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Arsenal are set to spend £200m in the summer to fix their squad - and under-fire manager Arsene Wenger will be staying. Wenger's relationship with Gunners chief executive Ivan Gazidis is becoming strained as the 67-year-old Frenchman delays a decision over his future. Arsenal should sack Wenger and appoint Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri, 49, as his replacement, says former Gunners midfielder Stewart Robson. Chelsea want to sign Monaco's French left-back Benjamin Mendy, 22, while Manchester City and Liverpool are also keen on the former Marseille player. The Blues' Belgium international forward Eden Hazard, 26, is not yet ready to join an elite club like Real Madrid, says former Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly, 48. Chelsea and Netherlands midfielder Marco van Ginkel, 24, is wanted by Fenerbahce and PSV Eindhoven, where he is on loan, this summer. Manchester City's Spain winger Jesus Navas, 31, is expected to rejoin Sevilla when his contract expires in the summer. Navas has started 10 Premier League games this season. West Brom want to sign Liverpool's French defender Mamadou Sakho, 22, who has been on loan at Crystal Palace. The Eagles are also keen on turning Sakho's loan into a permanent deal. Real Madrid's Portugal defender Pepe, 34, is to be offered a one-year contract extension by Real Madrid amid interest from both Chelsea and Manchester City. (Independent) Marco Silva is likely to be Hull City's boss next season - provided the Portuguese keeps the Tigers in the Premier League. Silva, 39, signed a deal until the end of the season when he took over in January. (Hull Daily Mail) Former Leicester and England striker Emile Heskey says he believes his old club can win the Champions League. The Foxes face Atletico Madrid in the quarter-final first leg on Wednesday. (Leicester Mercury) West Brom's Belgian defender Sebastien Pocognoli, 29, has not ruled out a return to his former club Standard Liege as he nears the end of his Baggies contract. (DH via Birmingham Mail)

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