PSG are interested in 28-year-old Germany defender Antonio Rudiger, who has less than a year left on his Chelsea contract. (Le10Sport – in French)
Manchester United have been handed a massive boost ahead of their next Premier League fixture with Jadon Sancho pictured back in training. (Daily Star)
Lionel Messi insisted his Paris St-Germain contract include a clause that sees the 34-year-old’s international duties with Argentina take precedence over playing for the Ligue 1 side ahead of next year’s World Cup in Qatar. (Sport – in Spanish)
former Arsenal player, Mesut Ozil, is attracting interest from clubs in the MLS and Qatar with the German midfielder, 32, having fallen out of favour at Fenerbahce. (AS – in Spanish)
Dillian Whyte has demanded two-time world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury stops dodging him and agrees to fight in December.(Daily Star)
Manchester United have identified West Ham’s England international Declan Rice, 22, as their first-choice midfield target in next summer’s transfer window. (Manchester Evening News)
Real Madrid will target Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 33, if they fail to sign 21-year-old Norway forward Erling Braut Haaland from Borussia Dortmund next summer. (AS – in Spanish)
Real Madrid and a number of top Premier League teams are keeping close tabs on Fulham’sFabio Carvalho, 19. The Portugal-born attacker, who has six caps for England Under-18s, has less than a year left on his contract at Craven Cottage. (Mail)
Borussia Dortmund have agreed a new contract with England midfielder Jude Bellingham and have no plans to sell the 18-year-old next summer, despite interest from Premier League clubs. (90Min)
Gareth Southgate will go into the final year of his contract as England manager before discussing a new deal.(The Daily Telegraph)
Kurt Zouma has become West Ham’s highest-earner following his move to the London Stadium with Declan Rice yet to agree a new deal at the club.(Daily Mail)
Tottenham were handed another fitness issue to contend with ahead of their clash against Crystal Palace on Saturday after midfielder Oliver Skipp hobbled out of England U21s’ win over Kosovo on Tuesday night.(Daily Mail)
Marc Overmars has poured cold water over talks linking him with a return to his former side Arsenal by insisting he is happy to remain at Ajax, where he is currently the Dutch team’s technical director.(Daily Mirror)
The government is considering relaxing its red list restrictions for Premier League footballers in a bid to ease the game’s escalating club versus country crisis.(The Daily Telegraph)
The Premier League is hopeful the 11 players banned from playing this weekend after failing to appear for their international sides will be allowed to take to the field – and should that not be the case they are ready to take the fight to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.(Daily Mail)
England now lead the group by four points ahead of Albania, and will face Andorra away followed by Hungary at home in their qualifiers in October.
Harry Kane has revealed an incident involving England defender Harry Maguire and Poland’s Kamil Glik has been reported to the Football Association.(Daily Express)
Barcelona will be forced to pay Liverpool a 20m euro (£17.1m) bonus if Brazil playmaker Philippe Coutinho makes over 100 appearances for the La Liga side. The 29-year-old has played 90 games for Barca since joining them from the Reds in January 2018. (Sport – in Spanish)
Timo Werner could be in line for a reunion with former RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann – now of Bayern Munich, as talk of a potential exit from Chelsea continues.(Daily Mirror)
Leicester midfielder Nampalys Mendy’s loan move to Galatasaray has fallen through because the 29-year-old Senegal international cannot reach Istanbul before the Turkish transfer deadline. (Foot Mercato via Get French Football News)
Paul Pogba has sung the praises of his fellow countryman Aurelien Tchouameni – who just so happens to be a transfer target for Manchester United.(Daily Mirror)
Ronald Koeman has raised eyebrows by declaring Barcelona have a better pressing and structure now Lionel Messi has departed the club.(Daily Mirror)
Franck Kessie could leave AC Milan in January after the Ivory Coast midfielder, 24, rejected the Serie A club’s latest contract offer worth 6.5m euro (£5.9m) a year. (Tuttosport – in Italian)
Liverpool are among the clubs interested in Kessie, although Milan may seek a swap deal, with the Premier League club’s Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara, 30, moving to the San Siro. (Il Milanista – in Italian)
Former Arsenal defender David Luiz, 34, is eyeing a return to his native Brazil after snubbing interest from Marseille. (Le10Sport – in French)
Manchester United supporters will be able to attend Cristiano Ronaldo’s first Champions League match following his return to the club after Young Boys agreed to alter Covid regulations for next week’s match in Switzerland(The Times)
Rangers’ Ianis Hagi has avoided a nightmare 20 days in isolation and the Romanian could even be available for next Thursday’s Europa League tie against Lyon at Ibrox.(The Scottish Sun)
