Barcelona are confident Argentina forward Lionel Messi will stay, despite reports linking the 27-year-old with Chelsea and PSG – (Sky Sports)
Stoke chairman Peter Coates is in no rush to make Chelsea winger Victor Moses’s loan move permanent, despite the 23-year-old’s impressive start – (Stoke Sentinel)
Liverpool’s 25-year-old striker Daniel Sturridge is close to signing a new five-year contract that could take his earnings up to £150,000 per week – (Daily Mail)
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has been set a target of reaching the Champions League quarter-final this season by the club’s owners, who believe it could take five years to actually win the competition – (Daily Telegraph)
Chelsea defender John Terry, 33, says he was reduced to tears by Chelsea’s failure to win the Premier League last season – (Independent)