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Latest Paper Talk
Friday December 12

Sam Allardyce has claimed it will take a bid of £20million for West Ham to sell Winston Reid in January.
Stoke boss Mark Hughes has joined the race to sign Arsenal forward Joel Campbell.
Ronald Koeman has told Arsenal and Tottenham that Southampton will not let Morgan Schneiderlin go in January.
Fernando Torres is to be offered for free around Premier League clubs this January - only four years after costing a British record £50m.

Everton and Newcastle are locked in a three-horse race with Napoli for £5million Legia Warsaw star Ondrej Duda.
Manchester United will break the bank to try and keep David De Gea out of Real Madrid's grasp.
Joe Hart is on the verge of signing a new four and a half year contract at Manchester City.
Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana has been playing with two broken ribs.

England goalkeeper Joe Hart has revealed he wants to remain at Manchester City for the rest of his playing career.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is ready to throw Mario Balotelli into Sunday's crunch clash with Manchester United.
Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone is lurking in the wings in case Manchester City sack Manuel Pellegrini.

Manchester City's Champions League hero Joe Hart has revealed he is on the verge of committing his long-term future to the club by signing a new contract.
West Ham centre-back Winston Reid is yet to sign a new deal and, with his contract expiring at the end of the season, has been linked with a move to Arsenal or Liverpool.
Alan Pardew has told Arsenal fans to lay off Arsene Wenger and believes they should be grateful for all he has done at the club.
The FA have received Nigel Pearson's written observations on his spat with a fan and have decided to charge the Leicester City manager for using abusive language towards a spectator.

Juventus have moved to block any Arsenal interest in defender Stephan Lichtsteiner by preparing a new contract for the Swiss star.
Stoke boss Mark Hughes is bracing himself for more interest from top clubs in captain Ryan Shawcross.
Kris Commons is ready to quit Celtic unless they offer him more than the one-year extension that has been tabled.
Liverpool have been nursing Adam Lallana through games after it emerged that the England international has been playing with two broken ribs.

Mitchell van der Gaag has become hot favourite to take charge at Motherwell.

Chelsea have become the first fully professional football club in England to be accredited employers paying a 'living wage' to all their staff.

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Barclays Premier League briefing
Team news and statistics ahead of this weekend's action in the Barclays Premier League, featuring Man United v Liverpool.
Friday December 12 2014, 17:19 GMT

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Latest Paper Talk
Saturday December 13

Dejan Lovren's future at Liverpool is in doubt just six months after his £20million arrival.
Ally McCoist quit as Ranger boss last night to return the focus of attention to the scandal of mismanagement at the club.
Southampton manager Ronald Koeman wants West Ham striker Mauro Zarate.
Eden Hazard will 'soon' sign a new five-year contract at Chelsea.

Brendan Rodgers has told his army of critics: I'm the best man to boss Liverpool.
Sunderland are ready to open contract talks with Lee Cattermole.
Arsene Wenger's Arsenal injury nightmare has turned into a farce with 11 players out injured.
Brazilian defender Filipe Luis admits Jose Mourinho is right to leave him on the Chelsea bench.
Nigel Pearson fears he may not see out the season at rock-bottom Leicester.
Manuel Pellegrini has challenged Edin Dzeko to prove he does not need to buy another striker.

Defiant Brendan Rodgers last night insisted: I am the only man who can rescue Liverpool.
Manuel Pellegrini is plotting a shock £20million swoop for Newcastle star Papiss Cisse.
Pellegrini has also urged Frank Lampard not to quit Manchester City.

Jose Mourinho has provided the clearest indication yet that he will recommend Chelsea offer skipper John Terry a new 12-month contract.
Liverpool and Manchester United target Martin Odegaard has been training with Bayern Munich.
Liverpool's £10million striker Divock Origi is complaining of burnout at loan club Lille.
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Latest Paper Talk
Sunday December 14

Frank Lampard looks likely to remain at Manchester City until the end of March, when he could join up with New York City.
West Brom are tracking Bournemouth duo Matt Ritchie and Steve Cook.
Everton have entered the running to sign £6m-rated Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Marcelo Brozovic.

Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini wants to work with Liverpool's faltering striker Mario Balotelli, who he managed at Manchester City, once again by bringing him to the San Siro.
Paris Saint-Germain are also tracking Mario Balotelli and would be interested if they could land him for a cut-price fee of £8m.
Newcastle have made Danny Ings a top transfer target, with the in-form Burnley striker out of contract at the end of the season.
Manchester United could be set to sign young Penarol striker Kevin Mendez.
Liverpool have opened talks with Genoa over the signing of goalkeeper Mattia Perin

James Milner's talks over a new Manchester City contract have broken down and former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is keen to take him to Serie A.
Liverpool striker Steven Gerrard has had a bust-up with defender Dejan Lovren.
West Brom striker Saido Berahino may miss out on a bumper new pay deal if he is found guilty of drink-driving.

Jurgen Klopp has emerged as a leading contender for the Liverpool job if the Anfield hierarchy decide to axe Brendan Rodgers.
Swansea City's Michu, who is on loan at Napoli, could be set to return to the Premier League with Crystal Palace.
Arsenal have revived their interest in Spartak Moscow midfielder Romulo.

Chelsea have made a £30m bid for Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman in an attempt to beat Manchester United to the signing of the Dutch international in January.
Manchester United's owners the Glazers are promising to spend a fortune on the club to turn them into a team of 'galacticos' worth £3billion.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is keen to loan out Belgium winger Adnan Januzaj in January, with David Moyes' Real Sociedad leading the chase

Colombia international Fredy Guarin could be heading to Liverpool, who are considering a January loan deal for the Inter midfielder.
Burnley striker Danny Ings, who is set to be a free agent next summer, is attracting interest from Ajax.
Arsene Wenger has moved to correct Arsenal's defensive problems by stepping up an interest in Benedikt Howedes.

MLS side New York Red Bulls want to make Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard their star signing and hope to take advantage of the 34-year-old's relationship with sporting director and former Reds manager Gerard Houllier.

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Latest Paper Talk
Monday December 15

Manchester City are the latest club to join the race to sign star Borussia Dortmund and Germany defender Mats Hummels.
QPR and Crystal Palace will battle to sign Peter Crouch from Stoke in Janaury.
Hull boss Steve Bruce accepts he made a mistake taking Hatem Ben Arfa, who is believed to be back in France training on his own, on loan from Newcastle.
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has urged manager Brendan Rodgers to offer at least £20m for Swansea striker Wilfried Bony in January.
Newcastle may make another attempt to argue with the Premier League that they should be allowed to sign a keeper on an emergency loan. Their first attempt was rejected. Tim Krul is injured and Karl Darlow is at Nottingham Forest on loan, with no recall clause.

Leicester boss Nigel Pearson is not ruling out a move for Jermain Defoe, and is planning an £8m bid for Croatia striker Andrej Kramaric.
Birmingham's Demarai Gray - who scored a hat-trick in Saturday's 6-1 win over Reading - says he does not want to leave, despite increasing interest from Premier League suitors.
Sunderland are ready to ship out Adam Johnson next month in order to fund a move for Fabio Borini. Liverpool want £10million for Borini.

Brighton are ready to turn to Tim Sherwood to save their season with boss Sami Hyppia set to leave his post today.
QPR boss Harry Redknapp has made a check on Brentford and England U21 winger Alex Pritchard, who is on loan from Spurs.
Wilfried Bony is on the Manchester City radar for January with the champions' senior strikers all sidelined.

Manchester United could sign winger Gareth Bale from Real Madrid for £90m, allowing the Spanish giants to use the money to sign Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Liverpool striker Raheem Sterling.

Patrick Bamford will stay on-loan at Middlesbrough as Jose Mourinho cannot find a space for him in his Chelsea squad.

Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock plans to strengthen in January but wants more from Dwight Gayle and Wilfried Zaha.
Manuel Pellegrini is desperate for Frank Lampard to extend his stay at the Etihad due to a growing injury list and Yaya Toure's impending departure to the Africa Cup of Nations - and Lampard wants to stay too.

Bayern Munich join the hunt for Norwegian starlet Martin Odegaard despite interest from Celtic, Arsenal and Liverpool.
Legia Warsaw star Lukasz Broz wants to face Celtic in Europa League as he believes the Polish side have already proved they are better than the Scottish champions.

Tony Pulis is in line to replace Nigel Pearson should Leicester City fail to turn around their poor form around following the dismissal of director of football Terry Robinson, who Pulis had a fractious relationship with at Stoke.

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Strootman not for sale - Roma
Roma have no intention of selling Manchester United's reported target Kevin Strootman in January.
Monday December 15 2014, 14:23 GMT Kevin Strootman: Has been a reported target for United for a while

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Bayern Munich take aim at Odegaard
Bayern Munich believe they are in the front running to sign rising star Martin Odegaard.
Monday December 15 2014, 12:03 GMT

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AC Milan: Torres will stay
AC Milan insist Fernando Torres will remain at the club in January despite reports linking him with Premier League teams.
Monday December 15 2014, 10:50 GMT

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Latest Paper Talk
Tuesday December 16

Manchester United want David de Gea to sign a £36.4million five-year deal that will make him the richest keeper in history.
Liverpool's owners are to carry out a review of the club's transfer policy, with the club's transfer committee in the firing line.
Reading want Steve Clarke to replace Nigel Adkins, who was sacked on Monday.

Chris Hughton is favourite to become the new Reading boss following the dismissal of Nigel Adkins.
Everton are in the chase for Hull skipper Curtis Davies, who is considering his future after losing his first-team place.
Emmanuel Adebayor and Benoit Assou-Ekotto lead a list of players Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino would like to offload in January. Midfielder Mousa Dembele is also likely to leave and a swap with Aston Villa for Fabian Delph has been mooted, though Stoke boss Mark Hughes is also keen on the former Fulham man.
Wayne Rooney says Manchester United can win the Premier League.
Southampton youngster Matt Targett has set his sights on England's left-back berth - like mentor Luke Shaw.

Manchester United are weighing up a January bid for Fiorentina's Juan Cuadrado.
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is lining up Norwich keeper John Ruddy as a replacement for Simon Mignolet.
Alex Song has given West Ham hope he will stay at the club beyond his season-long loan deal.
West Brom and Bolton are tracking Lorient and Burkino Faso striker Alain Traore.
Luton have opened talks to sign on-loan QPR defender Michael Harriman.

Defender Ashley Williams is worried what will happen to Swansea if Wilfried Bony's goals dry up.
Manchester United and Chelsea midfield target Kevin Strootman will not be sold by Italian club Roma in January.

Southampton are apparently ready to rival Manchester United for wantaway Galatasaray midfielder Wesley Sneijder.
Fernando Torres could be set for an emotional return to boyhood club Atletico Madrid next month.
Ravel Morrison will be forced to train with West Ham United's U21 squad after he was sent back from his loan at Cardiff City.
Stoke City have made an enquiry about PSV Eindhoven winger Zakaria Bakkali, 18.
Premier League clubs have been alerted to the fact that Fulham are willing to listen to offers for striker Ross McCormack.
Manchester United are looking at Belgian brothers Indy and Sepp Boonen, 15 and 13 years old respectively.
QPR are weighing up a January move for Blackburn striker Rudy Gestede.

Neymar turned down Manchester City because he didn't fancy playing on England's muddy pitches.

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Latest Paper Talk
Wednesday December 17

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea insists he will stay at the club despite reported interest from Real Madrid.
Tottenham could be the subject of a £1billion takeover from the Qatari government.
Manchester City could make a £9million move for Netherlands and Galatasaray forward Wesley Sneijder.
West Brom striker Saido Berahino is reluctant to sign a new deal at the Hawthorns, with Tottenham and Liverpool monitoring developments.

Manchester City are pondering whether to go back to midfielder James Milner with a final offer after contract negotiations broke down last week.

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has confirmed that Hatem Ben Arfa has no future at the club after the midfielder's loan spell at Hull City ran into difficulties.
Arsenal are keen on teenage prodigy Martin Odegaard and are trying to tempt the 16-year-old to come to London ahead of Bayern Munich.

Crystal Palace are trying to bring former Arsenal, Chelsea and England full-back Ashley Cole back to the Premier League on loan from Roma.
Newcastle will try to bring in Wigan's Ali Al-Habsi as a back-up goalkeeper if he Premier League allow them to bring in a player on an emergency loan deal.

Real Sociedad boss David Moyes hopes to agree a loan deal with his former club Manchester United for Adnan Januzaj.
West Ham are not planning to offer a new deal to manager Sam Allardyce, who will be out of contract in June.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has played down talk of his side winning a quadruple of trophies after their superb start to the season.
Sunderland and Newcastle are both keen on Burnley striker Danny Ings, who will be a free agent at the end of the season.

Liverpool are planning a surprise loan bid for Chelsea back-up keeper Petr Cech in January.
The Reds could also bring in Barcelona full-back Marin Montoya, although the fee of £18million could cause problems.
Burnley and Leicester are lining up moves for Crystal Palace striker Dwight Gayle, who has struggled for regular first-time football this season.

Real Madrid are prepared to break the goalkeeping transfer record of £33million to sign Manchester United's David De Gea.
Both Manchester clubs are ready to make £20million bids for Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic in January.
Tottenham could offload both Emmanuel Adebayor and Roberto Soldado to fund a move for Jackson Martinez.

Rangers are set to offer former Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies the job of resurrecting their fortunes if they reach an agreement for manager Ally McCoist to leave Ibrox.