Napoli are interested in signing Manchester United and England centre-back Harry Maguire, with Galatasaray also monitoring the 31-year-old's situation at Old Trafford. (Athletic - subscription required)
Paris St-Germain forward Randal Kolo Muani, 26, is very likely to leave the Ligue 1 side in January, with several Premier League clubs interested in the Frenchman (Florian Plettenberg)
Chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku, 27, is ready to leave in January after a lack of game time, with Paris St-Germain, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray all interested in the France international. (TBR Football)
Tottenham are weighing up a £20m move for Burnley's England Under-21 goalkeeper James Trafford, 22, next month. (Mirror)
Manchester United are prepared to rival Arsenal in their efforts to sign 24-year-old Juventus and Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic. (Football Insider)
Barcelona, Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea are all interested in Bayern Munich and Germany winger Leroy Sane, 28. (Sport - in Spanish)
Former Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, 38, is likely to sign a new deal to remain at Bayern Munich until 2026. (Florian Plettenberg)
Ipswich Town and West Ham United are interested in bringing Galatasaray and Morocco midfielder Hakim Ziyech, 31, back to the Premier League. (Fichajes)
Tottenham are targeting Borussia Dortmund and Germany winger Julian Brandt, 28. (Football Transfers)
Arsenal remain in negotiations to sign Sporting CP and Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 26, although RB Leipzig and Slovenia forward Benjamin Sesko is currently their top target. (Football Transfers)
Scotland left-back Kieran Tierney has been linked with Celtic, but Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said the 27-year-old has not yet asked to leave the Gunners. (Teamtalk)
Crystal Palace are working towards a deal to sign German winger Jan-Niklas Beste, 25, from Benfica. (Sacha Tavolieri)
Juventus manager Thiago Motta would be open to the Italian club signing Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee, 23, from Manchester United in January - with PSG's Randal Kolo Muani another possible target. (Sportmediaset - in Italian)
Barcelona manager Hansi Flick does not want Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho, 20, after being offered the Argentine. (El Nacional - in Spanish)
Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi, 25, said it "wasn't that hard of a decision" to turn down a move to Liverpool in the summer as he still "had steps to take" at Real Sociedad. (El Diario Vasco, via 90 Min)
Bayer Leverkusen chief executive Fernando Carro says the Bundesliga club would like to extend the contract of 21-year-old Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz, who has been linked with a move to a number of high-profile clubs. (Sport1 - in German)
Chelsea are preparing a bid for France midfielder Youssouf Fofana, 25, who plays for AC Milan. (Fichajes - in Spanish)
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THE SUN
Arsenal and Manchester City are set to battle Bayern Munich to sign Barcelona star Dani Olmo in January, according to reports.
Chelsea want to land midfield ace Dario Essugo on the cheap. The Sporting Lisbon prospect, 19, is starring for LaLiga side Las Palmas on loan.
Yeovil Town's match at Hartlepool United was suspended after strong winds wreaked havoc at Victoria Park. Players from both sides left the field after an advertising board was ripped loose on one of the stands.
Manchester United are tracking goalkeepers to keep Andre Onana on his toes.
Marcus Rashford has lost the dressing room after insisting he wants to leave Manchester United.
DAILY MAIL
Wayne Rooney remains positive despite Plymouth slipping to the bottom of the Championship table following a thrilling 3-3 home draw with sixth-placed Middlesbrough.
Mykhailo Mudryk was spotted ringside ahead of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury's highly-anticipated rematch in Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening.
Jack Grealish snapped back at Aston Villa fans who booed his return to Villa Park on Saturday afternoon with a reminder of his Manchester City achievements after the final whistle.
Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho slammed his side's 'weak performance' and the overall quality of football in their 1-1 draw with Eyupspor.
DAILY MIRROR
Marcus Rashford is being chased by Saudi Arabian trio Al Ittihad, Al Ahli and Al Qadsiah, reports claim, after Manchester United reportedly greenlit an exit for the wantaway forward.
Marseille boss Roberto De Zerbi admits he will "try and find space" for champion players amid links with Paul Pogba.
Martin Zubimendi has explained why he pulled out of a move to Liverpool in the summer in favour of staying with Real Sociedad - admitting the interest caught him by surprise.
Dani Olmo could leave Barcelona as a free agent due to a contract clause which which would kick in if he cannot be registered.
Arsenal have made an 'agreement in principle' to sign Las Palmas star Alberto Moleiro.
DAILY STAR
Former Premier League football referee David Coote is plotting a new career as a £10,000-a-time after-dinner speaker.
DAILY RECORD
A Rangers dossier is being prepared on Isaac Price as they weigh up a move for the Standard Liege star.
Dundee boss Tony Docherty has floated the prospect that Vaclav Cerny was "maybe offside" before netting Rangers winner.
Stade Rennes boss Jorge Sampaoli appears to have left the door open for Jota to leave the club in January.
Guardian
Kudus pegs back misfiring Brighton but West Ham desperate for Christmas lift
Simon Burnton at the London Stadium
Mohammed Kudus (left) celebrates in typical style with Crysencio Summerville after scoring West Ham’s equaliser against Brighton. Photograph: Tony Obrien/Reuters
On the shortest day of the year, a game that burst only briefly into life. In the space of seven second-half minutes, from nothing and nowhere, things started to happen. Brighton took the lead. West Ham equalised. And then things stopped happening again.
There were, to be fair, some rousing moments in the closing stages. Crysencio Summerville, one of 10 second-half substitutes, dispossessed Jan Paul van Hecke and sprinted towards the area, but his shot was blocked; Yankuba Minteh, another, slid the ball across goal where the defender Vladimir Coufal, a third, deflected it on to the foot of the far post.
Finally, in the fourth minute of stoppage time and with Brighton finishing strongly, Evan Ferguson, a fourth substitute, who moments earlier had missed Pervis Estupiñán’s cross with the goal apparently at his mercy, set up Yasin Ayari, a fifth, for a shot that was well saved.
“In the second half we invested everything and normally we should leave the pitch as winners, but what is normal in football?” said Fabian Hürzeler, the Brighton head coach.
“It was an equal match,” said his counterpart, Julen Lopetegui. “We were better in the first half and they were better in the second.”
It is a crude definition of equality. The Spaniard insisted his side had produced “a quality match against a quality team” but his position remains under threat and will hardly be strengthened by a decision to switch to a back five midway through the second half that precipitated Brighton’s strongest spell.
But the lasting impression was of two teams that started a hectic rush of festive fixtures as if their primary motivation was to preserve energy for the other ones. In the first half only West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen and Brighton’s João Pedro looked at all inclined to shock the game into life, with Bowen unique in also looking able. Both ran at defenders, forced them to commit, caused moments of panic and confusion, but João Pedro’s habit was to keep the ball until the confusion spread also to himself.
In the 22nd minute Kaoru Mitoma’s volley, from a João Pedro cross, was saved; in the 34th Bowen’s centre flicked Lewis Dunk’s ankle and rolled just wide and that was as close as the opening period got to a highlight.
Both sides had summer signings from Germany belatedly making full league debuts, though neither Brajan Gruda nor Niclas Füllkrug did much to make them memorable. Lopetegui said Füllkrug is “without rhythm” and “not in his best way”, and the good news is that it would be hard to describe the £27m striker’s performance as disappointing. The bad news is that it would be equally hard to describe his almost completely featureless display as anything else. It ended in the 57th minute when he was replaced by Summerville and within a matter of seconds West Ham scored.
Brighton had taken the lead in the 51st minute when Estupiñán’s long cross from the left tempted Lukasz Fabianski off his line only for Dunk to win it cleanly. He nodded the ball down to Mats Wieffer, who sidefooted calmly into the near corner.
Seven minutes later, the home side equalised after Bowen was played through from the halfway line, toyed with Dunk and the returning Joël Veltman and shot from just inside the area. Bart Verbruggen pushed it away from goal but towards the head of Mohammed Kudus, who crashed it straight back past him. The scorer celebrated by perching on a hand-carved Ghanaian stool; one of the few moments that lifted the supporters off their seats involved a player sitting on one.
For Brighton, this was a fifth game without a win, while West Ham remain 14th and frustratingly inconsistent. Hürzeler described the past few weeks as “a circle of bad experiences and disappointment” that will end only when they “get back the winning mentality, get back the defensibility”. A change of fortunes will be high on both teams’ Christmas lists; this, though, was just listless.
