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Paper Round: Milan battle Man Utd and Liverpool for Quina, Arsenal stand firm over Wilshere

Pete Sharland

Updated 02/04/2018 at 06:34 GMT

AC Milan are battling Manchester United and Liverpool for West Ham youngster Domingos Quina whilst Arsenal are standing firm over Jack Wilshere. It's Monday's Paper Round.

Domingos Quina of West Ham United is challenged by Arthur Gnahoua of Shrewsbury Town during The Emirates FA Cup Third Round match between Shrewsbury Town and West Ham United at Montgomery Waters Meadow on January 7, 2018 in Shrewsbury, England.

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Milan battle Man Utd and Liverpool for Quina

We start with a story from The Mirror that reports that AC Milan are interested in signing West Ham youngster Domingos Quina. The midfielder, 18, only joined the club in 2016 from Chelsea but has played for the first-team in the FA Cup. However, he has found Premier League opportunities difficult to come by with the club in a relegation fight. United and Liverpool are also interested.
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Lukas Nmecha of England battles for the ball with Quina of Portugal

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Paper Round's view: Quina is a hugely talented player. However, he left Chelsea precisely because he wasn't getting the chances in the first-team he felt he deserved. He has the ability but would he get chances at any of these clubs mentioned? Surely he would be better placed staying with the Hammers and perhaps winning a first-team opportunity next season?

Arsenal stand firm over Wilshere

We now have an exclusive from The Sun which says Arsenal are standing firm over their contract offer to Jack Wilshere. The midfielder, 26, has been playing regularly this season but his contract is up at the end of the campaign. The report says the club are sticking with their offer of £90,000-a-week as they do not feel any other club will be prepared to break the £100,000-a-week mark.
Paper Round's view: Arsenal are right not to go mad in their offer for Wilshere. Yes he has been playing regularly this season but there is no guarantee he will be able to do that next season. It makes the most sense to have an incentive-laden contract to benefit both Wilshere and Arsenal.

Griezmann agrees to join Barcelona

Another Sun report has Antoine Griezmann agreeing to join Barcelona rather than Manchester United in the summer. The report says the deal will be worth around £88 million.
Paper Round's view: This isn't that surprising, we've been told for some time that Griezmann would be choosing Barcelona over Manchester United. The report says Jose Mourinho will now look elsewhere but the question is where? He's already got an incredible front line so if he wants another player is one going to have to leave?

Marega eyed up by Premier League clubs

We end with a report from The Mirror who say that Everton and West Ham are interested in Porto striker Moussa Marega. The forward, 26, is also of interest to Swansea City but Porto are keen to get as close to his £35m release clause as possible.
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Porto's Malian forward Moussa Marega celebrates after scoring during the Portuguese league football match between Portimonense SC and FC Porto at the Estadio Municipal de Portimao in Portimao on February 25, 2018.

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Paper Round's view: All these clubs need goals but Porto strikers haven't always succeeded when they have left the club. He's also unlikely to represent value with most teams knowing they can extract incredible amounts of money from Premier League side.
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