TRANSFER RUMOURS
Manchester United are on the trail of 23-year-old Ghana striker Abdul Majeed Waris, according to his Turkish club Trabzonspor.
( Daily Mail )
Crystal Palace and QPR both want Tottenham defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto, 30, but are not prepared to meet his £40,000-a-week wages.
( Daily Mirror )
QPR winger Shaun Wright-Phillips, 33, has rejected opportunities to go on loan and will fight for his place at Loftus Road. The former England international has not made a Premier League appearance this season.
( Talksport )
Fulham owner Shahid Khan is prepared to hand newly-appointed manager Kit Symons transfer funds in January as he aims for the club to bounce back into the Premier League at the first attempt.
( Daily Express )
Italian club Napoli have rejected suggestions that they will make a move for Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, 24, in January.
( Daily Mirror )
OTHER GOSSIP
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has criticised former team-mate Paul Scholes by claiming the midfielder was too lazy to do TV interviews as a player.
( Daily Express )
Everton striker Samuel Eto'o, 33, has already earned himself a new Everton contract, after inspiring his team-mates with his winning mentality.
( Daily Mirror )
The Football Association has collected about £350,000 in fines from social-media-related offences in the past three years, with the governing body investigating 121 cases.
( Guardian )
American baseball tycoons are circling Premier League clubs and are set to launch a batch of takeover raids.
( Sun )
Police are on red alert at the prospect of drones flying overhead during Sunday's Manchester derby.
( Daily Mail )
Spain manager Vicente del Bosque will not back down over picking Chelsea striker Diego Costa, 26, for next month's internationals against Belarus and Germany.
( Daily Telegraph )
West Brom manager Alan Irvine has admitted the club are taking steps to ensure the heightened attention on top-scorer Saido Berahino does not go to the 21-year-old England Under-21 striker's head.
( Daily Star )
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini, 61, is heading for the sack, according to former Blues forward Rodney Marsh. City are without a win in three games, losing their last two.
( Talksport )
West Ham signings Enner Valencia, Cheikhou Kouyate, Mauro Zarate and Diafra Sakho could be handed a Christmas break by manager Sam Allardyce in an attempt to avoid a repeat of the injury crisis that hampered the Hammers last season.
( Daily Express )
Arsenal can win the Premier League this season if they sign Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira, 27, in January, claims former Gunners winger Perry Groves.
( London Evening Standard )
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy will begin a major restructuring of the club's scouting and recruitment procedures after their poor start to the Barclays Premier League season.
( Daily Mail )
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is set to leave in-form striker Harry Kane, 21, sweating until the last minute to find out whether he has earned his first Premier League start of the season against Aston Villa on Sunday.
( Daily Telegraph )
Liverpool and England winger Raheem Sterling, 19, is ranked the best under-21 prospect in Europe. (Bleacher Report UK)
QPR boss Harry Redknapp will consider involving midfielder Adel Taarabt at Chelsea on Saturday after burying the hatchet with the 25-year-old following their row over his weight.
( Sky Sports )
Redknapp admits he would like to stop his players using Twitter after defender Rio Ferdinand was banned for three games for a message he posted on the social media site.
( getwestlondon )
Garry Monk has asked a fan who posted advice on how the Swansea boss can improve to his home address to send any future correspondence directly to the club.
( Daily Star )
Fifa has apologised for an embarrassing mistake after its video launching the logo for the 2018 World Cup showed the disputed Crimean peninsula as part of Russia.
( Guardian )
AND FINALLY
Aston Villa assistant manager Roy Keane, 43, is set to make an appearance on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!
( Daily Star )
Liverpool defender Jose Enrique, 28, and 20-year-old midfielder Suso cheered up Mario Balotelli by singing a rendition of the striker's 'Mario Magnifico' chant and sending it to the 24-year-old.
( Daily Mail )
Source BBCSports