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• Rumour Has It: Man Utd sanction £80m move for Kane to get the jump on transfer rivals

  Harry Kane's future at Tottenham remains in limbo, given his contract status and the departure of Antonio Conte.

  The 29-year-old forward, who recently became Spurs' all-time leading scorer, is out of contract in 2024.

  Kane has previously spoken about his desire to contend for silverware and almost joined Manchester City in 2021.

  TOP STORY – MAN UTD SANCTION KANE MOVE

  The Manchester United bosses have sanctioned a potential £80million deal for Tottenham striker Harry Kane, reports the Daily Star.

  United are ready to ramp up their interest in the England captain, who has interest from Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Chelsea.

  The report claims United hope to get the jump on their rivals and open up talks soon, with a view to having a deal agreed with Kane within weeks.

   

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  – The Times reports Bayern Munich want to sign Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount who previously worked with the German champions' new boss Thomas Tuchel.

  – Arsenal are circling for Eintracht Frankfurt's Danish midfielder Jesper Lindstrom who may be available for €30m, reports Sport1.

  – The Mirror claims Liverpool have joined the battle to sign Evan Ndicka from Eintracht Frankfurt as a free agent in the off-season.

  – Barcelona may cash in on Samuel Umtiti's revival on loan at Lecce and look to recoup a transfer fee this off-season according to SPORT.

  – Sky Italy claims former Real Madrid boss and France World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane is on Tottenham's shortlist to replace Conte, along with Mauricio Pochettino, Julian Nagelsmann and Luis Enrique.

• Messi hopes the 'craziness never ends' after 100th international goal and wild celebrations

  Lionel Messi hopes the "craziness never ends" after scoring his 100th goal and ninth hat-trick for his country amid Argentina's homecoming World Cup celebrations on Tuesday.

  La Albiceleste routed Curacao 7-0 in Santiago del Estero, with Messi's 20th-minute opener bringing up his 100th international goal, joining only Cristiano Ronaldo (122) and Ali Daei (109) in achieving that feat.

  Messi became the first world champion to score 100 international goals, and he showed no signs of stopping there with further first-half strikes for a treble, taking him to 102.

  The milestone came as Argentina rounded out their first two games back in their homeland since December's World Cup triumph with wild celebrations, initially in Buenos Aires for Thursday's 2-0 win over Panama.

  The players emulated their celebrations from Qatar after the Curacao game, hoisting the World Cup trophy again after it came down from the stadium roof and doing a lap of honour to greet the supporters.

  Messi was also presented with a plaque by Argentine Football Association president Claudio Tapia to acknowledge his 100th goal.

  "What a nice way to close these dates, impressive today all the people in Santiago del Estero," Messi wrote on Instagram.

  "I wish we can continue to share together many moments like these and that this craziness never ends!!!"

  Messi's achievement comes after netting 21 goals in his 14 games for Argentina, along with seven assists. That has taken him to 156 goal contributions, which is the most in international football.

  Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni added: "As for Lionel Messi, what I want is for him to be on the pitch and be happy."

  He added: "These days were different to the previous friendlies because the players were allowed to be with their people.

  "We felt that they had that desire to go out to contact the outside, although that meant that it was difficult to prepare these two games. But in the end we got them through by playing with intensity."

• Joshua 'will retire' if he loses to Franklin

  Anthony Joshua will retire from boxing if he loses to Jermaine Franklin on Saturday.

  Former WBO world champion Johnny Nelson had suggested Joshua should call time on his career if he loses for the fourth time, having already been defeated by Andy Ruiz Jr. and Oleksandr Usyk (twice).

  And the 33-year-old confirmed he does intend to hang up his gloves if he is beaten by his American opponent at the O2 Arena in London.

  "I will. I will retire if I lose. I'm not here to battle people. If people want me to retire I will retire," Joshua said to MailOnline.

  "I'm not going to fight if people don't want me too. It's not even about the money. It's about the competitor in you. That's what's important."

  Joshua said he would like to face Tyson Fury if the Gypsy King is unable to revive negotiations on a unification fight with Usyk, but also sounded as if he is looking forward to retirement and getting away from the pressure of elite boxing.

  "It [pressure] comes with the business and it comes with the territory, I know that," he said. "I know when I am retired, I am gonna be chilling. I'm gonna be thinking f*** everyone. I am done.

  "You lot put so much pressure on me so when I am done, the chains are going to be gone. I am going to be laughing and loving life."