FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP:
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is leaving Liverpool – but faces a dilemma over his pending exit as he decides whether to go in January or depart as a free agent.
- Chelsea and Tottenham are eyeing a move for Leandro Trossard after the Belgium winger’s agent released a statement saying the 28-year-old wanted to leave Brighton.
- Manchester City are expected to push through a deal for Velez Sarsfield midfielder Maximo Perrone this week.
- Burnley are interested in signing 19-year-old Dutch defender Jenson Seelt from PSV Eindhoven and Sweden defender Hjalmar Ekdal, 23, from Djurgardens.
- Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay, 26, is not for sale this month despite Everton, Southampton, Leeds, West Ham and Leicester all expressing an interest in the Scotland international.
- Aston Villa‘s French full-back Frederic Guilbert, 28, is set to sign a permanent deal with Strasbourg, where he spent the second half of last season on loan.
- Wolves have agreed a deal to sign 21-year-old Brazilian midfielder Joao Gomes from Flamengo.
- Everton and Wolves are interested in 33-year-old Brazilian defender Felipe Monteiro, who has six months left on his contract at Atletico Madrid.
- Club Bruges have agreed a deal to sign England youth galkeeper Josef Bursik, 22, from Stoke.
- Chelsea have no intention of axing manager Graham Potter – despite their alarming run of form.
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- Newcastle are interested in signing 25-year-old Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves, who has 18 months left on his contract at Wolves.
- Chelsea are fully behind manager Graham Potter and are planning a mass clear-out of players if results do not improve.
- Nice have agreed a deal with Lorient for Nigeria forward Terem Moffi, 23, who has also been the subject of a bid from Southampton.
FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP
- Tottenham remain keen on signing Spain international Pedro Porro, 23, from Sporting Lisbon but need to sell one of their other senior right-backs – Ireland international Matt Doherty, 30, or 23-year-old Brazilian Emerson Royal – first.
- Arsenal are confident of completing the £80m signing of Mykhailo Mudryk, 22, from Shakhtar Donetsk in time for the Ukraine winger to make his debut against Manchester United next weekend.
- Oleksandr Zinchenko was effectively told off for being too passionate by the Football Association in the form of a letter, sent to Zinchenko in August as a result of his exuberant celebrations during Arsenal’s victory over Fulham.
- Manchester United have received serious takeover interest from the Middle East, Asia and America and are poised to invite formal bids from them by next month’s deadline. British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is also expected to bid for the club.
- Chelsea are in talks with PSV Eindhoven over a move for England U21 winger Noni Madueke, 20.
- Chelsea could sign France forward Marcus Thuram for as little as €10m (£8.86m) this month with 25-year-old’s Borussia Monchengladbach contract expiring at the end of the season.
- Liverpool met with Sofyan Amrabat‘s representatives to try and convince the Fiorentina midfielder to move to Anfield, but the 26-year-old Morocco international prefers a move to Atletico Madrid.
- Sturm Graz are in talks with Arsenal about the possibility of signing goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo on loan.
