Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid battle for Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni - Paper Round

PSG and Real battle for Tchouameni Spanish newspaper Marca reports that Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain could go toe-to-toe for the second time this transfer window. Kylian Mbappe decided to stay in Ligue 1 and now the same option is open to Monaco’s Aurelien Tchouameni. PSG have told their league rivals that they will pay 100 million euros for the midfielder, with Real reticent to match that offer.

Ad/> /> TransfersSterling set for City exit with Real Madrid and Chelsea keen — reports20 HOURS AGO Paper Round’s view: Real must consider a few competing problems here. The first is that they can't necessarily afford the blow to their reputation of losing out on another transfer target to PSG after the Mbappe saga. The second is that they still need to add some younger talent to their squad, especially with Luka Modric and Toni Kroos set to leave in the next year or two.

Read the full story Lukaku ready for huge paycut Romelu Lukaku is prepared to take a massive reduction in his wages if it helps him to secure a return to his former club Inter Milan. The Daily Mail suggests that the 29-year-old Belgian international will accept a wage cut of £3m a year to £6.4m a season, which works out at around £125,000 a week. Lukaku has four years left on his current deal though and it is unlikely Chelsea will take a large hit on the money they spent for him.

/> Paper Round’s view: Lukaku cost almost £100m last summer and the player’s contributions dwindled month by month. Something similar happened to Lukaku when he was at Manchester United, but he excelled at Inter Milan, so in many respects it makes sense for Chelsea to cut their losses, and for the player to go back to where he was at his best. Whether a deal can be done is more