Saturday's paper gossip round-up
Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 2:25 PM | by Daniel Whiteway Today's rumours focus a lot on the two Manchester clubs and some guy called Robin van Persie...you might have heard of him.
Manchester United and Manchester City look set to miss out on Athletic Bilbao's Javi Martinez, 23, who is close to joining Bayern Munich.
Luka Modric wants to leave Tottenham and his representatives will tell chairman Daniel Levy as much next week. Manchester United, Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain have been linked with the Croatia midfielder.
Manchester United are weighing up a move for PSV Eindhoven full-back Jetro Willems, 18, after scouting him during his Euro 2012 appearances for the Netherlands.
Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool are battling it out for Malaga and Venezuela striker Salomon Rondon, 22.
Everton are keen on Inter Milan striker Luc Castaignos. The Dutch 19-year-old has made just six appearances for the Italian side since leaving Feyenoord in 2011.
New Swansea boss Michael Laudrup wants his first buy to be Denmark's Euro 2012 star Michael Krohn-Dehli, 29, from Brondby.
Manchester City are ready to capitalise on the Netherlands' early exit from Euro 2012 by launching a formal move for Robin van Persie.
Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel, 27, will turn down interest from Manchester City if he gets assurances from new boss Brendan Rodgers that the Reds can match his own personal ambitions.
Roma's Italian midfielder Daniele De Rossi, 28, has put Manchester City on alert by admitting he is attracted by English football.
Full story: Manchester Evening News
Stoke boss Tony Pulis is considering a move for Wolves winger Matt Jarvis.
Full story: BBC Sport
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