TRANSFER RUMOURS
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Aston Villa boss Unai Emery wants to sign two players from Real Madrid - Belgium winger Eden Hazard, 31, and Spain defender Nacho Fernandez, 32.
(El Nacional)
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Villa could make a 14m euro bid for Barcelona and Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessie, with Fulham also interested in the 25-year-old.
(Sport)
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AC Milan are aiming to agree a deal with Chelsea to sign their 29-year-old Morocco winger Hakim Ziyech in January.
(Football Italia)
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AC Milan will not consider offers of less than 100m euros (£87.5m) for Portugal forward Rafael Leao in January as they struggle to make progress in talks to agree a contract extension with the 23-year-old.
(Calciomercato)
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Barcelona, who know it will be difficult to sign 32-year-old Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan from Manchester City in January, are also looking at Leicester City and Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans, 25.
(Mundo Deportivo)
MANAGEMENT STUFF
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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola will hold meetings with the club during the World Cup to discuss his future plans.
(Daily Mail)
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Chelsea boss Graham Potter has total backing from the club's owners despite suffering three straight defeats in the Premier League.
(Athletic)
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Thomas Tuchel is reportedly in line to take over should Atletico Madrid sack Diego Simeone.
(Sun)
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Barcelona failed to make it into the last 16 of the Champions League but the Nou Camp club's president Joan Laporta says he has not questioned Xavi's position as manager.
(Sport)
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Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko's contract with Inter Milan runs out next summer and the 36-year-old says he wants to stay with the Serie A side.
(Calciomercato)
INTERNATIONAL STUFF
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Roma director Tiago Pinto "cannot accept" England manager Gareth Southgate's reasoning in leaving striker Tammy Abraham, 25, out of his squad for the 2022 World Cup.
(Football Italia)
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Travelling fans of England or Wales who misbehave at the World Cup finals in Qatar will not be able to escape the all-seeing eye of 20,000 cameras in the eight stadiums alone, making this tournament the most heavily-surveilled of its kind.
(Daily Telegraph)
OTHER STUFF
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Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have been put forward to receive the freedom of the city.
(Daily Mail)
Source BBCSport/SkySports