Roman Abramovich to block sale of Eden Hazard? Transfer news and gossip from Friday's papers

Nemanja Vidic believes that Eric Bailly, above, has what it takes to be Man United's longtime anchor in central defence. Bailly is the United defender Vidic picks out unprompted, perhaps because he shared those body-on-the-line similarities in style. "But I still think that Phil Jones and/or Chris Smalling could build a partnership with Bailly," adds Vidic. Paul Mariner believes AC Milan youngster Gianluigi Donnarumma should be Man United's primary target in the summer window. Nemanja Vidic, right, believes that a stable centre-back partnership is what's holding Man United back.

Arsène Wenger has instructed his Arsenal players to recover their focus and not to use the uncertainty over his future as an excuse for falling short of the required standards. Wenger was critical of how his players had performed in their previous game – the 3-1 loss at West Bromwich Albion – acknowledging that “there was something missing”. He did not rule out the possibility they had underestimated Albion or even allowed their minds to wander to the international fixtures. “Is it down to the fact that the players went to international games and had their minds not completely [there]? “It is true that we were in positions before where, financially, we had to sell our best players.

Stevie Nicol says Manchester United should throw the kitchen sink at Antoine Griezmann to lure him from Atletico Madrid. The FC crew discuss Alexis Sanchez's recent comments on wanting to play for a team with a 'winning mentality'. The football world's gossip mill is in full swing, and Transfer Talk is monitoring the whispers ahead of all the summer moves. Long linked with a move to Old Trafford, Antoine Griezmann could join close friend Paul Pogba this summer. Tap-ins -- Reports on Wednesday suggested Manchester United were preparing for the sale of David De Gea.

Jurgen Klopp says Adam Lallana's injury is a hard blow to take Jurgen Klopp has questioned the scheduling of England’s friendly with Germany after Adam Lallana suffered a thigh injury on international duty. The midfielder has since returned to Merseyside and the club have diagnosed the problem as a thigh injury, which means he's likely to miss the next four weeks. However, Klopp does believe the planning behind England's friendly with Germany, which came just 72 hours after Liverpool's game with Manchester City, made "no sense". Klopp says there is no ill feeling between himself and Gareth Southgate "City and Liverpool was one of the most intense games in the league. After this latest setback, England manager Gareth Southgate reportedly called Klopp to ensure there was no ill feeling following the untimely injury to Lallana.

The Liverpool legend feels it is about time Everton won at Anfield seeing as they have failed to do so since September 1999. "All the stats show it's 18 years since Everton won at Anfield in the Premier League but I don't like that, it worries me," Thompson told Sky Sports. "But Liverpool will also miss Adam Lallana - both players so are vital to each team's style of play. Even though he's not committed his future to Everton yet he's still seems to have the support of the fans.