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Transfer news: Mohamed Salah has reportedly been told he can join Real Madrid this summer
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4.45pm: Newcastle manger Rafa Benitez admits he would be interested in keeping on-loan Chelsea winger Kenedy on a permanent basis.
He said: “The situation is that Chelsea need to know where they will finish and we need to know where we will finish.
“There is plenty of time to talk.
“But if you’re asking me (if loan is perhaps best option), I’d say yes, you’d have to ask them as well.
“It wasn’t easy to bring him here and it won’t be easy to bring him here again.”
3.30pm: Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha insists he is refusing to let speculation over a summer move impact his side’s relegation fight.
“I try not to think about it,” he said. “It will only just sway me from the job at hand at Crystal Palace.
“Obviously we are where we are at right now and my only thought process is that I’m at Palace and I need to work to get us out of where we are right now.
“Whatever happens, happens, but all I’m thinking about is Palace.”
2.30pm: Paris Saint-Germain president Didier Quillot has revealed Manchester United and Real Madrid target Neymar has no release clause in his contract.
He said: “In his contract which is registered with the league, and is official, there is no buy-out clause and secondly these types of clauses are illegal in French football.”
1pm: Mohamed Salah has reportedly been told he can join Real Madrid this summer – as long as he helps Liverpool win the Champions League.
The 25-year-old’s prolific debut campaign at Anfield has led to speculation surrounding his future, with Real Madrid believed to be circling.
The La Liga giants are desperate for new faces this summer and have been linked with a number of high-profile signings, including Neymar, Eden Hazard and Harry Kane.
Salah is believed to be keen on a switch and reports in Spain suggest he is desperate to move to the Bernabeu this summer.
And according to Don Balon, the former Chelsea star will be allowed to leave if he delivers European glory to Liverpool.
12.15pm: Romelu Lukaku believes the current Manchester United squad can win next season’s Premier League without summer investment.
“I don’t know, you’d have to ask the manager,” he said when asked about what it will take next season.
“I’m really confident in my team-mates. I think we can do it with the team we have now, but we should have showed more consistency throughout the season.
“For us now it is up to us to be more consistent.
“The manager needs to see if he has to add more players but with the players we have now, I think we have enough. We just have to be more consistent.”
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11.30am: Olivier Giroud did not want to leave Arsenal for Chelsea in January, according to Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas.
“Giroud’s just accepted ‘look, I didn’t want to leave Arsenal but I’ve come here, you’ve bought me, the manager probably didn’t want to bring me in because he’s leaving so he’s not that fussed about me’,” he said.
“But if I’m picking one to start, it would be Giroud.
“He’s not got the pace and running power Morata’s got but I think just to give Chelsea that option that they can hit it in.
“And he’s scored a few goals now, he’s come out and done the business for them.
“I think the Chelsea fans have been pretty grateful for what he’s returned to them.”
11am: Roma striker Edin Dzeko has revealed his delight at not joining Chelsea in January.
“When I see what happened last month [Chelsea going out to Barcelona] I’m definitely happy I stayed,” he told the Telegraph.
“It’s a big club and I was happy when I heard that they really wanted me, but in the end I think I did well because I wanted to play Champions League.
“I wanted to try to reach first of all the quarter-finals – which I never did – and now I’m in the semis trying to reach the final. It means I decided well.”
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