{"id":61000,"date":"2026-08-02T19:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/manchester-united-edging-closer-to-winning-transfer-race-for-lewis-hall-after-left-back-rejects-chelsea-return-paper-talk-football-news\/02\/08\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T19:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:19:24","slug":"manchester-united-edging-closer-to-winning-transfer-race-for-lewis-hall-after-left-back-rejects-chelsea-return-paper-talk-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/manchester-united-edging-closer-to-winning-transfer-race-for-lewis-hall-after-left-back-rejects-chelsea-return-paper-talk-football-news\/02\/08\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United edging closer to winning transfer race for Lewis Hall after left-back rejects Chelsea return &#8211; Paper Talk | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday&#8217;s newspapers&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Premier League<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Manchester United<\/strong> have edged closer to winning the race for <strong>Lewis Hall<\/strong> &#8211; after he reportedly rejected a return to <strong>Chelsea<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Atletico Madrid <\/strong>are considering a surprise move for <strong>Manchester City<\/strong> outcast <strong>Jack Grealish<\/strong> &#8211;<em> Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hull City <\/strong>are ready to fend off interest from <strong>Rangers <\/strong>and <strong>Cardiff <\/strong>to sign highly-rated Norwegian midfielder <strong>Jens Hjerto-Dahl<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Mail Online<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIFA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UEFA <\/strong>has threatened <strong>Gianni Infantino<\/strong> with legal action over his World Cup sell-off plan and warned him not to destroy any material relating to it &#8211; <em>Daily Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>European countries are planning to increase the pressure on <strong>Gianni Infantino <\/strong>with a mass withdrawal of letters supporting his re-election as Fifa president &#8211; <em>Guardian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A defiant <strong>Gianni Infantino<\/strong> has lobbied <strong>Donald Trump-aligned <\/strong>nations to help him hang on to power at FIFA &#8211;<em> Daily Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-factbox\" data-testid=\"article-factbox\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text-wrapper\">\n<p><h4 class=\"sdc-article-factbox__title\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-title\">Watch Back Pages on Sky Sports News<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text\" data-testid=\"article-factbox-text\">Back Pages is a review of the sports headlines from the national newspapers, every Monday to Friday, live on Sky Sports News from 10.30pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>Missed the show? 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