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Newcastle are prepared to let Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, 26, join Barcelona or Real Madrid for less than his £100m release clause this summer. (Football Transfers)
Manchester United are interested in France international centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo, 24, but will have to pay Nice around £52m to sign him. (Caught Offside)
Manchester United and Chelsea are interested in 16-year-old Swedish striker Jonah Kusi-Asare who plays for AIK, but Bayern Munich are also interested. (HITC)
Meanwhile, Manchester United are laying the groundwork for a summer move for 18-year-old Belgium midfielder Arthur Vermeeren from Royal Antwerp. (Football Insider)
Juventus have spoken to England midfielder Jordan Henderson, 33, about a loan move from Al-Ettifaq. (Gianluca Di Marzio - in Italian)
Ajax are also making a major push to sign Henderson with the England international set for talks with his Saudi Arabian club over the weekend. (Standard)
Chelsea's England midfielder Cole Palmer, 21, asked his former club Manchester City's boss Pep Guardiola to leave on loan in the summer, but was told he could either stay or would be sold. (Mail)
Chelsea will not allow England midfielder Conor Gallagher, 23, to leave this month amid interest from Tottenham. (Sun)
Spurs are considering recalling French midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, 27, from his loan from Galatasaray because of the uncertainty around Gallagher. (Football Transfers)
It would require "ridiculous money" for Brazilian midfielder Joao Gomes, 22, to leave Wolves in January with Tottenham reportedly interested. (Mirror)
Napoli have made a bid to sign Bournemouth and Ivory Coast midfielder Hamed Traore, 23, on loan. (Fabrizio Romano)
Talks have been held with former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer over the Norwegian becoming Sweden national team manager. (Fotboll Skanalen - in Swedish)
Luton Town are interested in League One side Reading's English defenders Tom Holmes, 23, and Nelson Abbey, 20. (Mail)
Boss Steven Gerrard wants to bring Chelsea's 24-year-old French defender Malang Sarr to Al-Ettifaq in the January transfer window. (Football London)
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THE SUN
Tottenham are keen on signing Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes, according to reports.
Conor Gallagher is now "unlikely" to leave Chelsea this month - but Tottenham will not give up on signing the player.
Former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is the favourite to replace Stefano Pioli at AC Milan - according to Italian media.
Newcastle have reportedly lined up a stunning move for Argentina star Paolo Dybala.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Manchester City's senior players held a summit meeting last month to ensure no one played the "victim card" or made "excuses" in the wake of a poor run of results that threatened hopes of a fourth successive Premier League title.
DAILY MAIL
Chelsea footballer Ben Chilwell is selling his Surrey mansion because he wants more security for himself.
Brighton are poised to confirm the signing of Valentin Barco from Boca Juniors after he had a medical on Thursday.
West Brom are signing Andreas Weimann on loan from Bristol City in a deal that will see Taylor Gardner-Hickman go the other way on a permanent transfer.
Struggling Napoli are braced for offers for winger Khvicha Kvaratshkelia.
Manchester United defender Alvaro Fernandez is closing on a loan move to Benfica.
Aston Villa will allow Calum Chambers and Bertrand Traore to leave the club if they are able to find new employers.
Luton have asked Reading about the availability of defenders Nelson Abbey and Tom Holmes.
Real Madrid players and staff will share a bonus pot of £3m if they beat Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia.
EVENING STANDARD
Ajax are making a major push to sign Jordan Henderson on loan to cut short the midfielder's Saudi Arabia stint and save his Euro 2024 hopes.
Casey Stoney and Laura Harvey are the leading candidates to replace Chelsea manager Emma Hayes as the club begin to sound out candidates for the job.
DAILY MIRROR
Chelsea star Cole Palmer has opened up about his move to Stamford Bridge, revealing he never actually wanted to leave Manchester City in the first place.
Former Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has held talks with the Swedish FA about becoming their national head coach.
THE ATHLETIC
Jamaican international striker Dujuan Richards has completed his move to Chelsea from Phoenix Academy.
Watford are in advanced talks with Lorient about Imran Louza going on loan to the French club.
Marc Skinner says "everyone is welcome to their opinion" after a section of Manchester United fans chanted for him to leave the club during a mid-season friendly last week.
DAILY EXPRESS
Chelsea have reportedly sent one of their executives to Brazil to activate the release clause in 16-year-old Palmeiras star Estevao's contract.
Manchester United are leading the race to sign Atalanta defender Giorgio Scalvini according to reports in Italy.
THE TIMES
Chelsea are expected to name a female coach to replace Emma Hayes after senior players told the club that they would prefer to work with a woman.
The appointment of Martin Glenn as chairman of the elite referees body PGMOL is likely to accelerate the drive for more female match officials, and more from ethnic minorities.
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), which owns the Olympic Park and London Stadium, has had to include "contingent liabilities" in its annual accounts for possible future penalties from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and HMRC.
The new board at Yorkshire County Cricket Club is set to include Phillip Hodson as part of the Colin Graves takeover, if approved by members - but Hodson is also the frontrunner to be the new chairman of MCC.
Grigory Rodchenkov, the former Moscow anti-doping laboratory director who has been in hiding in the United States since he turned whistleblower about Russia's state doping programme, is to give evidence via video link at the trial of a senior Norwegian sports official.
Chelsea are likely to have to sign a forward this month if Christopher Nkunku does not return soon from his injury nightmare.
Emma Raducanu has urged darts sensation Luke Littler to be cautious of those around him and "take time to actually enjoy" his success at the World Championships.
DAILY RECORD
Hibernian will bank just under £1.2m from Josh Doig's imminent move to Marseille from Hellas Verona.
Outgoing chairman Jim McMahon insists he's not embarrassed by Motherwell's appeal for A-list investment as he rubbished claims the Steelmen have reached for the begging bowl.
SCOTTISH SUN
Nick Montgomery has revealed Hibs have cancelled a scheduled bounce game with Wolves in Dubai due to a lack of players.
UEFA has closed the investigation in allegations of racist abuse aimed at Aberdeen striker Pape Habib Gueye by supporters of PAOK Salonika.
C&H
West Ham may be on brink of moving defender
West Ham may be on the brink of moving defender Ben Johnson.
It’s been on cards for some months with talks on a new contract having broken down ago with David Moyes unimpressed with the player’s form.
West Ham may be on brink of moving defender
Johnson and his representatives have failed to moderate their demands on personal terms which Claret and Hugh understand to be the usually minimal terms of £60k a week.
It was thought that Everton were keen on the utility player but it now seems that Leeds United may be keen to offer him a temporary deal as they apparently see him as a possibly important addition to the squad.
He is of course now in the last few months of his current deal and is unlikely to cost much either in terms of a loan fee or permanent move.
It may not be the best idea to let him go in the current circumstances however as with injuries to defenders, Johnson has the versatility to cover at left and right back in particular.
However, according to The Athletic’s Phil Hay, Leeds are indeed interested because of precisely that and earlier in his career he also played in midfield.
The Hammers, however, seem determined to sell despite having allowed Thilo Kehrer, who could cover at right back, to depart for Monaco.
Standard
arrod Bowen injury: West Ham handed boost but Lucas Paqueta faces two months out amid push for signings
Hammers ramp up their transfer plans as David Moyes contends with absence of his entire first-choice attack
Malik Ouzia
West Ham are desperately seeking January transfer reinforcements as David Moyes faces a mounting injury crisis in attack.
While there is optimism that Jarrod Bowen’s ankle problem is not as serious as first feared, Lucas Paqueta is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines - possibly as long as two months - at a time when striker Michail Antonio is already out injured and Mohammed Kudus is away at the Africa Cup of Nations.
The Hammers had been hoping to sell players this month before strengthening their attack as they look to keep up their push for the European places, with the likes of Said Benrahma, Danny Ings and Pablo Fornals all up for sale.
With their entire first-choice attack currently out, however, the Hammers hierarchy are now urgently considering their options, with firm interest in Sunderland winger Jack Clarke and Ajax’s Steven Bergwijn.
Paqueta and Bowen were both injured during Sunday’s FA Cup third-round draw with Bristol City, which leaves David Moyes’s side facing a trip to Ashton Gate for a replay next week.
Bowen had to be helped off the pitch after suffering an ankle injury in the dying moments of the game and will not be available for that tie but there is hope that he may only miss one Premier League match, the visit to Sheffield United the following weekend.
Paqueta’s calf injury is of greater concern, though. The Brazilian limped off during the win over Arsenal late last month and lasted barely ten minutes on his return to the side against the Robins before suffering a reoccurrence. He is due to see a specialist, but West Ham fear he may be absent for as long as eight to ten weeks.
Kudus, who is himself nursing a hamstring problem that saw him sit out Ghana’s AFCON warm-up against Namibia on Monday, may not return until mid-February should the Black Stars go deep into the tournament, while Antonio has not featured since suffering a knee injury in November and suffered a setback in training last week that will rule him out for at least another month.
Centre-back Konstantinos Mavropanos also went off injured during the Bristol City game after an awkward landing, but has not suffered any lasting damage and is expected to be fit for next week’s replay.
Former Tottenham man Bergwijn has emerged as a possible solution this month, while Clarke is a long-term target, though it will take a substantial offer to convince Sunderland to sell their top-scorer midseason as they target a Championship play-off place.
Plans to send highly-rated academy forward Callum Marshall out on loan are now also set to be put on hold, despite the Under-21s exiting the EFL Trophy at Wycombe.
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