Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, 23, is wanted by Real
Madrid as the replacement for captain and Bernabeu icon Iker
Casillas, 33. (Daily Mirror)
Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil, 25, wants to leave Arsenal in
January – with the club willing to sell him to Bayern Munich for
£30m. (Daily Mail)
Midfielder Juan Mata’s days at Manchester United could be
numbered with manager Louis van Gaal looking to use the Spaniard
as part of a deal to sign Arturo Vidal, 27, from Juventus. (Daily
Star)
Tottenham are watching Toulouse’s prolific £5m-rated goalscorer
Wissam Ben Yedder, 24, with new boss Mauricio Pochettino
underwhelmed by Roberto Soldado, 29, and Emmanuel Adebayor,
30. (Daily Mirror)
Newcastle will be offered the chance to re-sign England striker
Andy Carroll, 25, in January for as little as £6m after an injury-hit
spell at West Ham. (Newcastle Chronicle)
Liverpool are considering a move for Benfica’s 20-year-old
Portuguese midfielder Fabio Sturgeon – who is eligible to play for
England, where his father was born. (Daily Mirror)
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants to keep striker Lukas
Podolski, 29, amid reports that he is ready to leave. (Daily
Express)
Newcastle winger Shane Ferguson, 23, wants a loan move after
failing to get any games at St James’ Park this season. (Shields
Gazette)
OTHER GOSSIP
Goalkeeper Joe Hart was voted man of the match on an online poll
for the second game running – despite barely touching the ball in
England’s 1-0 win in Estonia. (Daily Mail)
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has apologised for his part in last
weekend’s touchline confrontation with Chelsea boss Jose
Mourinho – but insists he was provoked. (Guardian)
Mourinho says he has rejected two offers to take charge at Paris
St-Germain – and that he was first choice for the job before Carlo
Ancelotti’s appointment in December 2011. (Sun – subscription
required)
Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois has defended the club’s treatment
of his head injury during their 2-0 win over Arsenal – insisting he
was not knocked unconscious. (Daily Telegraph)
West Brom forward Saido Berahino, 21, says England’s under-21
players are prepared for the possibility of racial intimidation when
they play their European Championship qualifying play-off second
leg in Croatia on Tuesday. (Independent)
Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale, 25, will battle through the pain of
a back problem to help Wales in their Euro 2016 qualifier against
Cyprus on Monday. (Guardian)
Liverpool will consider selling the naming rights to their main stand
at Anfield in order to pay for its £75m expansion. (Liverpool Echo)
Huddersfield boss Chris Powell says he supports the idea of
bringing more black coaches and managers into English football by
introducing an equivalent to NFL’s Rooney Rule. (Talksport)
West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace wants rules in place to prevent
young Premier League players from frittering away their million-
pound pay packets . (Daily Mail)
Former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says the Premier
League champions are still relying on the players he bought before
he was sacked in 2013. (Four Four Two)
Billy McKinlay has admitted to feeling disillusioned over his
treatment at Watford – where he was replaced as boss by Slavisa
Jokanovic after just eight days in the role. (Sky Sports)
Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul, 26, is battling to be fit to face
Leicester next Saturday, while his club face an anxious wait on
their other internationals. (Northern Echo)
BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
AC Milan midfielder Michael Essien has responded to a hoax
claiming that he had contracted the Ebola virus. He tweeted: “No
truth in internet rumours that I have contracted Ebola. I’m very
well… & will be training as usual tomorrow. #falsenews”
Former England captain Rio Ferdinand tweeted his thoughts on
Sunday’s 1-0 win in Estonia: “Away games for England were
always tough….until you got the 1st goal, then the game opened
up and everyone would relax more & tension lifts.”
But England’s goalscorer Wayne Rooney is “average” and “past
his best” according to former Nottingham Forest striker Nigel
Jemson, who tweeted: “Showed in the World Cup he’s not top
class and his place is under threat. Good Premiership player at
times but not world class #pasthisbest”
Millwall captain Alan Dunne made the most of a trip home to Dublin
by getting in some darts practice with world number one Michael
van Gerwen at the World Grand Prix.
Derby captain Shaun Barker said he’s not about to retire despite
being out for almost two and a half years with a knee injury,
tweeting: “Just to clarify, I’m not ‘looking to call time’ on my
injury. As tough as it’s been at times, I’ve never considered giving
up!”
Liverpool defender Jose Enrique kept his Twitter followers updated
on his holiday in Dubai by posting a picture of his trip to an
aquarium with girlfriend Amy Jaine.
AND FINALLY
One Direction star Louis Tomlinson’s unsuccessful bid to buy
Doncaster Rovers hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm for the club –
as he showed by going out to dinner with manager Paul Dickov.
(Manchester Evening News)
A plea to fund a film about the life of former West Brom, Real
Madrid and England winger Laurie Cunningham has soared past its
£1.4m target by £250,000. (Birmingham Mail)
[Source: Bbcsport.com/football]
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