Football gossip: Butland, Allegri, Sandro, Lingard, Wilshere, Zaha, Doucoure, Arter

Liverpool are confident of sealing a record £40m deal for 24-year-old England and Stoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland. (Sunday Mirror), external

Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri, 50, would be willing to accept the Arsenal manager's job if Arsene Wenger, 68, leaves at the end of the season. (Sun on Sunday), external

Manchester United are planning to move for Juventus' Brazil left-back Alex Sandro, 27, in the summer with 28-year-old Italian defender Matteo Darmian as makeweight. (Sunday People), external

Paris St-Germain are not open to selling forward Neymar, 26, to the Brazil international's former club Barcelona or their rivals Real Madrid. (Sky Sports), external

AC Milan are poised to make a move for Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere, 26, who is out of contract at the end of the season and has been unable to agree a new deal with the Gunners. (Sunday Express), external

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, 47, says he has a 10-year plan to continue in management. Guardiola is in talks over extending his present contract, which expires in 2019. (Sunday Mirror), external

Real Madrid will pursue a deal for Hajduk Split's 21-year-old Croatian goalkeeper Karlo Letica if they are unable to bring in Manchester United's David de Gea, 27, or Chelsea's 25-year-old Belgium number one Thibaut Courtois. (Marca), external

Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke, 27, looks set to leave at the end of the season and his advisers are planning a move to the lucrative Chinese Super league. (Sun on Sunday), external

Watford manager Javi Gracia does not know if French midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, 25, will remain at Vicarage Road amid interest from Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham. (Watford Observer), external

Manchester United forward Jesse Lingard, 25, is in line for a new contract at Old Trafford just 11 months after he signed an improved deal. (Sunday Star), external

Chelsea's longest serving player, Croatian goalkeeper Matej Delac, 25, who joined them in 2009, is poised to leave at the end of the season. (Sun on Sunday), external

Former Crystal Palace manager Frank de Boer believes 25-year-old winger Wilfried Zaha is key to their Premier League survival hopes but does not think he will be at Selhurst Park next season. (BT Sport), external

Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter has been left out of the club's last seven matches for "tactical reasons" according to Cherries boss Eddie Howe. The 28-year-old has been linked with a move to West Ham. (Bournemouth Echo), external

Chelsea will have to battle Paris St-Germain if they want to make former Barcelona coach Luis Enrique their new manager. (Sunday Star), external

Huddersfield Town manager David Wagner has emerged a surprise managerial target for Borussia Dortmund. (Sunday People), external

Liverpool are prepared to make big-money transfer signings in the future following the success of Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk, 26, after his £75m switch from Southampton in January. (Independent), external

Everton boss Sam Allardyce believes Turkish striker Cenk Tosun, 26, has started to repay the £27m fee the club paid for him. (Liverpool Echo), external

Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez trusts his players to behave themselves appropriately on a mid-season trip to Spain despite recent troubles suffered by West Brom on a similar jaunt. (Newcastle Chronicle), external

Brighton manager Chris Hughton is relaxed about interest in his players from other Premier League clubs and abroad. (Brighton Argus), external

Liverpool striker Danny Ings, 25, has said it would be "silly" to leave Anfield in the summer. (Sunday Express), external

Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen, 30, believes the club has the right mentality to win silverware and adds: "It's always nicer to have achieved this with a group of players who have been together for a lot of time." (Sunday Times), external

Bournemouth defender Steve Cook, 26, whose team face Tottenham on Sunday, went to Wembley on Wednesday to see Spurs lose to Juventus and said of the Serie A side - and Giorgio Chiellini and Gianluigi Buffon in particular - "We don't see enough of that never-say-die attitude in this country. Some say it's going out the game. But for me it is something that can be copied." (Sunday Telegraph), external

Paris St-Germain forward Neymar regrets leaving Barcelona and the 26-year-old Brazil international has told the Spanish club he wants to return in 2019. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish), external

Manchester City are ready to enter the race to sign Monaco's France midfielder Thomas Lemar, 22. (Telegraph), external

Manchester United are considering activating 24-year-old Barcelona and France defender Samuel Umtiti's £54m release clause this summer. (Talksport), external

United may also make a summer move for Borussia Dortmund defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos, having watched the 29-year-old Greece international several times in recent weeks. (Mirror), external

Chelsea's 26-year-old France midfielder N'Golo Kante has little interest in moving to Paris St-Germain this summer despite being one of the Ligue 1 leaders' main transfer targets. (London Evening Standard), external

Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin, 22, is closing in on a move to Juventus. (Bleacher Report, via Mirror), external