TODAY'S TRANSFER GOSSIPS AND PAPER REVIEW

• SOCCERSNIPERS BRINGS YOU TODAY'S TRANSFER GOSSIPS AND PAPER REVIEW..
• Yaya Toure wants to quit Manchester City and is so disillusioned he would even take a pay cut to rejoin Barcelona.
• Ashley Cole will quit Chelsea this summer after eight years at the club.
• Louis van Gaal will hand over the managerial reigns at Manchester United to Ryan Giggs in three years.
• West Ham midfielder Mo Diame is a £5million target for Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle.
• Everton want to bring Jack Rodwell back to Goodison Park in a £5million deal.
• James Milner will be offered a new deal to persuade him to stay at Manchester City.
• Aston Villa are desperate to land Manchester City free agent Joleon Lescott and hope a £70,000-a-week offer will tempt the defender to ditch a proposed move to Turkey.
• France and Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala will wait until after the World Cup before discussing a Manchester City move.

• Chelsea are set to be rocked by a £50m bid for Eden Hazard from Paris Saint-Germain.
• Glen Johnson is at loggerheads with Liverpool after the Reds offered him just a one-year extension on his current deal - on reduced terms.
• Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is set to deal a crushing blow to Manchester City's transfer plans by landing £35m-rated Eliaquim Mangala.
• West Ham are set to battle Newcastle for strikers Pierre-Michel Lasogga and Bafetimbi Gomis.
• Nottingham Forest boss Stuart Pearce is chasing Hull striker Matty Fryatt.
• Derby's heroes will split a staggering £4.5m bonus if they make the Premier League.

• Louis van Gaal will be armed with a £6million-a-year salary and £200million transfer budget to help him "make history" as Manchester United's new manager.
• Ashley Cole is set to leave Chelsea this summer after revealing on Twitter that the club is not one of his options for next season.
• Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has shrugged off the limitations of a £49million transfer cap.
• Liverpool have reached an impasse with Glen Johnson over agreeing a new deal.
• Yaya Toure's future at Manchester City was plunged into doubt after his agent made a bizarre rant against the Premier League champions over a perceived birthday snub.
• Newcastle and Manchester City are showing interest in Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross.
• Galatasaray have offered Didier Drogba a new one-year contract.
• Southampton want Swansea left-back Neil Taylor, who was subject to a £4million bid from Fulham in January.
• Everton wish to keep Lacina Traore on a season-long loan from Monaco and he wants to stay on Merseyside.
• Gerard Deulofeu will return to Barcelona from Everton.
• Hull want Sunderland's Sebastian Larsson and Newcastle's Shola Ameobi.

• Chelsea are prepared to dig their heels in to stop Paris St-Germain signing Eden Hazard.
• Martin Kelly has been assured he has a future at Liverpool and will be given a chance to prove himself next season.
• Paul Lambert insists he will not quit Aston Villa and has told owner Randy Lerner it is up to him to get star players to the club.
• Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is eyeing a reunion with West Ham midfielder Mark Noble.
• Bacary Sagna will sign a £140,000-per-week deal with Manchester City after completing a medical with the Premier League champions.
• West Ham have targeted France Bafetimbi Gomis after he snubbed a new deal at Lyon.
• Hull are favourites to £2million-rated Doncaster left-back James Husband ahead of Wigan and Wolves.
• Charlton boss Jose Riga is holding talks with chairman Roland Duchatelet in Belgium amid rumours he could be sacked.

• Louis van Gaal has vowed to make Manchester United great again after finally being confirmed as their new manager.
• Paul Lambert will try and sign Joleon Lescott on a free transfer from Manchester City and leave it to Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner to decide if he can afford his wages.
• Roy Hodgson has warned he will clamp down on any dissenters threatening to "destroy" the team spirit he has nurtured and insists England can only progress if they are united.
• Morgan Schneiderlin wants to leave Southampton and play for a Champions League side.

• Bacary Sagna has opened talks with Manchester City as he seeks to decide his future before the World Cup.