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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has asked executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward to sell 22-year-old France forward Anthony Martial. (Star)
Martial has decided he wants to stay at Old Trafford and fight for a place in the side. (Sun)
Uefa is planning to introduce video assistant referees into Champions League games from the quarter-finals onwards. (Times - subscription only)
Real Madrid will make one final bid for Chelsea and Belgium midfielder Eden Hazard, 27, before the European transfer windows close. (Mirror)
Chelsea's Spain defender Marcos Alonso, 27, looks certain to stay at Stamford Bridge despite being wanted by Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. (Star)
Barcelona can buy back Colombia defender Yerry Mina from Everton for 60m euros (£53.83m), having sold the 23-year-old to the Toffees for 30.25m euros (£27.19m) on deadline day - but cannot activate the clause until 2020. (Marca)
Manchester City will decide whether to recall 19-year-old goalkeeper Aro Muric from his loan spell at Dutch side NAC Breda after the results of further tests on Claudio Bravo's ruptured Achilles tendon on Thursday. (Telegraph)
However, NAC Breda are not expecting Manchester City to recall Montenegro Under-21 international Muric. (Manchester Evening News)
Manchester City have started searching for a replacement for 35-year-old Chile international Bravo. (Mail)
West Ham are looking for another loan move for 19-year-old English midfielder Reece Oxford, who spent last season at German side Borussia Monchengladbach. (Mail)
Arsenal will not meet midfielder Aaron Ramsey's demand to double his wages but are confident the 27-year-old Wales international will sign a new contract. (Evening Standard)
Everton winger Yannick Bolasie, 29, is leaning towards a loan move to Aston Villa after holding talks with the club. The Frenchman has also been linked with Middlesbrough. (Birmingham Live)
Everton want £28m plus add-ons from RB Leipzig to sign 20-year-old English winger Ademola Lookman. (Sky Sports)
Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic has put off talks over a new contract until after Christmas despite the club offering him a three-year deal. (Express)
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Barry Glendenning
A player who makes no secret of his ambitions to move elsewhere while simultaneously giving every appearance of being perfectly content where he is, Eden Hazard will be the subject of one more bid from Real Madrid before the European transfer window shuts at the end of the month. Hazard has already said he won’t be going anywhere this season, while Real’s advances for his Chelsea team-mate Marcos Alonso are also likely to be rebuffed.
Should he stay or should he go now? That’s the question Manchester United fans are asking about Anthony Martial, who is reported to have performed “a stunning U-turn on his Manchester United future”. Despite his agent’s insistence that his client wanted to leave Old Trafford, it’s being reported that Martial has decided to stay and fight for his place under José Mourinho, who the Star say is hell bent on getting rid of a player he seems to have found guilty of gross insubordination earlier this summer. With so many pundits of a mind that Mourinho is currently orchestrating his own exit from Old Trafford, Martial may well have decided to sit tight and wait to see what happens next.
Claudio Bravo’s potentially season-ending injury means Manchester City are being linked with experienced back-up goalkeepers, but may have to wait until the January window before they can sign one. The Chilean ruptured his achilles during training on Monday, leaving Pep Guardiola with local lad Daniel Grimshaw as the only other goalkeeper in his first-team squad. The 20-year-old City fan has yet to make a senior appearance for the club but will find himself promoted to the bench and just one torn hamstring or stray boot to the face of Ederson from making his City debut.
Guardiola could recall Montenegro U-21 international Aro Muric from his loan spell at NAC Breda, and speculation also abounds that he may try to get Barcelona reserve goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen in on an emergency loan. Reports from Spain suggest this may not happen as Cillessen is tired of life on the bench.
Having been linked with loan moves to Middlesbrough and Aston Villa, Everton winger Yannick Bolasie is leaning towards a spell in the Midlands after holding talks with both clubs. His Everton team-mate Joe Williams is in even more popular demand, with Bolton Wanderers, Bristol City, Hull and Birmingham all hitching their skirts in the young midfielder’s direction.
With the ink on his new deal with West Ham barely dry, Reece Oxford could be sent on another season-long loan. Manuel Pellegrini had originally intended to keep the 19-year-old in his squad, but has apparently changed his mind and decided to ship him out elsewhere and it seems there’s no shortage of interest from assorted clubs in Germany, Spain and France. With Oxford also capable of doing a job in central midfield, an obvious problem area for West Ham on the evidence of their two Premier League excursions thus far, one can’t help but wonder why Pellegrini is unable to find a role for him.
Meanwhile in Newcastle, the Chronicle reports that Rafael Benítez had consecutive deals to bring Lille left-back Hamza Mendyl and PSG counterpart Stanley N’Soki teed up, only for both to fall through for various reasons. Mendyl couldn’t get a work permit, while N’Soki rejected the Spaniard’s advances and decided to stay in Paris.
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West Ham United youngster Marcus Browne raved about by Oxford United fans
John Verrall
West Ham United have loaned out Marcus Browne to Oxford United and the youngster is impressing.
Oxford United fans have raved about Oxford United youngster Marcus Browne, after his performance for them last night.
Oxford have made an awful start to the season and sit at rock bottom of the League One table, but things could have been worse without the West Ham youngster in their line-up.
Browne has scored twice in his first three games, and although he was unable to stop the U’s from falling to a 3-2 defeat last night, the West Ham loanee is still earning rave reviews.
Will @Will_OUFC
Marcus Browne is class, can see what Robbo meant when he said he was like Jordan Graham #OUFC
Zak Jaggs @JaggsZak
#OUFC whyte and Browne absolutely amazing today tbf
Dave Clarke @DaveClarke42
At times going forward we looked good. Whyte and Browne excellent
James @OUFC_Yellows
Marcus Browne has been up for it tonight. Beautiful cut back and in the top corner.
Matt Bruce @MatthewDBruce
Much better so far from #oufc
The change in system has made a big impact, but also there seems to be much more desire to win the ball when out of possession, plus a superb display so far from Browne
Browne has always been considered one of West Ham’s top prospects, and he has been offered the opportunity to go out on loan to show his talents.
The attacking midfielder certainly seems to be a level above League One, with teams in the third tier struggling to cope with him.
Whether Browne can now continue to impress with Oxford and then go back to West Ham and force his way into Manuel Pellegrini’s side remains to be seen.
West Ham have recently seen Martin Samuelsen, Reece Burke and Josh Cullen all impress at League One level, but all three of the players have struggled to make an impact in a higher league.
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