sesko this summer.
Chelsea and Strasbourg have agreed to wait until the end of the season before deciding what to do with Andrey Santos, after a loan spell in which he turned into a young force in French football.
Multiple clubs across Europe are in for Jonathan David, though West Ham are leading the race among the English sides interested in the Lille forward.
Bournemouth want to sign Kepa Arrizabalaga permanently this summer, and they are set to speak with Chelsea and the 30-year-old’s camp to try to get that deal done.
Neither Raheem Sterling nor his camp have been told by Arsenal that he will not be signed permanently after his season-long loan expires, despite such speculation.
Everton are not currently planning on turning Armando Broja’s loan into a permanent move unless Chelsea show a willingness to budge on his £30m cost.
THE SUN
Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has reportedly emerged as a target for MLS outfit Chicago Fire.
Manchester United teenager Gabriele Biancheri joined Ruben Amorim’s first team training on Wednesday.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
British jump racing’s bad run with equine fatalities at high-profile meetings this spring continued yesterday when two horses died in a regular end-of-season fixture at Cheltenham.
The Football Association and England and Wales Cricket Board are being warned of potential legal challenges after the Supreme Court ruling that transgender women are not women.
Lewis Hamilton has explained his approach to high-end fashion by saying: “Black men have always had to be more excellent than our white counterparts.”
Title play-offs could be brought into the Women’s Super League as part of radical plans to restructure the game.
THE GUARDIAN
Bournemouth’s owner, Bill Foley, is planning contract talks with Andoni Iraola next week and there is growing confidence at the club that the in‑demand head coach can be persuaded to stay.
The chair of Hull City Ladies, Daniel Johnson, has submitted a request to the Football Association for the club to be relegated from the third tier, amid allegations of mismanagement of the club’s finances being made against him by his own players.
THE ATHLETIC
Four MLS teams – Inter Miami, the Chicago Fire, NYCFC and D.C. United – have expressed interest in signing Kevin De Bruyne.
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has invited Rory McIlroy to Old Trafford following the Northern Irishman’s Masters victory on Sunday.
Eintracht Frankfurt have agreed a deal to complete the permanent signing of Leeds United defender Rasmus Kristensen.
England will play Jamaica at Leicester City’s King Power Stadium one week before beginning the defence of their Women’s European Championship title.
Mattel’s first ever Ken doll based on a professional athlete has generated a frenzy of interest both in stores and online since it became available for purchase.
DAILY RECORD
Christopher Jullien has backed Jeremie Frimpong for a money-spinning transfer to Liverpool this summer.
Jim Goodwin wants Dundee United to push the boat out to try and keep top scorer Sam Dalby.
SCOTTISH SUN
St Mirren striker Toyosi Olusanya is poised to seal a £200,000 move to MLS side Houston Dynamo.
