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Paper Talk
DAILY MIRROR
Steve McClaren is ready to launch a January move for Andy Carroll and rescue the former Newcastle striker from two injury-ravaged years at West Ham.
Chelsea eye Gonzalo Higuain transfer to replace goal-shy striker Diego Costa who has been one of the biggest disappointments in the champions dismal season.
PSG still want Arsene Wenger but Arsenal boss insists Gunners would have to sack him first.
Arsenal lead the transfer chase for Dean Windass' Accrington starlet son Josh with Brighton, Fulham, Hull and Portsmouth also tracking the 21-year-old.
THE SUN
Cristiano Ronaldo has backed Manchester United to win the Premier League title as his agent ruled out an Old Trafford return for the Real Madrid star.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is in the frame for BOTH the QPR and Fulham jobs.
Arsenal are favourites to sign £1m-rated Accrington Stanley midfielder Josh Windass.
DAILY STAR
Manager Garry Monk has been given more time to turn things around by Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins.
Arsene Wenger has received a glimmer of hope in the long-running battle to sign Real Madrid winger Jese Rodriguez, but has suffered a knockout blow in his pursuit of Napoli forward Gonzalo Higuain.
Bournemouth are plotting a January raid for QPR striker Charlie Austin after confirming an American billionaire has bought a 25 per cent stake in the club.
DAILY MAIL
Former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has been linked with Fulham, QPR and Charlton after he was spotted in London on Monday dressed in a suit and a tie.
Manchester United want to add a winger to their squad in January as Louis van Gaal looks to solve their goalscoring problems. Lazio's Felipe Anderson, Sadio Mane at Southampton, Riyad Mahrez at Leicester and Anwar El Ghazi of Ajax are among the names to have been discussed.
Mumbai City player-manager Nicolas Anelka has parted ways with assistant Oscar Bruzon after an apparent falling out during the build-up to the draw with the Delhi Dynamos.
Charles N'Zogbia has been given the chance to save his Aston Villa career by new manager Remi Garde.
Manchester City have shown an interest in Black Stars teenage forward Aly Malle.
DAILY EXPRESS
Galatasaray are keen on signing Arsenal winger Joel Campbell in January.
Chelsea are looking at Javier Hernandez and Paco Alcacer as possible transfer targets.
Liverpool are the hot favourites to sign Borussia Dortmund star Marco Reus.
Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce has been given the green light to sign two defenders in bid to avoid the drop.
THE GUARDIAN
Tony Fernandes and his fellow Queens Park Rangers owners have written off the £180m loans they made to the club in the years since taking over, but not as a precursor to selling the club, according to club sources.
Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United are among clubs monitoring the progress of the Denmark Under-19s striker Emre Mor who is expected to leave Danish Superliga club Nordsjaelland in January.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Manchester United are interested in signing Newcastle United striker Ayoze Perez and could bid for the Spaniard in January.
Roy Hodgson begins his preparations for Euro 2016 this week with more than a quarter of the Premier League's 142 English players unavailable for international selection because of injury.
BBC
Chelsea are considering a summer move for Napoli and Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain, putting the future of current Blues forward Diego Costa, also 27, in doubt. (Daily Mirror)
The champions could make a January move for former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez, 27, who moved to Bayern Leverkusen in the summer. (ESPN)
Patrick Vieira could be in line to succeed Manuel Pellegrini as Manchester City manager should he prove a success in his new job after leaving his role as the Premier League club's Under-21 coach to become boss of Major League Soccer side New York City. (Times - subscription required)
Manchester United want to sign Newcastle United striker Ayoze Perez, 22, and could bid for the Spaniard in January. (Telegraph)
However, Tottenham are also keen to sign £12m-rated Perez, whom they enquired about over the summer. (Daily Star)
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal also wants a winger, and is interested in Lazio's Felipe Anderson, 22, Sadio Mane, 23, at Southampton, 24-year-old Riyad Mahrez at Leicester and Anwar El Ghazi, 20, of Ajax. (Daily Mail)
Three-time world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo "loves Manchester United" but will finish his career at current club Real Madrid, according to his agent Jorge Mendes. (Marca)
Liverpool will sign former AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato, 26, in January, according to the president of his current club Corinthians. (Tutto Mercato Web, via Independent)
Newcastle want to bring back West Ham striker Andy Carroll, 26, to help their relegation battle. (Daily Mirror)
Swansea manager Garry Monk has been given more time to turn around results after crisis talks with chairman Huw Jenkins. (Daily Star)
However, Monk has been told to hire an experienced coach to assist him or face losing his job. (Daily Telegraph)
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce has been given the go-ahead to sign two defenders to help his side in their battle against relegation, with West Ham's James Collins, 32, and Olympiakos' French left-back Arthur Masuaku, 22, high on his wanted list. (Daily Express)
Arsenal are favourites to sign £1m-valued 21-year-old Accrington Stanley midfielder Josh Windass, son of former Hull forward Dean. (Sun - subscription required)
Gunners forward Joel Campbell, 23, says he sees his long-term future at the Emirates, despite being linked with a move away over the summer. (International Business Times)
But Arsenal full-back Mathieu Debuchy, 30, is considering his own future at the club after dropping down the pecking order following the emergence of Hector Bellerin. (Sun - subscription required)
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has asked the club's transfer committee to make a formal approach for Barcelona winger Cristian Tello, 24, who is on loan at Porto. (Fichajes, via Daily Star)
French winger Charles N'Zogbia, 29, has been given the chance to save his Aston Villa career by new manager Remi Garde, days after the Premier League strugglers were working on a deal to end his contract. (Guardian)
Manchester City have expressed interest in Black Stars forward Aly Malle, 17, who impressed for Mali at the Under-17 World Cup. (Daily Mail)
QPR owner Tony Fernandes has written off the £180m loans made to the club, but not with the intention of selling the Championship club. (Guardian)
Best of social media
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero tweeted a picture of himself back in training, followed by a snap of him in a recovery chamber, as he makes his way back to fitness from a hamstring injury.
One-time Spain striker Michu tweeted he will "always be a jack" alongside a video of his best moments at Swansea after leaving the club.
Wolfsburg's Brazil defender Dante has revealed he would like to play for Chelsea during a Q&A on Fifa's official Twitter account.
Ex-Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is spotted by Twitter users wearing a suit on the London Underground, prompting speculation he could be set for a job interview.
Manchester United and England defender Phil Jones has been DJing with BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra presenter Charlie Sloth.
And finally
Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney got in on the action at a WWE event in Manchester by slapping Wade Barrett in the face after the Lancashire-born wrestler mocked the 30-year-old England international and his club. (Talksport)
United manager Louis van Gaal put on an Irish accent and recorded a video message to a GAA team at the request of a fan outside Old Trafford. (Irish Independent)
Former footballer Kieron Dyer has been spotted arriving at Brisbane Airport and is being linked with an appearance on reality TV show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! (Times - subscription needed)
A sportswear firm is set to put on sale "revolutionary" football boots with a square toe. (Sun - subscription required)
Guardian Rumour Mill
Paul Doyle
Today’s. Mill. Is. A. Tribute. To. Louis. Van. Gaal. It. Is. Going. To. Be. Gruelling. Flipping. Reading. If. It. Continues. Like. This. But. Don’t worry. Because it won’t. Things will soon flow much quicker and smoother. There will be pace and pizzazz. At Old Trafford. Because Manchester United are getting the money together to give the manager what he wants in January. Now don’t get things wrong: the Mill is not saying that the harrowing style of football inflicted by Van Gaal so far this season has been part of a plot to extort more money for transfers; the Mill is merely noting that the club has reportedly reached the decision to take its spending under the Dutchman even farther beyond the quarter of a billion pound mark and is confident that if it does so, United will eventually overtake Leicester City.
And what’s the best way to overtake Leicester City? Well, by taking them over. United are not quite going to go that far, but they are said to be contemplating bids for the club’s two outstanding players of the season, magical winger Riyadh Mahrez and the Premier League top scorer/England utility man, Jamie Vardy. But United are also looking at other players who could liven up their wing play, including Southampton’s Sadio Mané, Lazio’s Felipe Anderson and Anwar EL Ghazi of Ajax.
Another centre-forward is also on United’s wish list just in case Wayne Rooney’s performances ever fall below the stratospheric level at which Van Gaal maintains he always plays, and something tells the Manchester club that Newcastle’s Mike Ashley would be willing to sell Ayoze Pérez, or almost anyone else, come to think of it.
But the Newcastle manager and director Steve McClaren has a cunning plan for partnering or possibly replacing Perez: repatriating Andy Carroll to Geordieland. It might just work you know.
Chelsea are still reeling from shock of not being able to turn around the fortunes of Radamel Falcao following his hapless stint at United, but they remain undeterred. And with Diego Costa not looking very dangerous this season, at least not in terms of goalscoring, the Premier League strugglers are considering making a move in January for Javier Hernández, the former United striker now at Bayer Leverkusen.
Now, what is the first thing that comes to mind when the Mill says Windass? Well banish that thought because that’s not what we’re going to talk about this time. Yes, rather than Dean, we’re talking about his son, Josh Windass, the Accrington Stanley midfielder whose beauty Arsène Wenger is thinking about guiding towards fulfilment, or something.*
Meanwhile, Jürgen Klopp has genuflected before his club’s revered transfer committee and beseeched them to try to sign ... oh, come on, Liverpool fans, don’t leave before the sentence is even finished! All we’re were saying is, Klopp wants Liverpool to nab Barcelona winger Cristian Tello, presently on loan at Porto.
You can go now. All you’ll miss is word that Manchester City are interested in Aly Malle, the 17-year-old Malian forward who plays for AS Black Stars and has been on a trial with Cologne.
Mirror
Newcastle plot Andy Carroll transfer home after West Ham striker's 2 injury-ravaged years in London
By Darren Lewis
Geordie frontman sold to Liverpool for £35million in January 2011 is not a first-choice at the Hammers and is wanted back at St James' Park
Newcastle manager Steve McClaren is ready to launch a January move for Andy Carroll.
The popular West Ham striker is not first choice at Upton Park and McClaren wants him back at St James’ Park to spearhead the Magpies’ climb up the table.
Carroll, 26, was sold by Newcastle to Liverpool for £35million in January 2011 and then on to West Ham for £15million two years later.
The luckless frontman has had two injury-ravaged years in east London but remains hugely popular and continues to be a valued member of the squad.
He came off the bench last month to head the dramatic late winner in the game against Chelsea.
He was left out of the current England squad, but openly admits he is targeting a return.
Newcastle snatched only their second Premier League win of the season on Saturday with victory at Bournemouth.
They currently sit 17th, two points off the bottom three.
West Ham are keen to keep Carroll to ensure they are well stocked for strikers going into the second half of the season.
They want to prevent a repeat of last term, when a lack of depth up front wrecked their hopes of finishing in the top half of the table.
Slaven Bilic's side were held at the weekend in a 1-1 draw with Everton but remain sixth in the table.
C&H
The Payet ‘mystery’
Dimi Payet’s devastating injury has left some unanswered questions in its wake.
The James McCarthy ‘assault’ on our top player happened in the 33rd minute and it was seven minutes later or so that his inability to hold onto the ball which led to Lukaku for Everton’s equaliser. The two events are not unconnected.
We have learned since of course that he has a terrible injury yet he continued to play on until half time and even appeared after the break before finally disappearing for treatment.
He appeared to be in little pain as he walked off unaided and those closer to the action claim he watched the rest of the game from the dug-out.
Much later, he appeared in a surgical boot and the news was that it’s a three month lay off with surgery required to sort out the issue.
The mystery of why he was allowed to play on to beyond half time is bizarre and we trust at some stage we will be told why that happened.
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