Saturday’s Transfer Rumours: Conte, Sanchez, Van de Beek, Ronaldo, Saul, Fofana, Rudiger, Dembele

• Former Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte would be “interested” in taking over at Manchester United if the Premier League club sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. (The Transfer Window Podcast via Star)

 

 

• Manchester United and Netherlands midfielder Donny van de Beek, 24, has asked his agent to secure him a move to Real Madrid. (Sun)

 

• Chelsea will not exercise their £34m option to sign 26-year-old Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez on a permanent basis. The Spain international has struggled to make an impact since joining the Blues on loan in August. (La Razon – in Spanish)

 

• Manchester United and Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, was ‘spoilt’ and ‘broke equality and humility rules’ at Juventus. (Mail)

 

• English defender Chris Smalling, 31, could be one of several players to leave Roma in January. (Calciomercato – in Italian)

 

• Leicester and France Under-21 defender Wesley Fofana, 20, is attracting interest from Manchester United and Newcastle. (But! Football Club via Sport Witness)

 

• Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will reject any offers to sell French striker Alexandre Lacazette, 30, in January, and will instead allow him to leave for free when his contract expires in the summer. (Sun)

 

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• Cristiano Ronaldo gave his stunned team-mates the hairdryer treatment after they went 2-0 down against Atalanta. (The sun)

 

• Bruno Fernandes told Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to alter his tactics after Manchester United’s first-half horror show against Atalanta.  (The sun)

 

• Manchester United star Paul Pogba has launched the world’s first vegan and gender-neutral football boots.(The sun)

 

• Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are increasingly confident of signing 28-year-old Germany centre-back Antonio Rudiger, whose contract talks with Chelsea having reached an impasse. (ESPN)

 

• Rudiger’s priority is to stay with Chelsea, but the race for his signature ‘is open’. (Fabrizio Romano)

 

• Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Newcastle are all interested in France winger Ousmane Dembele, 24, who is likely to leave Barcelona next summer. (90Min)

 

• England midfielder Harry Winks, 25, has cast doubt over his Tottenham future after admitting that he is struggling to recapture his best form as a bit-part player under Nuno Espirito Santo. (Times – subscription required)

 

• Newcastle captain and English defender Jamaal Lascelles, 27, says the players must take responsibility for Steve Bruce’s sacking. (Mail)

 

• Manchester City are prepared to join Barcelona in the race to sign 21-year-old Brazil winger Antony from Ajax. (El Nacional – in Spanish)

 

• West Ham and Southampton are interested in Sassuolo‘s Serbian attacking midfielder Filip Djuricic, 29, who spent the second half of the 2014-15 season on loan at the Saints. (Calciomercato – in Italian)

 

• Antoine Griezmann has stepped up post-career plans to become a top agent after his company appointed former Manchester United striker Terry Gibson to give them a foothold in the Premier League.(Daily mail)

 

• Wolves star Pedro Neto will hold talks with the club doctor in Portugal next week with the winger no closer to returning from the knee injury that has kept him out since February.(Daily mail)