Friday News

[Alan]

BBC

Liverpool are preparing a £50m bid for Real Madrid's 24-year-old France midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni. (Fichajes - in Spanish)

Juventus are keen on Lille striker Jonathan David, but the Serie A club face competition from Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal for the 24-year-old Canada international. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian)

Manchester United are set to reignite their interest in £70m-rated Everton centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite, with the Merseyside club unable to afford a new contract for the 22-year-old England international. (Mail - subscription required)

Brighton and Bayer Leverkusen are among the clubs interested in Red Star Belgrade's 17-year-old Serbian defender Strahinja Stojkovic. (Football Insider )

Arsenal have held talks with the agents of Sporting forward Geovany Quenda, with the 17-year-old also a target for Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool. (Teamtalk)

Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, 36, is prepared to take a pay cut to stay longer at Barcelona and his impressive form has seen the Catalan club cool any interest in Manchester City's 24-year-old Norway forward Erling Haaland. (Sport - in Spanish)

AC Milan are ready to double the wages of Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, 26, to ward off interest from Manchester City and Tottenham. (Calciomercato - in Italian)

Manchester City are keeping an eye on Inter Milan midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu, 30, although Bayern Munich are in pole position to sign the Turkey international. (Caughtoffside)

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will have a say in who replaces Edu as the club's sporting director after the Brazilian's decision to quit. (Times - subscription required)

West Ham believe technical director Tim Steidten may come under consideration by Arsenal as a replacement for Edu. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Liverpool and Bayern Munich have been told by Eintracht Frankfurt they will need to pay upwards of £50m to prise 25-year-old Egypt striker Omar Marmoush away from the club. (Fussball News - in German)

Tottenham defender Cristian Romero could seek a move to Real Madrid this summer if the La Liga club step up their interest in the 26-year-old Argentina international. (GiveMeSport - subscription required)

Paris St-Germain have already ruled out a move for Sweden forward Viktor Gyokeres, 26, despite his fine goalscoring form for Sporting. (Le Parisien - in French)

Arsenal remain interested in RB Leipzig's Slovenia forward Benjamin Sesko, 21, who has a £55m buyout clause in his contract. (Mail - subscription required)

Wolves boss Gary O'Neil could face the sack if his side do not beat Southampton in the Premier League this weekend. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Paris St-Germain are willing to let France striker Randal Kolo Muani, 25, leave in January with clubs in the Premier League and Bundesliga interested. (RMC Sport - in French)

Bayern Munich want Bayer Leverkusen's Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz, 21, and could offer a swap deal involving on-loan 18-year-old Germany Under-21 midfielder Paul Wanner. (Christian Falk)




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DAILY EXPRESS

Alphonso Davies has laid down his terms as Manchester United line up a blockbuster summer swoop for the Bayern Munich left-back, according to reports.

Manchester United have reportedly enquired about a free transfer move for former Manchester City star Leroy Sane.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

West Ham fear technical director Tim Steidten could be in the running to replace Edu at Arsenal.

Declan Rice is preparing to push through the pain barrier and try to play for Arsenal and England after breaking his toe.

Gary O'Neil is facing a potentially pivotal encounter with Southampton this weekend and will come under severe pressure if Wolves' alarming run continues.

Emma Raducanu is in talks with Maria Sharapova's former fitness trainer as she looks to bolster her backroom team for next season.

Rory McIlroy intends to take an axe to his 2025 schedule and the bad news for the PGA Tour is that the world No 3 may skip not only one of the $20m (£15.4m) 'Signature Events' but also the opening tournament in the FedEx Cup, the play-off series that is the cornerstone of the circuit's calendar.

The interim England manager Lee Carsley says he was not aware when he took charge of the team's Nations League game against Greece at Wembley that Thomas Tuchel had already agreed his contract with the FA two days' earlier.

Ioan Cunningham, the head coach of Wales women, looks set to become the first casualty of the fallout from his players' botched contract negotiations earlier this year.

DAILY MAIL

Former Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris has launched a scathing attack on club chairman Daniel Levy in his new autobiography.

Jack Grealish joined Aston Villa fans in a Bruges pub this week via video call during the supporters' Champions League trip.

Crystal Palace are verifying the origins of a hamstring injury suffered by Eddie Nketiah amid concerns he has fallen victim to the developing trend of Premier League footballers appointing expensive performance 'specialists' separate from their clubs.

West Ham head coach Julen Lopetegui is under mounting pressure to arrest his team's worrying slide, though the lack of a clear replacement and the cost of compensation could buy the Spaniard time.

Manchester United are among the clubs monitoring Jarrad Branthwaite's position in Everton head coach Sean Dyche's plans ahead of the January window.

RB Leipzig forward Benjamin Sesko was reluctant to join Arsenal last summer amid concerns he would be second-choice to Kai Havertz.

Fabio Paratici continues to attend matches at Tottenham this season.

Outgoing Manchester City sporting director Txiki Begiristain is not taking a back seat as he prepares to leave the Etihad.

Sportsbank, the group who have made an offer of around £230m for Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor's 45 per cent stake, hope to tie up the deal by the end of next week.

PFA chief executive Maheta Molango is set to appear in Westminster in January as the Government accelerates plans to introduce a football regulator.

Everton's new stadium is under serious consideration to host an Ashes Test.

Newcastle will travel to Saudi Arabia next week for a warm-weather training camp at the home of Cristiano Ronaldo.

THE GUARDIAN

Arsenal intend to take their time over appointing Edu's successor as sporting director, with his deputy, Jason Ayto, set to step up until the recruitment process has been completed.

DAILY MIRROR

Manchester United have reportedly been given encouragement that Everton will be willing to sell Jarrad Branthwaite ahead of the January transfer window.

Thomas Partey has been cut from the Ghana squad after "confidential" talks with boss Otto Addo.

AC Milan star Alvaro Morata was hospitalised after being involved in a scary clash of heads during training on Thursday.

THE SUN

Ruud van Nistelrooy is still waiting to hear if he will be part of the plans at Manchester United going forward.

Chelsea and Arsenal are set to join Manchester United in the battle to sign Europe's most in-demand player, Viktor Gyokeres.

Alejandro Garnacho was involved in an altercation with a fan before Manchester United's Europa League clash with PAOK.

Sean Longstaff has warned Newcastle that he could move elsewhere unless he feels "appreciated" and "valued" with a new contract.

THE ATHLETIC

Andre Onana hopes that Manchester United interim coach Ruud van Nistelrooy remains at the club after Ruben Amorim's permanent arrival next week.

Everton winger Dwight McNeil is a doubt for Saturday's Premier League match against West Ham due to a knee injury.

Swansea's lead investors Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien have agreed to sell their stake in the Championship club, subject to EFL ratification.

THE TIMES

A smiling Eddie Jones has claimed to be unaware of Danny Care's criticism of his management style.

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Dwight McNeil being out would be a massive bonus
Been Everton's best player when I have seen them

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