Wednesday newspapers (includes West Ham)

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"BBC Arsenal sporting director Edu has held talks with the agent of Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins about a move for the England international, with Chelsea also interested in the 27-year-old. (Football Transfers) Aston Villa remain in talks about extending Watkins' contract and want a new deal finalised by January. (90 Min) Arsenal and Chelsea are willing to offer players as well as money in their attempts to sign England striker Ivan Toney from Brentford, who are likely to want in excess of £75m for the 27-year-old. (90 Min) Spain defender Marc Cucurella, 25, has told Chelsea he wants to leave in January after his summer switch to Manchester United fell through. (Mirror) Newcastle United are set to open talks with Brazil midfielder Joelinton, 27, and English midfielder Sean Longstaff, 25, about extending their contracts, which are both set to run out in June 2025. (Football Insider) Everton are hoping to tie 21-year-old English defender Jarrad Branthwaite down to a new contract. (The Athletic - subscription required) Barcelona are considering a move for Nigeria midfielder Wilfred Ndidi, 26, when his Leicester City contract expires at the end of the season. (Sport - in Spanish) Napoli are tracking former Paris St-Germain manager Christophe Galtier following a poor start to the season under Rudi Garcia, while Marseille are also interested in the 57-year-old after former boss Marcelino's surprise resignation. (RMC Sport - in French) British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is ready to restructure his offer to buy Manchester United in order to reach an agreement with current owners the Glazers. (Mirror) Barcelona have verbally agreed a 35m euro (£30.4m) fee with Manchester City to turn 29-year-old Portugal full-back Joao Cancelo's loan into a permanent deal. (El Chiringuito TV - in Spanish) Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko, 20, says he spoke to Manchester United over the summer before he left Red Bull Salzburg, but felt a move to RB Leipzig was better for his development. (Transfermarkt - German) Reading have been placed under a transfer embargo for failing to pay HMRC on time and could face a further points deduction if they fail to pay wages to players and staff this Friday. (Telegraph - subscription required) Chelsea have been given Premier League approval for sports data company Infinite Athlete to be their front-of-shirt sponsor in a deal worth about £40m for the season. (Telegraph - subscription required) Sky Paper Talk DAILY MAIL Manchester United are said to be preparing a shock January transfer swoop for former Arsenal forward Serge Gnabry. Arsenal legend David Seaman has admitted he is ""puzzled"" by Mikel Arteta's decision to drop Aaron Ramsdale and install David Raya as his new No 1. Borussia Dortmund are stalling over making a move to re-sign Jadon Sancho from Manchester United due to concerns about his discipline, according to reports. Sofyan Amrabat was just hours away from becoming a Liverpool player this summer. Arsenal will closely monitor Declan Rice's back injury as medics look to establish whether the problem is connected to other areas of his body. LaLiga president Javier Tebas is confident that Kylian Mbappe will be a Real Madrid player next season. Tammy Abraham could make a sensational return to Chelsea after three years at Roma as part of a swap deal for loanee Romelu Lukaku, according to reports. Football agents who have twice failed their FIFA football exams are going to be given a third chance - by being allowed to take the test again at home. Team Europe players have been told not to repeat Jonny Bairstow's actions and leave Just Stop Oil protestors to security if they target the Ryder Cup. Middlesex are facing further allegations of financial mismanagement with chief executive Andrew Cornish accused of allegedly giving himself a 50 per cent pay rise. France has banned its athletes from wearing hijabs at next year's Olympic Games, with the nation sticking to a 'regime of strict secularism' in Paris. THE SUN Arsenal are set to offer a deal to swap Eddie Nketiah for Brentford's Ivan Toney in the January transfer window, a report claims. Moses Itauma worries he may never get a Tyson Fury spar after he accidentally cursed some of Britain's top heavyweight crop. Sir Jim Ratcliffe is ready to reconstruct his offer to buy Manchester United. Manchester United's Antony was pictured at Sao Paulo airport as he prepared to return to England to face police over allegations that he attacked a lover. Tottenham star Ivan Perisic, who has been sidelined with an anterior cruciate ligament injury, is set to return to boyhood club Hajduk Split in January. DAILY TELEGRAPH Chelsea have been handed Premier League approval for Infinite Athlete to become the club's new front of shirt sponsor. Reading's cash crisis is under further scrutiny after the League One club were placed under a transfer embargo for failing to pay HMRC on time. Aston Villa players have told club chiefs they are unhappy with this season's wet-look shirts, which they claim are weighing them down. Anthony Gordon and Angel Gomes have put themselves on Gareth Southgate's radar for England after having impressive starts to the season and winning the Under-21 European Championships. Southgate has also had an eye on James Trafford. Mauricio Pochettino has been putting on extra shooting practice for his misfiring Chelsea players and hopes Mykhailo Mudryk will be boosted by finally breaking his losing run in the crossbar challenge against the club's head coach. The Rugby World Cup is not certain to remain entirely free-to-air in the UK amid a radical shake-up of how it is both staged and broadcast. Speculation is rising that Novak Djokovic will perform the role of motivational speaker in the Europe team room, as Luke Donald's side try to summon the relentless competitive spirit and energy of the tennis record-breaker to stop America from winning their first Ryder Cup on away soil in 30 years. Padraig Harrington has warned that it is not only American fans who behave ""awfully"" at Ryder Cups, claiming that US players have told him that they have been the targets of abuse in matches held in Europe. Sir Michael Bonallack, Britain's greatest post-War amateur golfer who became one of the global game's most noteworthy administrators, has died aged 88. THE GUARDIAN Sport England is to invest £15m in a ""gamechanging"" network of 59 professional safeguarding officers to protect children and young people across sport. The Everton Football Club owner Farhad Moshiri received more than £400m from Alisher Usmanov companies in the run-up to the Russian billionaire being placed under sanctions, documents suggest, raising fresh questions about the financial ties between the two men. DAILY MIRROR FIFA has been accused of ""shirking responsibility"" by taking an ""insane"" approach towards the hosting of the 2026 World Cup. Erik ten Hag organised a barbecue for the players and staff of Manchester United and their families on Sunday in a move which was warmly received by the dressing room. Aaron Ramsdale has posted a telling riposte to Jamie Carragher after losing his place in the Arsenal side to David Raya. Former Manchester United target Benjamin Sesko has revealed he rejected a move to Old Trafford due to the Red Devils' ""style"". Andros Townsend thought he was about to secure another Premier League move this summer - only to be left distraught when an offer was scrapped at the 11th hour. DAILY STAR Manchester City already have one eye on the future as they look to swoop in for AC Milan's superstar youngster Francesco Camarda - who is more potent in front of goal than Erling Haaland. DAILY EXPRESS Police have reportedly arrested a man who threatened to blow up the Parc des Princes during Paris Saint-Germain's victory over Marseille on Sunday evening. Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella could put an end to his Chelsea misery by sealing a January loan to Real Madrid - where he would link up with Kepa Arrizabalaga once again. THE ATHLETIC Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson is set for a scan after coming off injured in the first half of his club debut against Manchester United. The UK government has been urged to establish football's new independent regulator in ""shadow form"" before the end of this year, with full implementation next year, by the Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee. The Fulham Supporters' Trust (FST) say they are ""extremely disappointed"" at the club following the increase in ticket prices for their home fixture against Manchester United. UEFA has moved next year's annual congress from Madrid to Paris in the ongoing fallout of a scandal involving former Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales, who was also a vice president of UEFA. Barcelona Women have confirmed that sporting director Markel Zubizarreta is leaving the club. THE TIMES Arsenal are likely to have to pay up to £80m for Ivan Toney as they assess their attacking options in the January transfer market. Arsenal have also scouted Santiago Gimenez, the 22-year-old who has scored 33 goals for Feyenoord across all competitions since the start of last season. DAILY RECORD Reo Hatate is set to become the latest Celtic star to commit his future to Brendan Rodgers with a new contract breakthrough reportedly on the brink. Barry Robson has revealed Aberdeen are back in talks over a new deal for Connor Barron. SCOTTISH SUN Kemar Roofe says Rangers supporters are booing because they are bored. TeamTalk West Ham, Everton among Prem quintet with strong interest in experienced defender A number of Premier League clubs are again showing a strong interest in the Shakhtar Donetsk defender Mykola Matviyenko, TEAMtalk understands. The Ukraine international has previously been targeted by Brentford and Brighton in January, but after those talks failed he signed a new deal with his current club – which was reward for the 27-year-old and also maintained the player’s value. Nevertheless, Matviyenko’s camp are already exploring possible options for January and there is interest in England. We understand that West Ham, Crystal Palace, Everton, Burnley and Sheffield United are amongst those who are exploring a potential deal. Matviyenko has been owned by Shakhtar for his whole career so far and has built up plenty of experience in their colours since returning from a couple of loan spells away earlier in his career. The 27-year-old now has 175 appearances to his name for Shakhtar, as well as 59 caps for Ukraine. He can play as a centre-half or a left-back. Evening Standard Mohammed Kudus in line to start at Lincoln as David Moyes rests other key West Ham stars Big names left at home but Moyes taking competition seriously David Moyes has left a host of his West Ham stars at home for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup trip to Lincoln City. With a third successive European campaign already underway, Moyes is keen to use the third-round tie against the League One side to test his squad depth, with the likes of James Ward-Prowse, Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paqueta among those who have not travelled. Paqueta has started every game of the Hammers’s season thus far, while Ward-Prowse has done likewise since joining from Southampton just after the opening weekend. Bowen, meanwhile, has been in outstanding scoring form, netting in a fourth successive away match in Sunday’s defeat at Liverpool. Michail Antonio, Alphonse Areola, Emerson Palmieri and captain Kurt Zouma have all also been rested, but Moyes is still expected to name an experienced side as he targets a place in the fourth round. Summer signings Konstantinos Mavropanos and Mohammed Kudus are expected to start in a lineup that could look similar to that which faced Serbian side Backa Topola in last week’s Europa League opener, meaning further opportunities for players like Danny Ings, Thilo Kehrer and Pablo Fornals, who have struggled for first-team involvement of late. Academy teenagers Jacob Knightsbridge and Kaelen Casey have also travelled with the squad. Sport Witness ‘Pearl’ of Brazilian football – West Ham keen on signing 19-year-old South American By Naveen Ullal Botafogo’s Matheus Nascimento has emerged as a target for West Ham United, according to a report this week. The forward came through the ranks of the Brazilian club’s youth system and made his first team debut in 2020. Since then, he’s managed 11 goals and four assists from 81 games. His recent performances have caught the attention of European clubs and West Ham are among them. That’s according to Fichajes.net, who say David Moyes’ side would welcome the addition of the 19-year-old to their squad as they are looking for young talents. It’s claimed he’s expected to make a switch to Europe in the upcoming windows and his future could point towards the Premier League, where the Hammers have ‘shown specific interest’ to acquire the Brazilian’s signature. Nascimento is a new ‘pearl’ of Brazilian football, and the outlet states he has potential to become a star in the future, and this has ‘intrigued’ the European Conference League winners. The South American has a deal lasting until December 2025 and Fichajes.net don’t mention if West Ham are looking at him for January or next summer."

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