Reports - Man United Star David De Gea Agrees Five-Year Real Madrid Contract

David De Gea has agreed a five-year contract with Real Madrid, according to Spanish newspaper Marca.

The Red Devils No.1 has long been admired by Real Madrid and it appears they have finally got their man.

All that needs to be completed, according to the report, is a transfer fee between the two clubs, with United wanting as much as £40million, while Real are keen to keep the figure around £30m.

Louis van Gaal admitted on Friday the club had drawn up a list of possible replacements for the Spanish shot stopper, with Tottenham star Hugo Lloris, Chelsea's Petr Cech and Stoke's Asmir Begovic all of interest.

It's unknown whether the move will open the door to a possible Premier League return for Gareth Bale.

Transfer Rumours And Paper Review - Saturday, May 16

Here's the top transfer-related stories in Saturday's newspapers...

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea will leave Old Trafford at the end of the season after the 24-year-old agreed personal terms with Real Madrid, with only a transfer fee to be negotiated. (Marca)

Real Madrid are looking to re-sign Juventus Champions League hero Alvaro Morata. That switch could see Karim Benzema move to Arsenal, Manchester United or Liverpool. (Daily Star)

Stoke plan further contract talks with Asmir Begovic next month — but Mark Hughes admits the keeper now holds all the aces. (The Sun)

Paris Saint-Germain have made a move to sign Chelsea keeper Petr Cech. The Czech star has been linked with Arsenal. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham are to step up their bid to land Rafa Benitez after deciding he is their first choice to replace manager Sam Allardyce. (Daily Mail)

Christian Benteke has been told: Don’t blow your Euro 2016 chances by leaving Aston Villa this summer by manager Tim Sherwood. (Birmingham Mail)

James Milner will quit Manchester City to join Liverpool, instead of Arsenal, on a free transfer. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham Hotspur have not given up hope of landing Southampton’s Morgan Schneiderlin this summer with Arsenal having widened their midfielder search. (Daily Telegraph)

Bayern Suffer Fifth Defeat In Six Games

Bayern Munich suffered their fifth loss in six games on Saturday as their ex-striker Nils Petersen scored an 89th-minute winner as relegation-threatened Freiburg claimed a shock 2-1 victory.

Having been knocked out of the Champions League's semifinals by Barcelona 5-3 on aggregate, despite a 3-2 home win against Barca on Tuesday, Bayern's bad week continued.

The loss at Freiburg followed their cup defeat at Dortmund and league losses against Leverkusen and Augsburg, plus the away defeat at Barca in Bayern's nightmare three-week period since winning their 25th German league title.

"Freiburg wanted to win it more and showed more fight," admitted Bayern coach Pep Guardiola, whose side will be presented with the Bundesliga trophy at home to Mainz next Saturday.

"It's not been easy for us since winning the title.

"We have one last game - then we can go on holiday and look at the future."

Bayern took the lead at Freiburg when Bastian Schweinsteiger marked his 500th Bundesliga appearance drove home a cross with 11 minutes gone.

But to the delight of the Freiburg crowd, the hosts drew level when midfielder Admir Mehmedi hit the bottom left-hand corner on 33 minutes.

Freiburg were unlucky not to be awarded a penalty after Bayern defender Rafinha fouled Mehmedi in the area early in the second half, while Schweinsteiger hit the crossbar with a free-kick with 20 minutes left.

But ex-Bayern striker Petersen hit Freiburg's winner just three minutes after coming off the bench to seal their first win over his former employers in 19 years when he converted Karim Guede's pin-point accurate cross on 89 minutes.

The result lifted Freiburg out of the relegation places to 14th.

- Relegation fight goes to wire -With one match left, things remain tight at the bottom with just four points separating bottom six sides of Paderborn, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Hanover, Freiburg and Hertha Berlin.

Hamburg dropped back to 17th with a 2-1 defeat at VfB Stuttgart who climbed off the bottom to 16th as Hamburg's midfielder Gojko Kacar scored his third goal in three games with an early header, but Stuttgart roared as Christian Gentner and Martin Harnik netted first-half goals.

Paderborn defender Uwe Huenemeier suffered the nightmare of heading into his own net to seal his side's 1-0 defeat at Schalke which put them bottom of the table.

Ten-man Hanover 96 boosted their survival chances with a first win since December with a 2-1 victory at Augsburg, captain Lars Stindl scoring twice to hoist his team up to 15th on 34 points.

Hertha Berlin have 35 points after being held to a goalless draw at home to Eintracht Frankfurt, and are hovering just above the bottom three.

Third-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach's 2-0 win at Werder Bremen confirmed Lucien Favre's side direct qualification into the Champions League thanks to Raffael's second-half goals.

Bayer Leverkusen will finish fourth, and go into the qualifier for a place in the Champions League's group-stage, after their 2-0 home win against Hoffenheim as free-kick specialist Hakan Calhanoglu curled one in just before the halftime whistle before Stefan Kiessling added Bayer's second.

Wolfsburg enjoyed a 2-1 win at home to Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup final dress rehearsal.

Wolves' took the lead on 41 seconds when midfielder Daniel Caligiuri tapped home, but Borussia drew level when Kevin Kampl was fouled in the area by home goalkeeper Diego Benaglio and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang converted the resulting penalty with 11 minutes gone.

The hosts restored their lead when Brazil defender Naldo took a speculative swing at a Ivan Perisic header and the shot beat Dortmund goalkeeper Mitchell Langerak four minutes into the second half for the winning goal.

The two sides will meet again at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on May 30 in the cup final.

‘No Hiding Place For Taraba’

Giwa FC captain and central midfielder, Charles Henlong has said there will not be any hiding place for FC Taraba in Sunday’s league clash.

The Tin City side will host the Jalingo-based side in Glo Premier League match day 9 encounter at the Rwang Pam Stadium in Jos.

Henlong said after the Federation Cup round of 64 shocking exit in the hands of Kukuruku Dragons FC his side must restore confidence in their teeming supporters with a convincing win against FC Taraba.

“We’ve learnt the bitter way not to underrate any side that was our greatest undoing in the shocking defeat to Kukuruku Dragons FC in the Federation Cup round of 64 tie.

“We’ll never allow a repeat occurrence in future no matter the opposition as well as competition.

“Right now we’re paying 100% concentration on the league to get something substantial for ourselves.

“We must start winning matches again to restore confidence among our supporters after the Federation Cup loss to Kukuruku.

“And the take off point is the league clash against FC Taraba on our home ground in Jos on Sunday.

“The encounter is a must win game as we need the points to chance climbing back to the top of the log.

“Our dream is to remain in the top three brackets at every point in time while we continue the push to earn a ticket to Africa.

“Our chairman was disappointed over our defeat in the Federation Cup to relatively unknown side so we must give him something to cheer by winning big against Taraba.

“Taraba will come hard to challenge for decent result after a hard fought 3-3 home draw against Gabros last weekend but we won’t allow the luxury as we need the points more than the visitors,” said the Super Eagles playmaker to supersport.com.

The Jos-based side are second on the league log on 15 points one point adrift leaders, Sunshine Stars in the eight-week old Nigerian top flight.

Mane's Record-Breaking Treble Destroys Villa

Southampton's Sadio Mane scored the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history as the Senegal winger's astonishing spree condemned dismal Aston Villa to a 6-1 defeat on Saturday.

Mane took just two minutes and 56 seconds to demolish Villa at St Mary's and surpass the previous record of four minutes and 33 seconds set by Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler against Arsenal in 1994.

The 23-year-old also set a new mark for the quickest post-war English top-flight treble as Villa's defence parted with alarming ease.

Although Mane made Premier League history, he couldn't break the record for the fastest ever hat-trick in English football, which was set by James Hayter when he scored three times in two minutes and 20 seconds after coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Bournemouth in their third-tier match against Wrexham in 2004.

Irish striker Shane Long netted twice after Mane's treble to leave shell-shocked Villa trailing by five goals only 38 minutes into the match.

Graziano Pelle made it six late on and Southampton's scintillating display keeps them firmly in the hunt for a place in next season's Europa League.

Christian Benteke got one back for Villa in first-half stoppage time, but it was no consolation for Tim Sherwood's players, whose woeful capitulation cost them a chance to guarantee their Premier League survival.

FA Cup finalists Villa remain four points above the bottom three and will have to rely on other results if they are to be certain of staying up before the season's final round of fixtures next weekend.

Ronald Koeman's team were on course for their first win in five matches from the moment Mane struck in the 13th minute.

Mane, a £10 million ($15.7m) signing from Red Bull Salzburg last year, latched onto Pelle's flick and held off the weak challenges from two Villa defenders before slotting into the net after a lucky rebound off goalkeeper Shay Given.

Just 84 seconds later he scored again after Ron Vlaar's sloppy backpass fell to Long, who helped the ball on for Mane to tap in.

Fittingly, Mane's hat-trick was completed in more eye-catching style as he curled home from just inside the penalty area in the 16th minute.

Mane was involved again when Long made it four in the 26th minute, playing a defence-splitting pass to Pelle, who fed his strike partner for an easy finish.

With Villa in complete disarray, the fifth goal arrived in the 38th minute as Ashley Westwood conceded possession to Long and he caught Given off his line with a brilliant long-range strike.

Belgian striker Benteke headed home from Leandro Bacuna's cross in first-half stoppage time, but there was hardly a sign of celebration from Sherwood and his embarrassed players.

Inevitably, the second half had far less drama, but Southampton put the seal on a memorable day in the 81st minute when Italian international Pelle fired into the roof of the net from Mane's cross.