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Hot Football Transfer Gossip: Schweinsteiger ‘could head to America’, Chelsea target ‘Gibson and Keane’

Lukas Podolski doesn’t play much football these days, preferring to keep his social media accounts regularly updated with nice pictures, and it seems he has now taken the next step in his blossoming media career by creating some of his own Hot Football Transfer Gossip.

The German goalscoring legend has revealed in the Mirror that his dear friend Bastian Schweinsteiger, who also doesn’t play much football these days (and loves Instagram), could leave Manchester United after all.

“I think America is great,” said Podolski in a not-so-subtle hint to any rich MLS owners who want to give him an excuse to leave his current side Galatasaray.

Then he added that “clearly” it would “be possible to play with Schweinsteiger in the States”, which is the point at which United’s ears would have pricked up.

The Red Devils had already resigned themselves to paying the midfielder the monetary equivalent of a Salford family home (with a garden) every week for the next three years, and getting nothing in return.

But if Schweinsteiger agreed to leave it would allow them to buy the actual homes and distribute them fairly among people that need them (e.g. young families created by Ryan Giggs).

There is more encouraging news for United in the Independent, which says Jose Mourinho’s chances of signing Antoine Griezmann have improved because the Frenchman has parted company with his agent.

We’re pretty sure he did this about two weeks ago, but it’s still nice for the Independent to join us. It’s difficult for them to keep up since they sacked all those journalists. The paper also confirms that Griezmann is United’s “top target for 2017”.

The Daily Mail says Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is planning to “overhaul” his central defence after being horrified to see it occupied by players such as Gary Cahill and David Luiz (oh, he actually bought Luiz).

The Blues boss is reportedly set to swoop for Burnley’s Michael Keane and Middlesbrough’s Ben Gibson, while Cahill will be told to focus on other jobs Chelsea need doing such as hoovering and washing up.

Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has expressed a desire to join Real Madrid (Sun), Everton have send scouts to watch FC Copenhagen striker Federico Santander (Mirror) and Wayne Rooney will not quit Man Utd despite being dropped (Express). He’s evidently seen how much Schweinsteiger is enjoying it.

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