Tuesday newspapers (includes West Ham)

[Alan]

"BBC Manchester United and Newcastle United are both monitoring Lyon's 20-year-old French forward Rayan Cherki, who is out of contract in June 2025. (Football Insider) Manchester United and Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes, 29, is emerging as a potential target for Saudi Pro League clubs in January. (Rudy Galetti) Liverpool and Newcastle have Manchester City and England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, 27, on their January transfer shortlist. (Talksport) Manchester City have a long-standing interest in German attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz and had the 20-year-old watched as his Bayer Leverkusen side beat Hoffenheim on Saturday. (90min) West Ham manager David Moyes is not in danger of the sack despite his side having won just one of their past seven Premier League games, but the 60-year-old is unlikely to be offered an extension to his contract which expires next summer. (Talksport) Juventus are confident they will agree a new long-term contract with 28-year-old France midfielder Adrien Rabiot, who signed a one-year extension during the summer. (90min) Juventus and Everton are both monitoring Borussia Monchengladbach's 17-year-old Swiss forward Winsley Boteli. (Fabrizio Romano) Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate, 24, admitted he has dreamed about playing for Paris St-Germain but a move to the Ligue 1 champions is not one of the France centre-half's current ""objectives"". (Canal Plus, via Goal) Former Chelsea boss Frank Lampard says the club's board denied him the chance to sign England and Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham, 20, when he was at Birmingham City. (Obi One podcast) Manchester City want to sign France Under-21 defender Quentin Merlin, 21, from Nantes in January. (Fichajes - in Spanish) Oxford United boss Liam Manning is close to becoming the new Bristol City manager. (Sky Sports) Sky Paper Talk THE SUN Chelsea have eyed up Jean-Clair Todibo to replace Thiago Silva - who is set to leave the Blues at the end of the season. Erik ten Hag has received a further boost ahead of this week's crunch clash with Copenhagen - the ""unwavering support of Sir Alex Ferguson"". Manchester United could end up in a transfer battle with Arsenal if they go back in for Juventus' Federico Chiesa, according to reports. Trending Chelsea are reportedly ""increasing pressure"" on Napoli to sell Victor Osimhen to them with ""more frequent approaches"" over a potential transfer. Jadon Sancho has been axed from Manchester United's WhatsApp group. Fresh hope has been sparked for Luis Diaz's father as the Colombian military withdraws troops from the area surrounding the guerrillas' jungle lair. Sunderland and Middlesbrough are in a North East tug-of-war for rising star Nathaniel Adjei. Chaos erupted at a Spanish airport after Sevilla players boarded a commercial flight and left other passengers stranded. DAILY TELEGRAPH Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is expected to escape a ban for his rant on referees. Rory McIlroy has become an unlikely ally for Saudi Arabia in the merger negotiations with the PGA Tour, saying that he wants to ""bring the game of golf back together"". DAILY MAIL Arsenal want Gabriel Jesus to miss Brazil's World Cup qualifiers versus Colombia and Argentina later this month. Manchester United are reportedly lining up a World Cup-winning midfield reinforcement in Real Betis anchorman Guido Rodriguez after Casemiro's recent injury. Barcelona have continued their trend of finding creative financial solutions to curb their current monetary issues by selling diamonds made from the only Nou Camp turf. Dan Ashworth says he and Eddie Howe are fully committed to the Newcastle United project and won't be tempted by any overtures from England or Manchester United. Liverpool are reportedly one of a number of clubs weighing up a move for Napoli midfielder Piotr Zielinski, whose contract in Naples expires next summer. Arsenal and referee chiefs remain at loggerheads with the Premier League club set to cite decisions that have gone against them since last season in their next meeting in a bid to prove a pattern. Wayne Rooney has revealed how he would drink until he 'almost passed out' to escape his struggles at the peak of his career. DAILY MIRROR Besiktas interim coach Burak Yilmaz has explained he substituted Eric Bailly at half-time in a league defeat due to the former Manchester United defender's behaviour on the pitch. Graeme McDowell has told golf's four major championships that they ""need"" to include some of LIV Golf's most in-form players in their fields, with a number of stars set to miss out in 2024. THE TIMES The government's plans for an independent football regulator will be confirmed in the King's Speech on Tuesday but the new body may not be fully operational for nearly two years. A K-pop group that mistakenly wore Rangers FC shirts for a performance in Texas have surprised the club's fans with an appearance at Ibrox. The ATP Tour is in discussions with Saudi Arabia to stage a new curtain-raising Masters tournament that would finish only one week before the beginning of the Australian Open. England will have to pay centrally contracted players for the entirety of their deals even if they no longer play 50-over cricket after this World Cup. THE ATHLETIC Real Madrid-bound teenager Endrick has received his first call-up to the Brazil national team. Former Barcelona director William T. Mannarelli has sued the club for defamation and is seeking £1.6m (€1.8m) in damages, in a case which could see current club president Joan Laporta called to court to give evidence. Tariq Lamptey is a doubt to end a five-match injury absence for Brighton at Ajax in the Europa League on Thursday night. Celta Vigo's Iago Aspas is facing a possible La Liga ban after the ex-Liverpool striker angrily knocked over the VAR monitor in Saturday's 1-1 draw at home to Sevilla. DAILY EXPRESS Tottenham are hoping to reunite James Maddison with former Leicester City team-mate Wilfred Ndidi in January. Manchester United are reportedly one of just two serious contenders to sign Sporting Lisbon star Goncalo Inacio in January. DAILY RECORD Celtic have told Green Brigade members they will be reimbursed for any home matches they are banned from attending. Frank Lampard reckons he has managerial credentials no one talks about as he opened up on what comes next after his Rangers snub. Sparta Prague will be buoyed for their visit to Rangers on Thursday evening after it was confirmed that star forward Lukas Haraslin will be available to lead the line. Sport Witness Long-term West Ham target has asked to leave club – Unhappy with manager’s recent choices If you know anything about West Ham United’s transfer focus over the last few years, you’ll know that Sevilla striker Youssef En-Nesyri features heavily. The striker is a long-term target for David Moyes and his team, who have looked to sign him on several occasions over the last few years, each time being turned down by the player, who always wanted to remain at Sevilla. That, though, appears to have changed as ABC Sevilla now cover him and various reports detailing that he wants to depart the Spanish side. The newspaper reports that, according to Al Jazeera and Deportes Cope Sevilla, the striker has ‘asked to leave’ Sevilla in the January transfer window. They explain that after a summer which saw En-Nesyri lose one of his ‘most faithful companions’ in the dressing room in Yassine Bono, the striker is now also unhappy with manager Diego Alonso. He ‘does not understand’ how the manager continues to pick striker Mariano ahead of him, despite the fact he has scored more goals than him and is the ‘offensive reference’ for the club. He also believes there’s ‘imbalances in the team’s efforts’ and would prefer to leave than stick around as he has done in the past, when West Ham tried to lure him away. His unhappiness has been shown on the pitch, with the Moroccan failing to show ‘excessive joy’ celebrating his goals. That’s seen as a clear sign he is ‘not comfortable at Sevilla’ and has now seemingly changed his opinion regarding a move away, something which should interest West Ham. They’re the club who have targeted him hardest over the last few years and they also desperately need a new striker, having not replaced Gianluca Scamacca after he left. There are also doubts over whether Michail Antonio is now up to the standard required, and a striker would be welcomed. There’s clearly a belief from David Moyes and his staff that En-Nesyri would fit the bill, that’s been demonstrated by their efforts in the past few years, and now could be their ideal opportunity to do so."

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"Erm, if there is an imbalance at Sevilla imagine what he's going to have to put up with under Moyes......"

[Thanks Alan]

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