SATURDAY: LATEST FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP

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Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert says the club have the option to
sign Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley, 25, on a
permanent deal in January. (Guardian)

Chelsea and Manchester United target Juan Cuadrado, a 26-year-
old winger, is just “details away” from signing a new deal with
Fiorentina. (Daily Express)

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal refuses to rule out the
possibility of signing ex-Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes, 32, a
free agent who has been training with the Red Devils. (Daily
Express)

Van Gaal has identified Zenit St Petersburg’s Argentina defender
Ezequiel Garay, 28, as the player to shore up Manchester United’s
struggling back four. (Daily Mirror)

Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira, 27, has dropped his wage
demands to £80,000-a-week in order to ensure he seals his
proposed transfer to Arsenal. (Metro)

OTHER GOSSIP

Moses (left) was heavily
criticised by Swansea after
he earned a penalty against
them

Tottenham midfielder Erik Lamela, 22, hopes his wonder ‘rabona’
goal against Asteras in the Europa League on Thursday can kick-
start his career at White Hart Lane. (Daily Mail)

Stoke City forward Victor Moses, 23, has received an apology from
BBC Match of the Day 2 pundit John Hartson after the ex-Wales
striker branded him a “cheat”. (Times – subscription required)

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce says his reputation as a long-ball
manager is an “excuse” created by managers he has beaten. (Daily
Telegraph)

West Brom manager Alan Irvine may ask former Arsenal striker Ian
Wright to help with the development of 21-year-old forward Saido
Berahino. (Daily Mail)

Hull City manager Steve Bruce says he is glad he did not listen to
the “horror stories” about Hatem Ben Arfa when he signed the 27-
year-old French midfielder on loan from Newcastle. (Hull Daily
Mail)

Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick, 33, who has yet to
feature in the first team this season because of an ankle injury,
gave manager Louis van Gaal a boost by playing 64 minutes of an
Under-21 match against West Ham on Friday. (Manchester Evening
News)

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet was unhappy at having to start the
season with only six senior defenders in his squad. (Northern
Echo)

Rio Ferdinand joined QPR on
a free transfer in July after 12
years at Manchester United

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers had ruled out bringing in a
specialist defensive coach, and insists he will continue to give 24-
year-old striker Mario Balotelli opportunities in the first team.
(Guardian)

Former England captain Rio Ferdinand, 35, is considering retiring
from football at the end of the season. (Independent)

Ferdinand has also hinted his next career move after playing will
be a leap into management. (Sun – subscription required)

Crystal Palace have denied rumours of an imminent takeover by US
billionaire Joshua Harris. (Daily Mirror)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Charlie Austin – it could be
you!

A couple of Premier League footballers spent Friday night watching
their former clubs on their laptops. Arsenal’s Lukas Podolski
cheered on FC Koln’s 1-0 win over Werder Bremen in the
Bundesliga, but Hull City’s David Meyler saw Cork City lose to
Dundalk in their League of Ireland title decider.

Charlie Austin, 25, may be on Premier League wages, but the QPR
striker still bought two tickets for Friday’s Euromillions lottery.
Tim Howard posted a picture of a children’s team in New Jersey
wearing false beards in tribute to the 35-year-old Everton and
United States goalkeeper. “Not a bad looking group!” he tweeted.

AND FINALLY

Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero admits he knew enough
swear words at the age of 10 to shout at Michael Owen when the
England striker scored against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup, but
says he later idolised the former Liverpool striker. (Daily Mirror)

Torquay United mascot Gilbert the Gull has been accused of
challenging some of the club’s supporters to a fight. (Daily Mail)

WEDNESDAY: LATEST FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP

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Manchester City have earmarked Arsenal’s record signing Mesut
Ozil, 26, as the man to replace unsettled playmaker Yaya Toure.
(Metro)

Manchester United could renew their interest in midfielder Fredy
Guarin after Inter Milan put the 28-year-old up for sale. (Daily
Star)

Bundesliga side Schalke are poised for a shock January move for
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres, who is currently on loan at AC
Milan. Schalke boss Roberto di Matteo is keen to work with the 30-
year-old again after his time in charge of the Blues. (Bild)

Arsenal and Chelsea’s hopes of signing Barcelona’s teenage
attacker Munir El Haddadi are fading with the Spain international,
19, set to commit his future to the Nou Camp. (Daily Express)

Tottenham are resigned to selling goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, 27, and
have already lined up Toulouse’s 24-year-old stopper Ali
Ahamada, rated at £9m, as a replacement. (Fichajes.net)

OTHER GOSSIP

Arsenal will try to recruit current Real Madrid boss and former
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti if Arsene Wenger accepts a
lucrative offer to take charge of Monaco at the end of the season.
(Daily Express)

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has warned Liverpool fans
that booing former Manchester United attacker Cristiano Ronaldo
could backfire in the team’s Champions League meeting tonight.
(Sun – subscription required)

QPR could fine manager Harry Redknapp for his part in a public
falling out with playmaker Adel Taarabt, 25. (Daily Telegraph)

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is “finished” according to former
QPR, Manchester City and England star Rodney Marsh. (Talksport)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

After West Brom’s ill-fated jibe at Manchester United midfielder
Marouane Felliani on Monday evening, Bayern Munich poked fun at
the Baggies by writing a similar tweet about their French winger
Franck Ribery.

Closer to home, Wolves also riffed on their local rivals’ social
media pain, adapting West Brom’s infamous tweet during their 2-0
win over Middlesbrough…

…only for the Baggies to shoot back with a reference to the
division’s difference between the two clubs’ standings in English
football.

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has posed for a snapshot in
front of Liverpool’s famous This is Anfield sign.

Carlo Ancelotti will lead Real
Madrid into Champions
League action against
Liverpool on Wednesday

AND FINALLY

Kieron Dyer has revealed that a withering assessment of Lee
Bowyer’s playing ability started their infamous fist-fight when
Newcastle lost at home to Aston Villa in 2005. (Newcastle Evening
Chronicle)

Cristiano Ronaldo and his Real Madrid team-mates were drenched
by torrential rain as they attempted to warm-up at Anfield ahead of
training on Tuesday. (Liverpool Echo)

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TUESDAY: LATEST FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP

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Manchester United are planning a £20m move to bring Barcelona
defender Gerard Pique back to Old Trafford. The 27-year-old
moved to the Nou Camp in 2008. (Daily Star)

United will offer Real Madrid’s 27-year-old anchorman Sami
Khedira a contract worth £5.5m a year to try and beat Chelsea and
Arsenal in the queue. (Daily Express)

Pique signed for Manchester
United in 2004 from current
club Barcelona

Defender Rio Ferdinand could be offloaded by QPR in January after
six months at Loftus Road. The former England captain, who turns
36 in November, could be replaced by Porto’s Rolando, 29, or West
Ham’s 26-year-old Winston Reid. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool will compete with Juventus and several Spanish sides for
the signature of Porto’s 17-year-old midfielder Ruben Neves.
(Daily Mirror)

Leeds are pondering a loan move for Slovenian midfielder Josip
Ilicic, 26, who has fallen out of favour at Fiorentina.
(Tuttomercatoweb)

Former Real Madrid striker Raul, whose last club was Qatari side
Al-Saad, is set to sign a deal with North American Soccer League
side New York Cosmos. The 37-year-old will also have a role at
the club’s academy. (ESPN FC)

OTHER GOSSIP

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has said that he would like to
manage in Spain one day as he prepares to face Real Madrid in the
Champions League on Wednesday. (AS)

Burton Albion boss Gary Rowett is the man most likely to fill the
vacant Birmingham City manager’s post after Lee Clark was
sacked on Monday. (The Times)

Tottenham playmaker Erik Lamela, 22, believes that Spurs can
secure a top-four Premier League finish to qualify for next
season’s Champions League despite their 4-1 weekend defeat by
champions Manchester City. (London Evening Standard)

CSKA Moscow striker Ahmed Musa, 22, has pinpointed Manchester
City’s “very weak” defence before the teams’ meeting in the
Russian capital on Tuesday. (Manchester Evening News)

Sunderland winger Will Buckley, 24, denies his side gave up during
Saturday’s 8-0 thrashing away to Southampton. (Evening
Chronicle)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

West Brom mocked Manchester United substitute Marouane
Fellaini only for the Belgian to then score a superb equaliser just a
few minutes after his arrival into the action.

United reserve goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard was one of those to
take offence at West Brom’s tweet, saying it showed “a complete
lack of knowledge, class and respect.”

AND FINALLY

Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham all turned down the chance to sign
Raheem Sterling, 19, before the winger joined Liverpool from QPR
for an initial £500,000 in 2012. (Daily Express)

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MONDAY: LATEST FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP

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Real Madrid have no interest in signing Liverpool’s Raheem
Sterling, 19, insists manager Carlo Ancelotti just days before the
sides meet in the Champions League. (Daily Mail)

Liverpool are set to sign Marseille forward Andre Ayew, according
to reports in Ghana. The 24-year-old is out of contract in the
summer so would be available on a free transfer. (Daily Star)

Sami Khedira missed the World Cup final after getting
injured in the warm up

Manchester United hope to beat Arsenal and Chelsea to the signing
of German international Sami Khedira, 27, from Real Madrid. (Daily
Star)

United are also planning a £15m bid for Torino full-back Matteo
Darmian, 24. He can play on either side of the back four and is
seen as an alternative to Dani Alves, 31. (Daily Express)

Tottenham are lining up a £10m January bid for Arsenal striker
Lukas Podolski, 29, who is yet to start a Premier League game this
season. (CaughtOffside.com)

Former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has revealed he tried to sign
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, 34 when he was manager of AC
Milan between 2001 and 2009. (Daily Express)

Bolton Wanderers are lining up a loan swoop for Norwich City
striker Gary Hooper, 26. (Bolton News)

Brazilian defender Dani Alves, 31, does not have a deal in place to
join Manchester United and is still in talks with Barcelona over a
new contract. (Daily Mail)

OTHER GOSSIP

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce, who turned 60 on Saturday,
says he is calm over the lack of a new contract at Upton Park.
(Independent)

Southampton striker Graziano Pelle, 29, used to pretend he was
Alan Shearer and celebrate like the former Newcastle and England
forward. (Daily Mail)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Marseille manager Marcelo Bielsa sat on scolding coffee during his
side’s victory over Toulouse and burned his backside in what
might be the greatest vine this weekend. (Daily Mirror)

AND FINALLY

Millwall have denied rival fans from having the satisfaction of
seeing their players wearing a pink kit by cross referencing votes
on a poll for fans to choose their new away strip. (Daily Mail)

(Source: bbcsport.com/football)

SUNDAY: LATEST FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP

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Liverpool and England forward Raheem Sterling is set to sign a new
£100,000-a-week contract, which will be a blow to Real Madrid’s
hopes of signing the 19-year-old. (Sunday Mirror)

However, Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti insists the club do not
need to sign Sterling because they already have some of the best
young players in Europe. (Sun on Sunday)

Real are preparing a January bid for Manchester United winger
Adnan Januzaj, 19, with the Spanish giants ready to offer as much
as £23m. (Caughtoffside.com)

Carroll has scored two goals
in 15 Premier League games
for West Ham

Newcastle United could offer striker Andy Carroll, 25, an end to his
West Ham misery by moving to re-sign him in January. (Daily Star)

Newcastle want to cut short summer signing Jamaal Lascelles’
loan to Nottingham Forest as they continue to leak goals. The 20-
year-old defender signed for the Magpies in the summer before he
rejoined Forest. (Sunday Express)

Arsenal have opened discussions over a £6.4m deal for 21-year-
old Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Marcelo Brozovic. (Mail on Sunday)
Arsenal are also tracking the progress of Ipswich defender Tyrone
Mings, 21, who was playing non-league football two years ago.
(Sunday Express)

Burnley striker Danny Ings, 22, is ready to see out his contract and
leave Turf Moor in the summer, with Newcastle, Stoke and Aston
Villa all interested in the former Bournemouth player. (Mail on
Sunday)

Liverpool full-back Glen Johnson, 30, is prepared to move abroad
after rejecting a one-year extension to his contract. The England
full-back would have had to take a significant cut in his £120,000-
per-week wages. (Sunday Mirror)

Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen, 22, is set for contract talks
as he prepares to commit his future to White Hart Lane. (Sunday
Mirror)

OTHER GOSSIP

Former Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay appears unlikely to face
any charge of misconduct from the Football Association as the
investigation into former head of recruitment Iain Moody nears its
conclusion. (Telegraph)

Daily Star back page
Louis van Gaal says he will encourage youngsters such as Luke
Shaw and Phil Jones to play in the European Under-21
Championships in the Czech Republic next summer. (Mail on
Sunday)

Liverpool full-back Glen Johnson, 30, believes team-mate Raheem
Sterling is being punished for being honest over his fitness after
England boss Roy Hodgson said the forward told him he was
“tired”. (Sunday Mirror)

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola, 43, is still wanted by
Manchester City, despite admitting he would love to manage
Manchester United. (Daily Star)

Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp, 67, has been told
he needs to make some “big calls” to save his job at Loftus Road.
(Telegraph)

Manchester United midfielder Daley Blind, 24, says his world has
gone “crazy” since moving to Old Trafford. (Sun on Sunday)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Hull City boss Steve Bruce on
public transport

Hull City manager Steve Bruce, 53, might have been disappointed
after his side conceded a late equaliser at Arsenal, but that didn’t
stop him hopping on public transport as he travelled to Manchester
to celebrate West Ham boss Sam Allardyce’s 60th birthday.

AND FINALLY

Jose Mourinho needed only two words to sum up why his Chelsea
side did not succumb to defeat at Crystal Palace – as they did in
March – scribbling “big balls” on a pad of paper. (Daily Mail)

SATURDAY: LATEST TRANSFER GOSSIP

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Barcelona’s Brazil right-back Dani Alves, 31, has already agreed to
join Manchester United on a free transfer when his contract expires
next summer. (Daily Express)

Galatasary’s Turkey international defender Semih Kaya, 23, will
opt for a move to Manchester United over fellow suitors Atletico
Madrid. The Spanish club have stepped up their attempts to
complete an £8m deal. (Daily Mirror)

Paris St-Germain’s French midfielder Adrien Rabiot, 19, is set to
join Roma rather than Arsenal. (Daily Mirror)

OTHER GOSSIP

England manager Roy Hodgson will have to fight to regain 19-year-
old winger Raheem Sterling’s trust, according to Liverpool boss
Brendan Rodgers. (Daily Star)

Chelsea striker Diego Costa may need three weeks rest to recover
from a hamstring problem. The 26-year-old Spain striker
aggravated the injury in training this week. (Daily Telegraph)

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino claims watching fellow
Argentine Sergio Aguero, 26, play for Manchester City is like
hearing classical music in his head. “It’s like Mozart. Seriously. It
is positive. Not Beethoven. Beethoven is too crazy,” Pochettino
said. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claims his team used the
motivation of not being “clowns in the circus” when they picked up
a 2-0 win at Anfield in April that went a long way to denying
Liverpool the title. (Daily Telegraph)

Mourinho says he would have been given a stadium ban by the
Football Association if he had shoved Arsene Wenger in the way
the Arsenal manager pushed him during Chelsea’s 2-0 win on 5
October. (Times – subscription required)

Hull manager Steve Bruce admits he tried to sign Danny Welbeck
on loan from Manchester United before the 23-year-old England
striker joined Arsenal on transfer deadline day. (Hull Daily Mail)

Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos, 28, is likely to be held back
for next Saturday’s match with Barcelona, rather than face Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday, as he looks to
return from a calf problem. (Marca – Spanish)

Stoke manager Mark Hughes thinks striker Peter Crouch, 33, can
emulate Teddy Sheringham and play until he is 40. (Daily Express)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Lazio’s five Albanian and Serbian players were photographed
together by the club’s official television station in the wake of
Tuesday’s abandoned match between the two nations. Goalkeeper
Etrit Berisha and former Sunderland midfielder Lorik Cana started
for Albania, while Filip Djordjevic was on the bench for Serbia for
the game in Belgrade that was called off after 41 minutes following
a mass brawl. Albanian Thomas Strakosha and Serbian Dusan
Basta were also in the photo.

AND FINALLY

Southampton’s Italy striker Graziano Pelle, 29, turned his back on
a career as a professional ballroom dancer in order to become a
footballer. (Daily Mirror)

Derry City’s pre-FAI Cup final team photo went wrong when a
bench holding seven players and manager Peter Hutton snapped.
(Derry Journal)

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THURSDAY: LATEST FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP

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Arsenal have moved ahead of Manchester United in the race for
Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels, 25, as they prepare a
£32m bid. (Daily Express)

Arsene Wenger will have a transfer budget of about £20m in the
January’s transfer window even after a record summer spending
spree at Arsenal which saw Alexis Sanchez, Calum Chambers,
Mathieu Debuchy, David Ospina and Danny Welbeck join the
Gunners. (Daily Telegraph)

Chelsea are ready to offer 27-year-old Real Madrid midfielder Sami
Khedira, who is in the last year of his contract at the Bernabeu, a
pre-contract in January. (Evening Standard)

Frank Lampard insists he is still preparing to leave Manchester City
when his loan deal ends in January, despite speculation the 36-
year-old former England midfielder would extend his stay with the
Premier League champions. (Manchester Evening News)
Midfielder Tom Cleverley, 25, could yet return to Manchester
United when his season-long loan at Aston Villa ends, United’s
academy director Brian McClair has said. (Manchester Evening
News)

The Daily Telegraph say Pep Guardiola would like to
manage Manchester United

OTHER GOSSIP

QPR are thought to be considering replacing manager Harry
Redknapp with another former Tottenham boss, Tim Sherwood.
(Evening Standard)

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers will ask Lille to terminate Divock
Origi’s loan so the 19-year-old striker can return to Anfield in
January. (Daily Express)

Goalkeeper Steve Harper, 39, has put aside thoughts of retirement
as he aims to make the most of a Premier League swansong with
Hull. (Hull Daily Mail)

The Express have an interview with Sam Allardyce in which he says he still
hopes to be England manager Brentford have offered a new deal to experienced defender Tony
Craig, 29. (GetWestLondon)

Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard, 23, claims public criticism from
Jose Mourinho is making him a better player but insists they “get
on really well”. (Daily Mirror)

Forward Theo Walcott, 25, is in line to play his first match in more
than nine months for the Arsenal Under-21s against Blackburn
Rovers on Friday. (Guardian)

Burnley boss Sean Dyche is doing a “fantastic” job at Turf Moor,
according to former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.
(Lancashire Evening Telegraph)

Centre-back Sylvain Distin, 36, has reached make-or-break time in
his hopes of extending his Everton career beyond this season,
believes former Blues defender Derek Mountfield. (Liverpool Echo)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, 34, posted a youthful-looking
picture of himself ad on Instagram: He wrote: “11 years ago
today I became the captain of my boyhood team one of the
proudest days of my career. It’s a huge honour to captain this
great club #YNWA.”

France’s Layvin Kurzawa will regret taunting Sweden with an
army-style salute after scoring to put his team ahead on away
goals in a European Under-21 Championship qualifier. Oscar
Lewicki popped up to score his second goal of the night and give
Sweden a 4-1 victory and they went through 4-3 on aggregate,
which led to several army style salute pictures from the Swedes on
Twitter and Instagram. (Daily Mail)

AND FINALLY

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who once rugby tackled ex-
Germany international Maurizio Gaudino during a football match at
Wembley, was caught on camera chopping down a nine-year-old
boy during a kick-about photo opportunity on Wednesday. (Daily
Mail)

(Source: bbcsport.com/football)

Wenger sorry for pushing Mourinho

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Wenger pushed Mourinho in a match between Chelsea and Arsenal

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said he regrets shoving Jose
Mourinho during the 2-0 defeat by Chelsea this month.

Wenger entered the Chelsea technical area and pushed Blues boss
Mourinho in the chest during the Premier League game at Stamford
Bridge on 5 October.

“Too much importance was given to this story but I should not
have reacted like this,” Wenger, 64, told French TV channel TF1.
“I always regret any signs of violence and I apologise for it.”

Wenger reacted after Chelsea defender Gary Cahill’s challenge on
Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez, but said after the game he had
“nothing to apologise for”.

[Source: bbcsport.com/football]

SUNDAY: LATEST FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP

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Latest football transfer gossip

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Real Madrid are lining up Manchester United goalkeeper David De
Gea, 23, as a long-term successor to 33-year-old Iker Casillas.
(Marca)

Juventus star Sebastian Giovinco, 27, is considering free transfer
to Arsenal, Liverpool or Spurs, with the striker’s contract set to
expire in the summer. (Sunday Express)

Manchester United will have to pay Real Madrid €1bn (£800m) if
they want to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo, 29, according to his agent
Jorge Mendes, who revealed his client’s release clause in an
interview. (AS)

Bale eventually moved to
Real Madrid for £77m. Tottenham once offered to sell Gareth Bale, 25, to German side
Hamburg in a £5m deal, according to former Spurs boss Martin Jol.
(Daily Mail)

Paris St-Germain have offered France midfielder Adrien Rabiot a
new deal in an effort to stave off interest from the Premier League.
The 19-year-old is wanted by Arsenal, Manchester United and
Chelsea. (Sunday Express)

Manchester are preparing a £60m bid for Everton duo Ross Barkley,
20, and Seamus Coleman, 26, and could offer former Toffees
midfielder Marouane Fellaini, 26, as part of the deal.
(Caughtoffside.com)

OTHER GOSSIP

Berahino scored from the
penalty spot to give England
U21s a 2-1 win over Croatia
on Friday

England and Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has been watching
clips of Bayern Munich’s Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso on his iPad
to make him a better player. (Sunday Mirror)

West Bromwich Albion are preparing a new contract for England
U21 striker Saido Berahino, 21, who has been attracting attention
from other clubs. (Birmingham Mail)

Former Manchester United manager David Moyes rates Adnan
Januzaj, 19, alongside Wayne Rooney as the best young talent he
has ever seen. (Daily Mail)

Meanwhile, Moyes says he is ready to return to management six
months after his sacking as United boss. (Sunday Telegraph)
Sunday Telegraph back page

Manchester United’s proposal to introduce sponsorship on the
back of replica jerseys has been shot down by their Premier League
rivals. (Sunday Times)

Former Match of the Day pundit Alan Hansen is set for a shock
transfer to ITV after 22 years with the BBC, to join a sports comedy
panel show. (Sunday Mirror)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany reveals a possible future
career, as he takes his Belgian team-mates for a spinning class.

AND FINALLY

A 77-year-old Liverpool fan broke her wrist in a fall outside Anfield
– but insisted on watching her team beat West Brom before going
to hospital and having surgery. (Liverpool Echo)

[Source: Bbcsport.com/football]