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Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, 28, ignored manger Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after being sent off in the 5-0 defeat by Liverpool on Sunday and the Frenchman has stalled contract negotiations over a new deal with the club. (Sun)
Man United have drawn up a four-man shortlist to replace under-fire manager Solskjaer, including Zinedine Zidane, Antonio Conte, Leicester’s Brendan Rodgers and Ajax boss Erik ten Hag. (Sun)

But Paris St-Germain’s Argentine boss Mauricio Pochettino, 49, remains Manchester United’s number one choice to replace Solskjaer. (Star)
Newcastle are willing to offer Ten Hag a salary of £6m-a-year after tax – totalling a gross wage of just over £11m-a-year – but the Dutchman, 51, is reluctant to leave Ajax. (Mail)
Newcastle have also not given up hope of luring back former boss Rafael Benitez, with the Spaniard, 61, now in charge at Everton. (Football Insider)
Former Roma boss Paulo Fonseca, 48, is prepared to accept the manager’s position at Newcastle, but the club’s new owners are still mulling over their decision. (Fabrizio Romano, via Chronicle)
Barcelona retain hope of securing Liverpool’s German manager Jurgen Klopp, 54, as a replacement for current boss Ronald Koeman. (Sport – in Spanish)
Arsenal are struggling to convince William Saliba that his future is at Emirates Stadium and could be forced to cash in on the French defender, 20, who is impressing on loan at Marseille. (Sun)
Arsenal are also preparing to compete with Manchester City to secure the signing of 29-year-old Spain defender Sergi Roberto from Barcelona on a free. (Fichajes, via talkSPORT)
Football agent Mino Raiola has been rejected by Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek after he approached the 24-year-old Dutch midfielder to be his new representative. (Mike Verweij, via Express)
Chelsea have been offered 22-year-old Netherlands defender Matthijs de Ligt as Juventus look to get him off their huge wage bill. (Goal, via Star)
Aston Villa, AC Milan and Bayer Leverkusen are among the clubs interested in River Plate’s Argentina forward Julian Alvarez, 21. (CalcioMercato – in Italian)
Barcelona have told French winger Ousmane Dembele, 24, he has one month to accept their latest offer to extend his contract, which expires next summer. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)
Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah, 29, wants a £500,000-a-week contract to stay with the Reds. (Football Insider)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is fighting to save his job as Manchester United manager and the 48-year-old Norwegian had already lost the faith of a number of his squad, even before Sunday’s 5-0 defeat against Liverpool. (ESPN)

Manchester United’s hierarchy are giving serious consideration to dismissing Solskjaer before their next game at Tottenham on Saturday. (Manchester Evening News)
Frenchman Zinedine Zidane is not keen on the top job at Old Trafford despite being out of work after leaving Real Madrid in May. The 49-year-old has his sights set on managing either Paris St-Germain or the France national team, but neither position is available. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)
Newcastle United have set their sights on signing Aston Villa and Zimbabwe midfielder Marvelous Nakamba, 27, in January. (Football Insider)
Former Newcastle and England Under-21 defender Ryan Taylor, 37, says the Magpies should approach Rangers boss Steven Gerrard, 41, about the managerial vacancy at St James’ Park. (Sky Sports)
Chelsea’s English defender Trevoh Chalobah, 22, is close to agreeing a new long-term contract after establishing himself in the first team this season. (Football.London)
Barcelona’s Dutch manager Ronald Koeman, 58, will find his position in danger if his side fail to win all their next three games. (Marca)
Netherlands midfielder Donny van de Beek has decided to change his agent as he seeks to leave Manchester United this winter, with Everton, Newcastle and Juventus interested in the 24-year-old. (Metro)
Chelsea’s contract talks with 25-year-old Denmark centre-half Andreas Christensen have stalled amid a two-month lack of contact between both parties over a new deal. (Goal)
Tottenham, Aston Villa and Everton are interested in signing Stoke City and Australia defender Harry Souttar, 23. (Football Insider)
Everton and West Ham are among those keen on signing Inter Milan’s Croatian winger Ivan Perisic, 32. However, there is also interest from Bundesliga clubs for the player. (Fichajes – in Spanish)
Newcastle United would have to produce an ‘exceptional and extraordinary’ offer to tempt Ajax boss Erik ten Hag to take over as manager. (Chronicle Live)

Angers midfielder Angelo Fulgini is attracting the interest of Premier League clubs after the 25-year-old Frenchman scored against Paris St-Germain last weekend. (Sun)
Brazilian full-back Marcelo has told Real Madrid that he will leave the club at the end of the season with Brazilian club Fluminese a likely destination for the 33-year-old. (El Nacional – in Catalan)
West Ham manager David Moyes has warned that any club would have to pay over £100m to stand any chance of signing England midfielder Declan Rice. (Sky Sports via Manchester Evening News)
Chelsea have made an enquiry over the availability of Porto winger Luis Diaz but Newcastle, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid have also contacted the 24-year-old’s representatives. (Nicolo Schira on Twitter)
French midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, 24, says a crisis meeting with chairman Daniel Levy saved his Tottenham Hotspur career. (Sun)
Talks between Paul Pogba and Manchester United over the French midfielder’s contract renewal have been put on hold until April by the 28-year-old’s agent Mino Raiola. (AS – in Spanish)
AC Milan have reached an impasse in contract talks with Ivorian midfielder Franck Kessie as the 24-year-old continues to be linked with top clubs across Europe. (Calcio Mercato – in Italian)
Chelsea centre-back Antonio Rudiger is tipped to leave Stamford Bridge next summer with the 28-year-old German linked with Juventus, Manchester City, Tottenham and Paris St-Germain. (Wettfreunde – in German)
Wolves skipper Conor Coady is on Newcastle’s wanted list for the January transfer window with the 28-year-old England defender likely to cost in the region of £20m. (Sun)
Meanwhile, former Netherlands winger Marc Overmars has opened talks with Newcastle about becoming their new director of football, a role he currently holds at Ajax. (Mirror)

Manchester United will do all they can to keep French midfielder Paul Pogba at Old Trafford with Real Madrid hoping to seal a free transfer for the 28-year-old at the end of the season. (AS – in Spanish)
However, Pogba will hope to start for Manchester United against Liverpool on Sunday and prove he is worth a new £350,000-a-week contract with the Old Trafford club. (Mail on Sunday)
Teenage FC Dallas striker Ricardo Pepi is attracting the interest of a number of Premier League clubs with Liverpool, Manchester United, Brentford and Brighton among those interested in the 18-year-old American. (Mirror)
Manager Brendan Rodgers has denied reports that Belgian midfielder Youri Tielemans has rejected a new contract at Leicester City with the 24-year-old attracting the interest of a number of clubs including Liverpool and Manchester United. (Mail)
Argentina forward Paulo Dybala, 27, has all but reached an agreement with Juventus over a new contract. (Calciomercato – in Italian)
Chelsea have been warned by Sevilla that the Spanish club will not sell star French defender Jules Kounde, 22, on the cheap. (Sun)
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is looking at Real Madrid’s Germany midfielder Toni Kroos with the 31-year-old’s current deal set to expire in 2023. (El Nacional – in Catalan)
Meanwhile, Manchester City are set to give Spain forward Ferran Torres, 21, a new deal which will run until 2027 with his salary rising to £100,000 per week. (Daily Star on Sunday)
Everton are leading the race to sign Jesse Lingard from Manchester United but the 28-year-old England midfielder is also wanted by West Ham and Newcastle. (Football Insider)
Atletico Madrid and Urguay striker Luis Suarez wants to stay at the club beyond the current season. The 34-year-old has scored five goals this term but his deal ends next summer. (Marca – in Spanish)
Ajax are keen to keep hold of Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch, who is attracting the interest of clubs including Liverpool, Manchester United, Barcelona and Juventus, and are working on a new deal for the 19-year-old. (Fichajes – in Spanish)
Former Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte would be “interested” in taking over at Manchester United if the Premier League club sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. (The Transfer Window Podcast via Star)
Former Roma boss Paulo Fonseca, 48, is set to be appointed Newcastle manager after ex-Chelsea boss Frank Lampard pulled out of the running to replace Steve Bruce at St James’ Park. (Mirror)
Everton are preparing to make a move for Inter Milan and Chile forward Alexis Sanchez, 32, with the former Arsenal and Manchester United forward free to leave the Italian club in January. (InterLive – in Italian)

Manchester United and Netherlands midfielder Donny van de Beek, 24, has asked his agent to secure him a move to Real Madrid. (Sun)
Chelsea will not exercise their £34m option to sign 26-year-old Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez on a permanent basis. The Spain international has struggled to make an impact since joining the Blues on loan in August. (La Razon – in Spanish)
Manchester United and Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, was ‘spoilt’ and ‘broke equality and humility rules’ at Juventus. (Mail)
English defender Chris Smalling, 31, could be one of several players to leave Roma in January. (Calciomercato – in Italian)
Leicester and France Under-21 defender Wesley Fofana, 20, is attracting interest from Manchester United and Newcastle. (But! Football Club via Sport Witness)
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will reject any offers to sell French striker Alexandre Lacazette, 30, in January, and will instead allow him to leave for free when his contract expires in the summer. (Sun)
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are increasingly confident of signing 28-year-old Germany centre-back Antonio Rudiger, whose contract talks with Chelsea having reached an impasse. (ESPN)
Rudiger’s priority is to stay with Chelsea, but the race for his signature ‘is open’. (Fabrizio Romano)
Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Newcastle are all interested in France winger Ousmane Dembele, 24, who is likely to leave Barcelona next summer. (90Min)
England midfielder Harry Winks, 25, has cast doubt over his Tottenham future after admitting that he is struggling to recapture his best form as a bit-part player under Nuno Espirito Santo. (Times – subscription required)
Newcastle captain and English defender Jamaal Lascelles, 27, says the players must take responsibility for Steve Bruce’s sacking. (Mail)
Manchester City are prepared to join Barcelona in the race to sign 21-year-old Brazil winger Antony from Ajax. (El Nacional – in Spanish)
West Ham and Southampton are interested in Sassuolo’s Serbian attacking midfielder Filip Djuricic, 29, who spent the second half of the 2014-15 season on loan at the Saints. (Calciomercato – in Italian)
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. (AS – in Spanish)
Manchester United and Chelsea are also interested in the Norway striker, who will demand more than £30m a year in wages. (ESPN)

Borussia Dortmund are angry that Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has openly talked about his club’s interest in signing Haaland. (Bild, via Mirror)
Newcastle United are interested in Porto and Colombia winger Luis Diaz, 24, and are preparing an offer to meet his release clause of 80m euros (£67.4m). (Sport TV, via Marca)
Everton want to sign Manchester United and England midfielder Jesse Lingard, 28, in January. (Football Insider)
Barcelona want to beat Real Madrid to the signing of 22-year-old PSG and France forward Kylian Mbappe, whose contract expires next summer. (AS – in Spanish)
Belgium winger Eden Hazard, 30, could leave Real Madrid next summer and move back to former club Chelsea.(El Nacional)
Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini says it would have been better if Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, left the club to join Manchester United earlier. (DAZN, via Goal)
Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek, 24, will not be going back to Ajax but there is a strong chance he will leave Old Trafford. (Fabrizio Romano)
United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the club did not receive a bid from Everton for Netherlands international Van de Beek, despite speculation. (RTL7, via Manchester Evening News)
Manchester United and Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes says the Old Trafford club’s players are behind Solskjaer and believe in the Norwegian. (TNT Sports, via Metro)
Liverpool, Manchester United and PSG offered Ansu Fati more money to join them before the 18-year-old Guinea-Bissau-born forward, a Spain international, committed to Barcelona. (Cope)
Former Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere, 29, is open to a move to Major League Soccer with Inter Miami. (Talksport)
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he was not worried 21-year-old English midfielder Emile Smith Rowe, who was the subject of two bids from Aston Villa in the summer, would leave the Gunners. (Metro)
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. (Sun)
Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele, is open to a move to Newcastle United when his contract runs out at the end of the season. The France international, 24, joined the Catalan club in a £117m deal in 2017. (Goal)
Newcastle held an interview with former Roma manager Paulo Fonseca on Wednesday as the 48-year-old Portuguese emerges as a leading candidate to replace Steve Bruce. (Mail)

Fonseca was first approached by representatives of Newcastle’s new owners in the summer and they have now reopened talks with him. (Telegraph – subscription required)
The Magpies’ new owners have not made a final decision, though, with Belgium boss Roberto Martinez, former Chelsea manager Frank Lampard, ex-Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre, Rangers’ Steven Gerrard and ex-Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe still being considered. (Guardian)
Newcastle are interested in signing 24-year-old England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin from Everton. (Telegraph – subscription required)
Chelsea are interested in signing Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, 21, from Borussia Dortmund, says Blues boss Thomas Tuchel. (Bild via Sun)
Manchester City are in the hunt for Fiorentina’s highly-rated Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic, 21. (Tuttosport via Manchester Evening News)
City and local rivals Manchester United are both considering challenging Barcelona in the race for 23-year-old RB Leipzig and Spain striker Dani Olmo. (Christian Falk on Twitter)
Leicester’s Belgian midfielder Youri Tielemans, 24, has turned down the offer of a contract extension, putting Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich on alert. (90 mins)
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti wants the La Liga club to bring Spain defender Sergio Reguilon back to the club by activating a buy-back clause in the deal which saw the Bernabeu outfit sell the 24-year-old to Tottenham. (El Nacional, via Mirror)
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer called his players to an emergency meeting on Monday after the 4-2 defeat by Leicester City, with his side responding by coming back from 2-0 down to beat Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday. (Times – subscription required)
Tottenham have joined a growing list of clubs – which includes Premier League rivals West Ham – monitoring 27-year-old Genk striker Paul Onuachu. The Belgian club want £20m for the 6ft 7in Nigeria international. (Mail)
Brighton are looking at Clermont’s Guinea striker Mohamed Bayo, 23, who is rated at £10m by the French Ligue 1 club and has been likened to Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku. (Argus)
Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes, 27, threatened to push through a transfer request after he heard Manchester United were one of 12 clubs that signed up to the proposed European Super League. (The Athletic)
Argentina forward Paulo Dybala, 27, is “very close” to signing a new contract with Italian giants Juventus, says the club’s vice-president Pavel Nedved. (Football Italia)
Sheffield United are still interested in signing Barcelona’s 22-year-old Spanish winger Alex Collado after failing to tie up a move in the summer. (Mundo Deportivo via Sport Witness)