Sunday newspapers (includes West Ham)
Posted: 29 Oct 2023, 13:27
"BBC Manchester City have set an asking price of £50m for England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, and are determined to make a profit on the 27-year-old after paying Leeds United £42m in 2022. (Mirror) Clubs from Saudi Arabia plan to offer Manchester City's Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, 32, a significant salary package in 2024. (Football Insider) Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is keen on Real Sociedad's Spanish midfielder Martin Zubimendi, 24, while Real Madrid and France player Aurelien Tchouameni, 23, is also of interest. (Mirror) The Gunners have identified Crystal Palace and England defender Marc Guehi as a target, with Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea also linked with the 23-year-old. (Sun) Tottenham are interested in Borussia Monchengladbach's 26-year-old Japan defender Ko Itakura. (Fichajes - in Spanish) Al-Hilal's Ruben Neves, 26, ""dreams"" of securing a January move to Newcastle United, who will target the Portugal midfielder following confirmation of Sandro Tonali's 10-month ban. (O Jogo, via Sporting Witness) Newcastle will replace Tonali with a loan signing in January, with Fulham's 28-year-old Portugal midfielder Joao Palhinha, Everton and Belgium's Amadou Onana, 22, and Manchester United and Scotland player Scott McTominay, 26, among those being considered. (Football Insider) West Ham United are eyeing a move for Feyenoord and Mexico forward Santiago Gimenez, but will face competition from Tottenham, Arsenal and Newcastle for the 22-year-old. (Mirror) Manchester City and Liverpool are monitoring the situation of Bayern Munich's 20-year-old Germany forward Jamal Musiala, who will push for a January move if he does not get enough game time. (Football Insider) City also remain interested in Paris St-Germain's 17-year-old French midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery. (Sport Zone, via TeamTalk) Arsenal's January transfer plans could depend on the severity of the injury sustained by Portugal forward Pedro Neto, 23, in Wolverhampton Wanderers' draw with Newcastle. (Football.London) The Gunners will consider recalling Brazilian winger Marquinhos, 20, from his loan spell with Nantes in January. (Mirror) Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, 24, has played down suggestions that he intends to leave Napoli amid reported interest from Liverpool. (Mirror) Neil Warnock could return for a third spell at QPR after the club sacked manager Gareth Ainsworth, while former Luton Town and Southampton manager Nathan Jones is also keen on the position. (Telegraph - subscription required) Andrea Pirlo is under mounting pressure following another defeat for his Sampdoria side in Serie B, with former manager Marco Giampaolo being considered as his replacement. (Calciomercato - in Italian) Sky Paper Talk THE SUN ON SUNDAY Arsenal and Manchester United are set to battle it out to sign wonderkid Dino Klapija, according to reports. Mauricio Pochettino could be heard telling a Chelsea fan to ""support the team"" after Nicolas Jackson came in for criticism from the stands. West Ham are reportedly ready to offer £35m to Juventus for Manuel Locatelli. Arsenal are in the chase for Crystal Palace's England defender Marc Guehi - but the bidding war will not start until the summer. Jesse Lingard has reportedly left Al Ettifaq following the end of his month-long trial. DJ Sturridge is hoping to follow in some famous family footsteps by clinching a deal with Championship strugglers Huddersfield. Tyson Fury has refused to confirm whether his slated fight with Oleksandr Usyk will go ahead in December. SUNDAY MIRROR Arsene Wenger has told Aaron Ramsdale to ""not give up"" after being left baffled by Mikel Arteta's decision to rotate his goalkeepers. Michael Owen believes Xabi Alonso could be an ideal successor to Jurgen Klopp with the German having a big role to play in a potential move. Dimitar Berbatov believes Marcus Rashford needs to take matters into his own hands to revive his uninspiring form having scored just one goal in 12 matches for Manchester United this season Victor Osimhen has played down suggestions that he wants to leave Napoli amid reported transfer interest from Liverpool. Manchester City want to make a profit on Kalvin Phillips - despite the England midfielder starting just five games in his 15 months at the Etihad. MAIL ON SUNDAY Jay Rodriguez's disallowed goal against Bournemouth came after the longest VAR check in history as it took officials five minutes to decide his fate. LaLiga are investigating allegations of racial abuse directed at Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr during Saturday's El Clasico. Joe Cole said Chelsea look ""apprehensive"" when they play at home after their 2-0 loss against Brentford at Stamford Bridge. Newcastle are reportedly considering a loan move for Ruben Neves to bolster their midfield options following confirmation of Sandro Tonali's 10-month ban from football. Tyson Fury has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo as the ""greatest footballer that has ever lived"" at a Champions Gala in Riyadh. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Neil Warnock wants to make a return to Queens Park Rangers and is expected to replace Gareth Ainsworth. DAILY STAR ON SUNDAY Real Madrid star Toni Kroos is being offered to the Premier League elite. Premier League fans were left ranting and raving at VAR during Bournemouth's controversial victory over relegation rivals Burnley. SCOTTISH SUN Former Rangers star Antonio Colak has lifted the lid on how his dream move to Ibrox came to a sudden and underwhelming end. Luis Palma's former boss in Greece and ex-assistant manager to Diego Simeone reckons Atletico Madrid will try and buy the Celtic star if he scores against them in the Champions League again. DAILY RECORD Stephen Robinson watched Mikael Mandron destroy St Johnstone with a deadly double then warned the hitman he is still not guaranteed to start against Celtic on Wednesday. Steven MacLean ripped into his St Johnstone flops and accused some of ""chucking it"" - warning they will be lucky to play for him again after being thumped 4-0 by St Mirren. Mirror West Ham rivalling Arsenal for striker transfer after explosive Champions League debut West Ham are eyeing a new striker for David Moyes and Feyenoord's Santiago Gimenez is one of the names on their radar following his blistering goalscoring form in Holland By Ryan Taylor West Ham are among a long list of clubs chasing highly-rated Feyenoord frontman Santiago Gimenez. The Mexican hot-shot has struck 15 times in 11 outings in all competitions this season - netting a brace on his Champions League debut against Lazio on Wednesday evening. West Ham, Tottenham, Arsenal, Newcastle, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Napoli, Lazio, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have all watched the 22-year-old in action during months gone by and Feyenoord are braced for winter approaches. West Ham were ahead of the game and actually initiated preliminary talks over a deal for Gimenez in August - both with Feyenoord and his representatives - following the sale of Gianluca Scamacca - but the player opted to extend his contract in Rotterdam until 2027. He was one of several names recommended to the club by technical director Tim Steidten before the Irons later explored alternative targets such as Sevilla's Youssef En-Nesyri and Corinthians attacker Yuri Alberto. Now Gimenez's value has sky-rocketed upwards of £40million although Feyenoord have no interest in selling their most-valuable asset, particularly halfway through the current campaign, in January. A new striker is one of the topics at the top of West Ham's transfer agenda with Danny Ings still struggling to provide serious competition for Michail Antonio. Although Gimenez is not the only target of interest - he is believed to be a popular pick among the Hammers' transfer committee despite widespread competition from across Europe. Earlier this week, intermediary Morris Pagniello, who claims to be assisting Gimenez's father during talks over the striker's future, said Tottenham and Real Madrid are in the box-seat for a future transfer. However, it's understood the figure has no active involvement in representing the centre-forward. The Mexico international put his name up in lights in late September after bagging a hat-trick in Feyenoord's 4-0 De Klassieker victory over Ajax. Gimenez scored a brace before the match was abandoned due to fan violence. He then completed his treble four days later when the match was resumed behind closed doors. Speaking to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf in September, Feyenoord director Dennis te Kloese made it clear Gimenez was ready to snub big-money offers to remain at De Kuip for the foreseeable future. ""A lot has happened [in regards to interest]. But Santiago has a good head and he has a great character,"" Te Kloese said. ""If a big club came, he would say: 'This is not where I want to go, I don't want to leave yet. I first want to profile myself at Feyenoord and further develop at European level.' ""He also said that he has a very good trainer here. What he has at Feyenoord gives him peace and that also helps him to continue playing for the national team. He has only just broken through.”"
