Everton want to sign Manchester United and England midfielder Jesse Lingard, 28, in January. (Football Insider)
Former Everton boss Roberto Martinez is interested in returning to the Premier League to manage Newcastle, according to reports.(The sun)
Phil Neville is plotting a mass clear out at Inter Miami as the problems engulfing David Beckham’s club continue.(The sun)
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)
Liverpool’sMohamed Salah has been snapped with his agent Ramy Abbas Issa ahead of this weekend’s clash with Manchester United. (Daily mirror)
Liverpool will hold talks aimed at reducing the time their key players are away at the Africa Cup of Nations.(Daily mirror)
Borussia Dortmund are angry that Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has openly talked about his club’s interest in signing Haaland.(Bild, via Mirror)
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)
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)
Newcastle are to offer Paulo Fonseca £6m a season after he impressed Amanda Staveley in an interview.(The daily telegraph)
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. (The daily telegraph)
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)
Marc Overmars has emerged as a potential director of football at Newcastle United. (The times)
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)
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 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)
