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BBC
Real Madrid are keeping an eye on Everton and England Under-21 centre back Jarrad Branthwaite, 21. (Mail)
Everton and Belgium midfielder Amadou Onana, 22, is keen on a move to Arsenal. (Sacha Tavolieri)
Manchester United have also opened talks with Onana. (Football Transfers)
United and Aston Villa are interested in signing 23-year-old Canadian forward Jonathan David from Lille. (Football Transfers)
Liverpool's 21-year-old Portuguese midfielder Fabio Carvalho is set to join Championship side Hull City on loan for the remainder of the season. (Athletic - subscription required)
Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq do not want to lose England midfielder Jordan Henderson, 33, this month and are yet to receive a formal or informal offer. (Ben Jacobs)
Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen have been offered the chance to sign Henderson. (Talksport)
Talks are continuing between Manchester City and Newcastle over the signing of England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, 28. (Rudy Galetti)
West Ham will explore a move for former Tottenham forward Steven Bergwijn, 26, who now plays for Ajax. (Evening Standard)
Wolves are interested in Paris St-Germain's French forward Hugo Ekitike, 21. (L'Equipe - in French)
PSV Eindhoven and LA Galaxy have expressed an interest in signing Uruguay forward Facundo Pellistri, 22, from Manchester United. (Daily Mail)
Borussia Dortmund have agreed a deal to sign Ian Maatsen on loan from Chelsea with the 21-year-old Netherlands Under-21 left-back set to have a medical on Tuesday. (Fabrizio Romano)
Brighton are set to trigger a 10m euros (£8.59m) release clause to sign 19-year-old Argentine left-back Valentin Barco from Boca Juniors. (Fabrizio Romano)
Bayern Munich have joined Tottenham in the race to sign Romania defender Radu Dragusin, 21, from Genoa. (GSP - in Romanian)
English right-back Djed Spence, 23, is training with the Tottenham Under-21s and looks set to go back out on loan after returning from Leeds earlier in the window. (Football London)
AC Milan are interested in Hellas Verona's 23-year-old Belgian forward Cyril Ngonge, who has also been linked with Aston Villa. (Tutto Mercato)
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DAILY RECORD
Celtic have been floated as a potential destination for Jordan Henderson as he looks to escape the Saudi Pro League.
Manchester United are closing in on a deal to sign Queen's Park 'keeper Callan McKenna.
Serie A side Lecce are exploring the possibility of landing Celtic defender Gustaf Lagerbielke on loan - according to a report from Italy.
Tiger Woods has announced that he is splitting from Nike after 27 years and about $500m (£392m) in sponsorship deals.
Colin Graves, who was Yorkshire's chairman during much of the period covering their racism scandal, is poised to secure a new takeover this week with the club only a month away from going bust.
DAILY MAIL
Everton centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite is on Real Madrid's radar ahead of a potential summer move.
Arsenal have missed out in the race for highly-rated Croatia teen forward Dino Klapija.
Wolfsburg's teenage centre-back David Odogu is attracting interest from Arsenal, Brentford, Chelsea, and Leicester City.
Wolves striker Sasa Kalajdzic believes he still has unfinished business in the Premier League despite signing on loan with Eintracht Frankfurt.
Bayern, meanwhile, have also taken soundings regarding Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo who is out of contract in the summer.
Grimsby Town are mourning the shocking and devastating death of Cameron Walsh, a 'cherished member of their youth team'. The club announced on Monday evening that the 16-year-old boy had died alongside his dad Dave on Saturday in a 'tragic incident'.
A new report suggests that Jose Mourinho is considering his future as Roma manager, with his current deal set to expire in the summer.
Mohamed Salah's agent has responded to a report from March 2023 claiming that his client was keen for a move to Spain. Salah's agent has refuted claims from last year that the forward is keen on a move, which raises questions over the timing.
Erik ten Hag has issued a warning to Manchester United's transfer targets by saying it is easier to play for 'almost any other team'.
Manchester United are expected to hold further talks over a new contract for full-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka in the coming days.
DAILY STAR
Northumbria Police have launched an investigation into a vile tweet about Gary Speed after Newcastle dumped Sunderland out of the FA Cup.
Mohamed Salah missed a penalty for Egypt in their AFCON warm-up game to extend his miserable penalty record.
DAILY MIRROR
An Arsenal transfer has been leaked as a deleted photo shows a USA star set to complete a deal. The Gunners have been linked with USWNT defender Emily Fox and fans of the club were provided with an unforeseen gift by the photography website.
"Angry" Borussia Dortmund icon Marco Reus has denied leading a players' coup against struggling manager Edin Terzic.
THE SUN
Manchester United have drawn up a four-man shortlist for their new director of football role, according to reports. Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Dave Brailsford are set to restructure how the Red Devils run the football side of the business.
VAR will not be used in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, it has been confirmed.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Sunil Gavaskar has defended India's preparation of pitches and hit out at the "whingeing and moaning" about them with England's Test tour just weeks away.
Nottingham Forest and Everton will find out on Monday January 15 whether they will face new Premier League charges for breaching financial regulations
THE GUARDIAN
Michail Antonio could be out for six weeks with his latest knee injury, which in turn may force West Ham to alter their transfer plans this month.
SCOTTISH SUN
Serie A Bologna are in talks with Celtic about signing youngster Rocco Vata. The Italian side have been monitoring the son of former Celtic defender Rudi.
Alfredo Morelos has agreed to take a drastic 50 per cent pay cut to stay and try and help Santos return to the top flight in Brazil.
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Michael Butler
Cardiff, Stourbridge and now … Carlisle? Real Madrid have had a decent run with British players in the recent past, and now it seems they are targeting another. Jarrad Branthwaite, hailing from the latter remote Cumbrian city, is the latest to be linked with a sensational move to the Bernabéu after this season’s performances for Everton.
Branthwaite is no stranger to a continental move, impressing on loan at PSV last season, so much so that his then manager, Ruud van Nistelrooy, called him a “complete’ centre back. Standing at 6ft5in, speedy and with as much aggression as Martin Keown rushing to laugh in the face of a certain former Manchester United striker, Branthwaite has been scouted by a number of top European clubs this campaign. Carlo Ancelotti was actually the manager to bring him to Everton from Carlisle four years ago – perhaps that will be the factor to swing it in Real Madrid’s favour. Also maybe because they are the most successful club in European history.
Uh oh, here comes another Brighton wonderkid. The Seagulls are set to trigger a reported £8.5m release clause to sign 19-year-old Boca Juniors left-back Valentín Barco, who featured in the Guardian’s NextGen series, back in 2021. Barco is hard to miss, with a head of fiery ginger hair and lovely left foot, and has previously stated that it is his “dream to play in Europe”. Even Boca legend Juan Román Riquelme is a fan: “He does everything well. He’s got so much skill, he strikes the ball so well and he’s growing alongside the bigger stars at the club”.
Genoa’s Radu Dragusin looked like he was on his way to Tottenham for £25m until Bayern Munich screeched into the view in the rear-view mirror. After the whole Harry Kane saga, Spurs must be sick of the sight of the German giants but although Tottenham are still in the driving seat, they will hope to finalise the transfer in the next 48 hours. In a strange development, Dragusin arrival at Spurs could then pave the way for Eric Dier to join Bayern, but there are few faxes to be sent before that one becomes a reality.
Ajax are no longer in the Eredivisie relegation zone, but still have around half the points of the Dutch leaders, PSV. Knocked out of their Europa League group, Ajax are still having a tough season and their captain, Steven Bergwijn, is wanted by West Ham, who are short of offensive options following injuries to Michail Antonio, Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paquetá. Bergwijn would not come cheap though, and Ajax would likely want an improvement on the £26.5m they paid Tottenham in 2022.
Wolves are targeting PSG’s Hugo Ekitike, who has not played a first-team match since August. Ekitike was highly rated when PSG bought the then 20-year-old from Reims back in 2022 for €35m, but the subsequent arrivals of Gonçalo Ramos, Randal Kolo Muani, Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola has seen him falling down the pecking order in Paris.
Elsewhere, Aston Villa are keen on Lille and Canada striker Jonathan David, while RB Leipzig are set to beat Arsenal to the signature of Croatia teen forward Dino Klapija.
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