HEADLINES
Lukaku ‘is facing a month out with the ankle injury’
Man Utd fined £7,400 for Villarreal pitch invasion
Pogba discusses playing alongside Ronaldo at Man Utd
Barcelona plan to outbid Real Madrid for Mbappe
‘It would’ve been better if Ronaldo had left earlier’ – Chiellini
Lukaku’s injury doesn’t look as serious as Chelsea first feared
Real Madrid tipped to activate Sergio Reguilon buy-back clause
Bukayo Saka available for Arsenal’s game with Aston Villa
Nagelsmann tests positive for COVID-19 after missing Bayern win over Benfica
Fati admits he had offers to leave Barcelona before signing new contract
SPANISH PAPERS
Barcelona defender Jordi Alba is likely to miss El Clasico on Sunday through a hamstring injury, according to MARCA.
Real Madrid have received two injury boosts ahead of their Clásico clash with Barcelona this weekend at Camp Nou with Dani Carvajal and Eden Hazard returning to training with their teammates.
Prosecutors in Karim Benzema’s trial over an alleged attempt to blackmail former France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape have called for the Real Madrid player to be handed a 10-month suspended sentence and a €75,000 (£63,194) fine. The verdict will be announced today.
Barcelona want Ousmane Dembélé to sign a new deal and will do their best over the coming days to convince the French winger to stay at Camp Nou. His contract expires in June 2022.
Ansu Fati rejected Manchester United, Liverpool, and PSG in order to sign his contract renewal with Barcelona. The three clubs offered him a lot more money than Barça.
Ansu Fati will earn almost 50 million euros gross over the next five years, according to Mundo Deportivo.
Barcelona have entered the race to sign Kylian Mbappé on a free transfer next summer. The Catalan club are willing to offer the player a €90m signing on fee.
FRENCH PAPERS
Ronaldinho tips Kylian Mbappé to win the Ballon d’Or in the future: “He’s very young but he’s already had a great career.”
GERMAN PAPERS
Bayern Munich head coach Julian Nagelsmann has tested positive for coronavirus following his side’s Champions League Group E victory over Benfica on Wednesday night.
5 (unnamed) Bayern players in the squad are still unvaccinated – These players have to provide negative tests in order to avoid quarantine.
ITALIAN PAPERS
Jose Mourinho believes that Bodo/Glimt’s line-up yesterday was better than the team he set out in Norway, following Roma’s 6-1 loss away home.
Roma players went over to apologise to the furious 400 Roma fans who travelled to Norway for their 6-1 Europa Conference League defeat to Bodo/Glimt.
Paulo Dybala is back in training for Juventus and could potentially make his comeback on Sunday against Inter Milan.
Giorgio Chiellini has told DAZN that Cristiano Ronaldo should’ve left for Man Utd earlier as it would have allowed Juventus more time to rebuild.
The agent of Lorenzo Insigne met Inter recently and Napoli are struggling to get a positive response in their quest to hand him a new deal, report La Gazzetta dello Sport.
There have already been 24,000 tickets sold in three days for the crucial 2022 World Cup qualifier between Italy and Switzerland.
BRITISH EXPRESS
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
Marcus Rashford is optimistic of being fit for Manchester United’s crunch clash against Liverpool on Sunday following treatment on dead leg sustained in their comeback win over Atalanta.
Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek will not be going back to Ajax but there is a strong chance he will leave Old Trafford.
United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the club did not receive a bid from Everton for Netherlands international Van de Beek, despite speculation.
Manchester United have been fined €8,375 by UEFA after fans threw objects and invaded the pitch in the game against Villarreal on September 29.
Paul Pogba’s £300,000 Rolls Royce was nearly smashed by a fallen tree on Wednesday night as fierce winds continue to hit Greater Manchester this week.
Everton want to sign Manchester United and England midfielder Jesse Lingard in January.
LONDON EVENING STANDARD
Newcastle’s Saudi-led owners are considering plans to sell naming rights to St James’ Park – but would only do so with the consent of supporters. This comes after Saudi Arabia’s finance minister, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, spoke of the club becoming a ‘serious competitor’ in the Premier League.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has stressed that he remains happy at Old Trafford, particularly now that he gets to play alongside Cristiano Ronaldo.
Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini says it would have been better if Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo left the club to join Manchester United earlier.
DAILY MIRROR
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has been snapped with his agent Ramy Abbas Issa ahead of this weekend’s clash with Manchester United.
Liverpool will hold talks aimed at reducing the time their key players are away at the Africa Cup of Nations.
The Versailles prosecutor’s office has requested a 10-month suspended prison sentence and €75k (£63k) fine for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema on charges of complicity in blackmail.
DAILY MAIL
Real Madrid are set to miss out on Borussia Dortmund forward Erling Braut Haaland, with Manchester City, Paris St-Germain or Bayern Munich the most likely destinations for the 21-year-old.
Manchester United and Chelsea are also interested in the Norway striker, who will demand more than £30m a year in wages.
THE SUN
Former Everton boss Roberto Martinez is interested in returning to the Premier League to manage Newcastle, according to reports.
Former Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere is open to a move to Major League Soccer with Inter Miami.
Arsenal have denied they have officially signed a four-year-old who became an Instagram sensation and instead say the kid dubbed ‘Little Messi’ is playing at one of their development centres.
THE TIMES
Newcastle are to offer Paulo Fonseca £6m a season after he impressed Amanda Staveley in an interview.
Marc Overmars has emerged as a potential director of football at Newcastle United.
Romelu Lukaku is expected to be sidelined until at least the international break next month after twisting his ankle in Chelsea’s 4-0 Champions League win over Malmo.
LIVERPOOL ECHO
Jurgen Klopp is reportedly putting pressure on Liverpool to give in to Mohamed Salah’s contract demands as the club look to sign the forward to a new contract.
Liverpool are set to hold talks aimed at reducing the time their key players are away at the Africa Cup of Nations as Jurgen Klopp faces life without Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.
FOOTBALL LONDON
Chelsea fear Romelu Lukaku will not be able to play again before the next international break with the striker expected to miss at least two to three weeks with the ankle injury he suffered against Malmo.
Erling Haaland will expect to earn more than £500,000 per week at a new club if he leaves Borussia Dortmund in the summer. The Norwegian appears likely to leave the Bundesliga ahead of next summer due to a £64million release clause in his current deal.
Borussia Dortmund are angry that Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has openly talked about his club’s interest in signing Haaland.
