Paper Talk: Man Utd to break the bank for Bale, Arsenal to submit Benzema bid

• Louis van Gaal is banking on a dramatic 72-hour window of opportunity to snatch Gareth Bale from Real Madrid. Old Trafford chiefs believe they'll have a chance of landing the world's most expensive player if he is a target of fan abuse in Real Madrid's home opener next Saturday.
• John Stones will appeal directly to Everton chairman Bill Kenwright to let him leave Goodison Park and join Jose Mourinho at Chelsea this week.
• Southampton have won the race to sign Virgil van Dijk and will pay £10m for Celtic defender.
• West Ham have turned to France to solve their goalscoring problems and are lining up a move for Toulouse forward Wissam Ben Yedder.
• Arsene Wenger admits he is under pressure to splash the cash to keep Arsenal in the title race - and that looks set to trigger a late £18m move for Lars Bender.

• Andriy Yarmolenko is set to complete a £15m move to Everton after a private talk with boss Roberto Martinez about his plans for the club.

SUN ON SUNDAY

• Gary Bowyer is set to become the first managerial casualty of the season after Blackburn's 1-0 defeat to Brighton saw the club plunge into the bottom of three of the Championship.

SUNDAY STAR

• Arsenal will make a £50m bid for Karim Benzema in the next 48 hours, according to a source close to the Bernabeu who claims the striker would consider a move to north London.
• John Stones will not submit a transfer request at Everton as Jose Mourinho gets ready to test Everton's resolve with their fourth bid for the defender believed to be around £40m.
• Liverpool are plotting an £11m bid for Real Madrid midfield star Asier Illarramendi.

• Real Madrid are not planning to bring in another striker before the transfer window closes at the end of the month and have full confidence in France forward Karim Benzema, Rafa Benitez said on Saturday.
• Roberto Martinez has warned Chelsea that Everton will not sell John Stones even if the England defender hands in a transfer request.

• Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is confident of making a marquee signing before the transfer window closes with both Real Madrid's Gareth Bale and Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller in his sights.
• Neymar appears to have dealt a blow to Manchester United by agreeing to sign a new contract at Barcelona.
• Arsenal have chartered a private jet to bring Karim Benzema over from Spain ahead of his transfer from Real Madrid, according to reports.

• Seville have made an approach to sign Andy Carroll on loan despite the England striker not being fit to play for West Ham United after a lengthy knee injury.
• Manchester City could announce a deal for Kevin De Bruyne as early as Monday after reaching agreement on a transfer worth £50m.

• Arsène Wenger admits that a shortage of world-class strikers and the reluctance of cash-rich rivals to part with them is preventing Arsenal from making another marquee signing.