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Football Rumours on Saturday 24th December 2016

last updated Saturday 24th December 2016, 9:57 AM


  • England and Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney, 31, will be offered £700,000 a week by two Chinese Super League clubs to join them next summer.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Southampton value their Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk at £60m but have no plans to sell the 25-year-old in the January transfer window.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United have been linked with Van Dijk, but Saints say the trio can challenge for his signature in three years.
    ( Sun )


  • Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce will get £20m to spend in the January transfer window to help the club avoid relegation.
    ( Daily Star )


  • Everton are ready to make a formal approach to Manchester United for Netherlands winger Memphis Depay, 22, and France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, 27.
    ( Daily Telegraph )


  • Arsenal are targeting Sunderland's England Under-21 keeper Jordan Pickford in a move that would see them loan the 22-year-old back to the Black Cats for the rest of the season.
    ( Evening Standard )


  • Manchester City are monitoring Lionel Messi's situation at Barcelona after the 29-year-old Argentina international's talks over a new deal with the club stalled.
    ( Sun )


  • City manager Pep Guardiola says he has "no plans for a major signing" in January and would happily complete the season with his current squad.
    ( Guardian )


  • Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says his side miss Wales midfielder Joe Allen, who left the club to join Stoke, who the Reds host on 27 December.
    ( Daily Express)


  • Everton boss Ronald Koeman could also use Barkley in a swap deal for 27-year-old Tottenham midfielder Moussa Sissoko.
    ( Sunday People )


  • Valencia want to sign Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo, 26.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Hull City manager Mike Phelan says is would take a "huge" offer for anyone to sign midfielder Robert Snodgrass, 29.
    (Hull Daily Mail)




  • MANAGEMENT STUFF

  • New Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce will receive a £4m bonus if he keeps the club in the Premier League.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Manchester United will offer Zlatan Ibrahimovic a coaching role to try to keep the 35-year-old Swedish striker at the club.
    ( Daily Star )




  • INTERNATIONAL STUFF

  • Former England manager Roy Hodgson, 69, says his players "seemed to freeze a little bit" during their last-16 defeat by minnows Iceland at Euro 2016.
    (Times)




  • OTHER STORIES

  • Arsenal have cancelled their Christmas party on the back of two successive league defeats following advice from keeper Petr Cech and defender Laurent Koscielny.
    ( Independent )


  • Danny Welbeck has returned to Arsenal training after a seven month lay-off but manager Arsene Wenger has urged caution with his injury-prone striker.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Barcelona swooped for a nine-year-old Scottish footballer playing for Paisley - but got rejected.
    ( Daily Mirror )


  • Sunderland and then-manager Peter Reid came close to signing striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Ajax in 2002.
    ( Independent )


  • Everton boss Ronald Koeman says he is unsure whether 23-year-old midfielder Ross Barkley will fulfil his potential.
    ( Daily Mail )


  • Benfica's Sweden defender Victor Lindelof, 22, has dropped a hint he will be moving to Manchester United by signing a fan's replica Old Trafford shirt.
    ( Daily Express)


  • All three Premier League managers - Paul Lambert, Brendan Rodgers and Alan Pardew - who have signed Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke have been sacked.
    ( Daily Mail )




















  • Source BBC Sport/SkySports