TRANSFER RUMOURS
Barcelona and Real Madrid would be among the clubs interested in Leicester’s Youri Tielemans if the Belgium midfielder, 24, is available next summer. (Athletic – subscription required)
West Ham are working on a deal to sign Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie, 23, with talks having already taken place over the USA international. (Football Insider)
Arsenal have been handed a transfer boost with Ajax cutting off talks over a contract extension for their Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana, 25. (Voetbal International – in Dutch)
Former Bournemouth winger Arnaut Danjuma, 24, is being closely monitored by Liverpool after the Dutchman’s impressive start to the season with new club Villarreal. (Voetbal International – in Dutch)
Liverpool have been watching Porto’s Colombian midfielder Luis Diaz, 24. (Independent – subscription required)
Chelsea and Liverpool are interested in Newcastle and France winger Allan Saint-Maximin, 24. (Calciomercato via Express)
Borussia Dortmund are considering signing Manchester United’s French forward Anthony Martial, 25, should Norway striker Erling Haaland, 21, leave the club in the summer. (Sport1 – in German)
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Tottenham are likely to wait until next summer, rather than January, before trying to sell Dele Alli again, given how much the 25-year-old England midfielder’s value has dropped. (Football Insider)
Barcelona have received an offer from a company in Dubai to buy the entirety of the club’s debt of 1.5bn euros (£1.2bn). (8tv via Mirror)
Barca have joined Bayern Munich in pursuit of Ajax’s Brazilian winger Antony, 21. (Sport – in Spanish)
Chelsea and Bayern Munich are currently not considering any negotiation for a swap deal between USA winger Christian Pulisic, 23, and Bayern’s 25-year-old German winger Leroy Sane, despite rumours. (Fabrizio Romano)
Roma manager Jose Mourinho wants to bring Tottenham and France midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, 24, to the club. (Calciomercato via FourFourTwo)
Tottenham captain and France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, 34, has called for patience with manager Nuno Espirito Santo and to give him time to make things work at the club. (Evening Standard)
Real Madrid are interested in Inter Milan centre-back Alessandro Bastoni, although the Italy defender, 22, is currently valued at 60m euros (£51.7m). (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)
Real are also interested in signing Ivory Coast captain and former Tottenham right-back Serge Aurier, 28. (Star)
Real Betis have begun negotiations over a contract extension for in-form French forward Nabil Fekir, 28. (Marca – in Spanish)
Dutch amateur club HC’03 could be sanctioned after playing former Real Madrid and AC Milan striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar just four months after the 38-year-old’s last professional game for Schalke. (De Telegraaf – in Dutch)
PAPERTALK
DAILY EXPRESS
Allan Saint-Maximin is reportedly attracting interest from both Chelsea and Liverpool with both clubs looking to make their move next year.
Arsenal look set to continue their spending spree in the New Year with Edu reportedly eyeing three more deals in January.
DAILY STAR
Manchester United want to sign Kalvin Phillips from bitter rivals Leeds.
Granit Xhaka’s wife has posted to social media a picture of the injured Arsenal player wearing a knee brace.
Barcelona have reportedly received a ‘£1.2billion offer’ from a company in Dubai to help the club write off their massive debt.
Real Madrid are interested in signing former Tottenham flop Serge Aurier, according to reports in Spain.
Erling Haaland is said to have been ‘seduced’ by Real Madrid as Borussia Dortmund get ready to sell their star player during the summer transfer window in 2022.
Arsenal reportedly remain interested in signing Marco Asensio from Real Madrid after having a massive summer transfer bid turned down.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Joe Root is ‘desperate’ to face Australia but refuses to commit to Ashes as ECB player talks continue
THE SUN
Manchester United are reportedly in competition with rivals City in the race to prise Ghanaian starlet Mizak Asante away from Golden Kick SC.
Manchester United have snapped up highly-rated youngster Harrison Parker following his exit from Arsenal this summer.
DAILY MIRROR
Liverpool scouts have reportedly been tasked to attend Manchester United’s clash with Villarreal to watch Arnaut Danjuma as the club look for a successor for Sadio Mane.
