BBC
Liverpool are facing a fight to keep manager Jurgen Klopp at Anfield with German club Bayern Munich set to replace Carlo Ancelotti after a disappointing start to the season. (Sunday Mirror)
Gareth Southgate is set to be confirmed as England manager this week with the Football Association due to hold a board meeting on Wednesday. (Mail on Sunday)
Manchester United are targeting a move for West Ham winger Dimitri Payet, 29, but the Hammers would want at least £35m for the Frenchman. (Sunday Mirror)
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is looking at Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk, 25, as a replacement for Vincent Kompany. (Daily Star Sunday)
Paris St-Germain will bid £40m for Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana and are prepared to offer the 28-year-old a £200,000-a-week contract. (Sun on Sunday)
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte will rival Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho for the signature of Real Madrid playmaker James Rodriguez, 25. (Sunday Express)
Pep Guardiola admits he is keen to crack the secrets of his Chelsea counterpart Antonio Conte with the sides set to meet in the Premier League next Saturday. (Metro)
Manchester City have also stepped up their interest in signing Sporting Lisbon winger Gelson Martins, 21, after watching him in action against Real Madrid last week. (Sunday Express)
Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 27, admits he could turn down the chance to play for Manchester City and extend his deal with the German club because he loves the fans. (Sun on Sunday)
The coach of Brazilian side Santos, Dorival Junior, says he is keen to sign Manchester United's out-of-favour midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, 32. (UOL Esporte via 101 Great Goals)
Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, 24, will consider running down the remaining two years of his contract at Stamford Bridge amid interest from Real Madrid. (Sun on Sunday)
Former England boss Roy Hodgson could be in line for a return to management if Norwich manager Alex Neil is sacked. (Daily Star Sunday)
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has called for the Scottish Premiership to move to a summer season to give its teams a better chance of success in Europe. (Sunday Telegraph)
Bayern Munich defender David Alaba, 24, who has been tipped for a move to the Premier League, would prefer to join Arsenal over Manchester United if he was to leave the German club for England. (Manchester Evening News)
Paris St-Germain manager Unai Emery has rejected Italy coach Giampiero Ventura's claim that international midfielder Marco Verratti is wasted in the French League. (Goal)
Former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has said that he is happy to help Steven Gerrard should the legendary midfielder move into management. (Liverpool Echo)
Harry Redknapp says Chelsea manager Antonio Conte needs two signings in January to turn Chelsea into Premier League title winners. (Metro)
Stoke City manager Mark Hughes will consider offering 35-year-old striker Peter Crouch another season with the Potters. (Stoke Sentinel)
The cost of converting the London Stadium, where West Ham have played their home games since the beginning of the season, could rise by a further £50m.(Mail on Sunday)
And finally...
Watford manager Walter Mazzarri has allowed American broadcasters NBC to film a fly-on-the-wall documentary at the club - but has refused to allow them access to the dressing room. (Daily Mirror)
Mirror
Manchester United aiming to prise Dimitri Payet away from West Ham with mega bid for France international
Jose Mourinho is looking to add pace and width to his side and is also targeting Atletico's Yannick Carrasco as he steps up his OId Trafford revolution
ByJohn Richardson
Manchester United are targeting a move for West Ham star Dimitri Payet.
Old Trafford boss Jose Mourinho is a big fan of the France winger and has made a wide player a priority as he attempts to mould his side into Premier League title contenders.
Payet only signed a new £125,000-a-week five-year contract in February with the Hammers who would want at least £35million for the 29-year-old.
West Ham will resist any bids during the January transfer window but could be vulnerable to renewed offers in the summer.
Mourinho is desperate to add pace and width to his team and has also upped his scouting on Atletico Madrid’s Belgium winger Yannick Carrasco.
Payet was outstanding for the east Londoners last season, winning the club’s player of the season award, then went on to star in France’s European Championship finals side.
But West Ham have become increasingly worried that Payet’s subdued form this campaign is because he has been distracted by a potential move away.
And his struggles this time around have coincided with the Hammers hovering around the relegation zone.
After giving him a lucrative deal, the Hammers are now looking for payback as they look to move up the table in their first season at their new home, The London Stadium.
One player who could be on his way into the London Stadium is Sunderland defender Lamine Kone.
Hammers chiefs are lining up a move for the Ivory Coast star who will cost around £ 15m.
Slaven Bilic is desperate to bolster the defence of his team who have gone from the top-six contenders last season to the bottom half of the table.
Kone has been on Bilic’s wanted list for some time and the Croatian will sanction a move even though the centre-half could be at the Africa Cup of Nations early in the new year for up to a month.
Mail
Manuel Lanzini has been left puzzled by West Ham's form but insists: We are too good to go down
West Ham haven't enjoyed the best possible start to the new season
The Hammers moved from Upton Park to Stratford in the summer
Manuel Lanzini joined West Ham after signing a four-year deal this summer
The flamboyant Argentinian started his career at River Plate
He is used to the demands of supporters such as West Ham's
By Joe Bernstein
Hailed as the next big thing to emerge from Argentina, River Plate's precocious 20-year-old playmaker Manuel Lanzini was offered to several Premier League clubs in the summer of 2013.
Tottenham showed strong interest before eventually settling on Christian Eriksen, while Manchester United ruled out a bid because their new manager David Moyes considered him too similar to Shinji Kagawa.
Moyes has long departed Old Trafford but Lanzini is there representing West Ham in the Premier League, and again on Wednesday when the same teams meet in a League Cup quarter-final.
Manuel Lanzini (pictured) was interviewed by Sportsmail's Joe Bernstein
While there is plenty of pressure on West Ham and manager Slaven Bilic because of their lowly league position, Lanzini's roots rule out any chance of being overawed in front of 76,000.
'If you think Old Trafford has atmosphere, come to the River Plate stadium. It's much better,' he says proudly. 'The fans there are crazy, particularly for the Superclasico against Boca. Two weeks before the game, you can't go out on the streets. If you lose, you don't go out again until the next one. But if you win, amazing. Poetic.'
Lanzini joined his boyhood heroes from Buenos Aires aged nine and made his first-team debut at 17. In May 2013, he scored the quickest goal in Superclasico history after 43 seconds. The game was later held up for 10 minutes while supporters threw flares and missiles.
'I think I can play anywhere after that,' he says, puffing out his cheeks. 'These are the games fans never forget. Whenever a River Plate fan meets me in the street, they say, "Thanks for the goal against Boca". I won a league title with River, but all they talk about is my header.'
At 23, Lanzini's evident maturity is testament to having played on three continents. He eventually left River Plate for a lucrative contract with Al-Jazira in Abu Dhabi before joining West Ham, initially on loan before a £10.5million transfer last summer.
Last season could not have gone better as he formed a double act with Dimitri Payet in West Ham's run into Europe.
But this season's results have been a mystery. West Ham have won only three league games out of 12, all by 1-0 scorelines, and face United, Arsenal and Liverpool next.
'It's very difficult to say why,' says Lanzini. 'We have started badly, and that's with no players leaving and more coming in.
'We've had meetings to analyse things because we couldn't understand what was going on. I think we will progress because we have quality and one of the best players in the Premier League, Dimitri.
'To play with him is incredible because you know he is going to do something fantastic. He creates chances, he leaves space for you, he strikes the ball very well.
'Manchester United have very good players. But Dimitri is one of the 23 contenders for the Ballon d'Or so he must be at that level, right?'
It's no surprise to learn that growing up, Lanzini's idol was Pablo Aimar, a gifted No 10 in the classic South American tradition who also inspired a young Lionel Messi.
'I watched how he could change direction and make his team-mates play,' says Lanzini.
Now Lanzini finds himself in a golden era for No 10s in the Premier League, even though he played a bit deeper and scored from the spot in last weekend's 3-2 defeat at Spurs.
He likes the variety offered by all of them. 'Philippe Coutinho is fast, Mesut Ozil has got more technique. Eden Hazard has it all!' he says. Personally, I like Coutinho a lot, but I am Lanzini.'
He doesn't regret his circuitous route to England. 'Everyone knows that football over there [UAE] is not as competitive but at that moment I prioritised other things,' he says. 'You have to take a gamble in life sometimes and luckily, I wasn't forgotten about. I was later able to continue my career with West Ham and it helped that I'd already experienced a different life and culture.'
Off the pitch, he's found London a less intense place to live for a top-flight footballer than Argentina's capital. 'It's a lot more relaxed here,' he says. 'You can go out to eat with your family [Lanzini has a young child] and nobody bothers you.
'When my dad visits, he loves to go to Covent Garden to hear all the live music.'
Lanzini also keeps in regular touch with the posse of ex-River Plate players in England; Erik Lamela (Tottenham), Ramiro Funes Mori (Everton) and Roberto Pereyra (Watford).
Even so, life won't be satisfactory until West Ham's form picks up. Lanzini missed much of pre-season with a knee injury and Andy Carroll, Aaron Cresswell and Andre Ayew have also been out injured. 'I think we will finish higher than we are now,' he says, dismissing West Ham's move to a new stadium as an excuse. 'We just need to work harder and focus harder on what we need to do. If we do that, we are good enough.'
Defeat at Spurs last weekend was tough. Bilic looked haunted after seeing his side concede twice in the final minute.
So two games at Old Trafford take on a new significance. With West Ham chasing their first trophy since 1980, the cup tie will be as competitive as the league clash.
'I know our manager plays the guitar but he hasn't played for us yet,' says Lanzini.
'Maybe when we win a trophy!'
HISTORY POINTS TO PROBLEMS
Slaven Bilic has admitted West Ham are in a scrap, and even if Manuel Lanzini thinks they have enough quality to survive, history tells the Croatian that having only 11 points after 12 games spells real danger.
In each of the last nine seasons at least one team has been relegated after having 11 points or more after 12 Premier League matches. Middlesbrough, in 2008-09, set the bar highest by plunging out of the top flight after having 17 points and being placed eighth after 12 games
HITC
West Ham will sign £5m star from Wolves in January
Wolves are looking to cash in on their leading star and Slaven Bilic is keen to complete a quick deal.
Tom Nightingale
West Ham United will move to complete a deal for Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Dominic Iorfa in the January transfer window as the Championship club resign themselves to selling their star, according to the Mirror.
Iorfa is one of the brightest talents in the first team at Molineux, having already played 84 senior competitive games for the club by the age of 21.
The England Under-21 defender can play at full-back and centre-back, and offers both promise of huge future talent and versatility to his team.
He has been attracting the attentions of Premier League clubs for some time, but Wolves have been holding firm in their resolve to keep the young star.
However, new Wolves manager Paul Lambert wants to overhaul his squad starting in January, and with the Championship club now resigned to losing Iorfa sooner or later, they are willing to sanction his departure.
The Mirror's report claims that they will be looking for a fee of £5 million up front, plus future add-ons, from any sale.
That is a deal which West Ham would reportedly be open to, with the paper claiming that Slaven Bilic is an admirer and wants to complete a quick deal.
Iorfa hails from Southend and allegedly wants a move to a Premier League club closer to home.
Southampton and Crystal Palace have also been credited with an interest, but the London Stadium is thought to be his preferred destination.
The Hammers are looking for reinforcements in defence, and Iorfa's talent and versatility make him a very attractive proposition.
OS
Manager on Matchday
Good morning everyone,
After last week’s disappointing defeat at Tottenham, we are ready to go Manchester United today and try to respond well and pick up a good result. We are training well and we’re ready.
The Spurs game gave me and the players a lot of positives. We have trained well all week and lifted ourselves and we have to now play away against one of the biggest clubs.
At the end of the day, we didn’t lose a cup final to Spurs, but it really hurt. It was a massive game in terms of a London derby and we lost it in a very disappointing way, and if again in five or ten years you ask me about it, I’ll still say how disappointing it was. But we have to take the positives. Manchester United also played on Thursday, and we didn’t.
Last time out, I made the decision to play Darren Randolph in goal, and of course it was my decision. He deserved his chance, and it’s his position now. Adrian took the decision like a true professional. Of course he may be disappointed, but I explained this to him in person because he deserved that much.
It’s not like you’re replacing an outfield player – you don’t always have to have an explanation for every player every time, but Adrian deserved it and as I said, he took it like a pro.
Today is time to show our character and what we’re made of. Of course, we are all guilty of the situation we’re in. But since the Crystal Palace game, we have showed the intensity, quality and spirit. We have improved, but we have to improve more.
We showed last week that we can do it. We must now show that again.
It’s quite remarkable that Michail Antonio has scored so many headers. He’s the one that Man United will probably try to mark from set pieces, but it will be hard for them. Some of the goals are after the set piece and the players are moving and he’s difficult to pick up. Hopefully he can do the same today.
I’m really looking forward to this afternoon’s match and, as I said, let’s hope we can pick up a great result away from home.
Enjoy the match.
Slaven Bilic
