Saturday’s news and transfer rumour gossip.
Manchester United are prepared to spend another £100m next summer with defenders Mats Hummels, 25, of Borussia Dortmund, Aymeric Laporte, 20, of Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid’s Diego Godin, 28, on their radar – (Independent)
Manchester United are set to sell three unwanted players in January – goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard, 30, and midfielders Nani, 28, and 26-year-old Anderson – to finance a £200m assault on the transfer market – (Daily Star)
Leicester City have made a bid for in-demand HNK Rijeka striker Andrej Kramaric, 23, who is also reportedly a target for Chelsea and Tottenham – (Daily Mail)
Liverpool could sign a replacement for Glen Johnson in January, with top target Martin Montoya’s agent insisting that the 23-year-old will “100%” leave Barcelona this winter – (Daily Mirror)
Arsene Wenger is reportedly weighing up a move for Lyon’s in-demand midfielder Nabil Fekir, 21 – (Metro)
Manager Mauricio Pochettino insists Tottenham have never considered letting in-form striker Harry Kane, 21, leave the club – (Independent)
DeAndre Yedlin, 21, has been granted a work permit this week and the right-back is expected to complete his move to Tottenham Hotspur next month – (Evening Standard)
Genoa captain and left-back Luca Antonelli, 27, says he’s dreaming of a switch to Liverpool – (Daily Star)
Steve Bruce is ready to terminate Hatem Ben Arfa’s loan spell at Hull City after dragging him off just 35 minutes into their 3-0 defeat at Manchester United – (Daily Mail)
Petr Cech’s agent has confirmed the Czech international goalkeeper, 32, will definitely not be leaving Chelsea next month, despite being behind Thibaut Courtois in the Stamford Bridge pecking order – (Evening Standard)
Joe Hart will be the world’s highest-paid keeper when he signs his new five-year Manchester City deal, which is reportedly worth £31m – (Daily Mirror)
Midfielder Angel Di Maria, who joined Manchester United this summer after helping Real Madrid win the Champions League last season, admits he misses playing in Europe’s top club competition – (Sport magazine)
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has accused Lionel Messi and many of Barcelona’s stars of being ‘bored’ with their tiki-taka playing style and not putting in the same effort as they did when Pep Guardiola was coach – (Independent)
Manchester United Under-21 coach Warren Joyce admits that young players have a better chance of breaking through at ‘mid-table’ sides – (Daily Mail)
Chelsea midfielder Oscar, 23, says the summer arrivals of Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and Filipe Luis are the key behind Chelsea’s unbeaten start to the season – (Daily Star)
Fraser Forster is determined to put as much pressure as possible on Joe Hart ahead of the next England squad announcement – (Daily Mail)
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed plans to give injury-prone midfielder Abou Diaby a new contract at the club – (Metro)
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli is likely to plead not guilty after the Football Association charged him with misconduct over an inflammatory social media message, which contained an anti-Semitic stereotype – (Independent)
Former Burnley and Bolton manager Owen Coyle is set to make his return to the dugout. Coyle, 48, is finalising a move to America to become coach of the Houston Dynamos – (Sky Sports)
Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas, 27, has become the first player to clock up more than 100 miles during Premier League games this season – (Daily Mail)
QPR manager Harry Redknapp admits the goals of striker Charlie Austin could be the difference between survival and relegation – (Sky Sports)
Didier Drogba’s second spell at Chelsea could be extended beyond the end of the season, boss Jose Mourinho has hinted – (Metro)
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is ready to take Raheem Sterling out of the firing line – (Daily Star)
Roberto Martinez claims Ross Barkley will not be fazed by facing suitors Manchester City – (Daily Mirror)