Saturday transfer gossip

Former England full-back Gary Neville says top
players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel
Messi should boycott the World Cup following
Sepp Blatter's re-election as Fifa president. (Daily
Telegraph)
And England should also pull out of the
tournament, according to 1966 World Cup-winning
defender George Cohen. (Daily Telegraph)
FA of Wales president Trefor Lloyd Hughes is set
to take up the British vice-presidency position
with Fifa vacated by David Gill, who has stepped
aside following Sepp Blatter's re-election. (Daily
Mail)
Inter Milan are ready to offer Chelsea's 27-year-
old winger Juan Cuadrado a return to Serie A.
(Daily Mirror)
Juventus have made a move for Chelsea's 23-
year-old attacking midfielder Oscar. (Daily Mirror)
Jurgen Klopp wants Liverpool to scrap their
transfer committee if he is to become their new
manager. (Sun - subscription required)
Liverpool representatives have met with Inter
sporting director Piero Ausilio to negotiate a deal
for Croatian 21-year-old midfielder Mateo Kovacic.
(Calciomercato - in Italian)
West Ham have made a second approach for
Ajax's Frank de Boer to become their new
manager. (Daily Express)
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he has no
intention of selling midfielder Jack Wilshere, 23.
(Guardian)
Wenger says he doesn't understand how Wilshere
can be frustrated at a lack of starting opportunities
since returning from an ankle injury. (Times -
subscription required)
Arsenal attacking midfielder Theo Walcott says
ahead of the FA Cup final that this is the best
squad he has been involved with. (Talksport)
David Henen is likely to stay at Everton beyond
this summer, says the striker's agent. The Belgian,
19, has spent this season on loan at Goodison
Park, playing for the Blues' Under-21s but is now
due to return to parent club Olympiacos.
(Liverpool Echo)
Atletico Madrid have made a £7.1m bid for 28-
year-old Celta Vigo striker and Everton target
Nolito. (AS - in Spanish)
Santos are to seek possible legal action against
Barcelona over the transfer of forward Neymar in
2013. (Marca)
Manchester City's elite development squad coach
and former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira's odds
have tumbled for the vacant Newcastle head
coach position. (Manchester Evening News)
Best of social media
Poet Pam Ayres has written a verse to mark the
re-election of Fifa president Sepp Blatter:
"Reflecting on the state of things/The fat cats
getting fatter/The purity of Fifa/The saintliness of
Blatter."
Comedian John Bishop has had his say on
Blatter's re-election, tweeting: "A World Cup
without Uefa teams would fail so why does Uefa
not leave Fifa - does Sepp Blatter have all the balls
and won't let them play?"
Writer and comedian David Baddiel asked: "I
wonder what would've had to have happened
under his governance for Blatter NOT to have
been re-elected."
Richard Osman, co-host of BBC game show
Pointless, chipped in: "I think Sepp Blatter was
absolutely the right choice to lead Fifa, and anyone
who disagrees, hasn't seen my new Rolex yet."
Journalist and Arsenal fan Piers Morgan simply
tweeted: "Utterly ludicrous, contemptible,
shameful farce."
Comedian Richard Herring, offering a tongue-in-
cheek contrarian view, tweeted: "Blatter shows the
power of digging your heels though doesn't he? I
almost admire him."
Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny has criticised
his father Maciej on Facebook after he had
accused Gunners boss Arsene Wenger of being
disloyal towards his son in an interview with
Polish newspaper Przeglad Sportowy.
Everton keeper Joel Robles is already on holiday,
tweeting: "Love & life."
Meanwhile, British pop star Robbie Williams
appears to be supporting Wolfsburg ahead of
Saturday's DFB Pokal final against Borussia
Dortmund.
And finally
Aston Villa's fans will deliver manager Tim
Sherwood's final team talk ahead of Saturday's FA
Cup final against Arsenal, thanks to inspirational
messages posted on the wall of the dressing
room. (Sun - subscription required)
Villa midfielder Jack Grealish's dad Kevin risked
upsetting British heptathlete Katarina Johnson-
Thompson by screaming with joy after they
watched the semi-final win over her beloved
Liverpool in a box at Wembley. (Times -
subscription required)
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli cost his club over
£20m for a solitary Premier League goal this
season - the worst value per goal of any striker
purchased by an English top-flight side this year.
(Daily Mail)