TRANSFER RUMOURS
Manchester City are ready to make a fresh bid for Everton and England midfielder Ross Barkley, 20, next summer after the Toffees' £50m valuation drove them away during the last transfer window.
( Guardian )
Manchester United are ready to reject a move for one of their former heroes, 29-year-old Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, to avoid upsetting their current crop of players.
( Metro )
Real Madrid are interested in signing Chelsea midfielder Ramires, 27.
( Daily Mirror )
Roma want 15-year-old Stromsgodset midfielder Martin Odegaard, who is also a target for Manchester United and Liverpool.
( Daily Express )
Arsenal and Liverpool midfield target Isco, 22, will not be sold by Real Madrid in January, according to coach Carlo Ancelotti.
( Daily Star )
Manchester United want Netherlands defender Ron Vlaar, 29, who is out of contract at Aston Villa at the end of the season. Arsenal are also interested.
( Daily Express )
Sunderland boss Gus Poyet says he was "hurt badly" when 29-year-old right-back Phil Bardsley left the club to join Stoke last summer.
( Daily Star )
OTHER GOSSIP
Manchester United players were unhappy with manager Louis van Gaal's substitution of winger Angel Di Maria, 26, during their shock 5-3 defeat at Leicester.
( Daily Mail )
Van Gaal questioned the role of Wayne Rooney, 28, as a striker and Juan Mata, 26, in midfield ahead of the game at Leicester.
( Sun )
Liverpool could have nearly £7m of Champions League money withheld as Uefa looks into whether the Anfield club breached Financial Fair Play rules.
( Times )
Former Watford and West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola is on Fulham's five-man managerial shortlist along with Chris Hughton, Tim Sherwood, Steve Clarke and caretaker-boss Kit Symons.
( Daily Mirror )
Cardiff have not given up hope of bringing in Leyton Orient boss Russell Slade as their new manager, despite the League One club rejecting three approaches for him.
( Western Mail )
Former Newcastle and West Ham manager Glenn Roeder could return to football by becoming sporting director at Cardiff.
( Sun )
QPR defender Rio Ferdinand, 35, is being considered as the Football Association's candidate for British vice-president on Fifa's executive committee.
( Daily Mail )
Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor is trying to get parliamentary support for a plan that will mean Premier League clubs having to field a minimum of four homegrown players.
( Times )
Former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen believes Red Devils boss Louis van Gaal does not rate 19-year-old summer signing Luke Shaw, who at £31.5m is the most expensive left-back in the world.
( Talksport )
Despite being sent off against Leicester at the weekend, Manchester United defender Tyler Blackett, 20, is set to be fast-tracked into the England team.
( Daily Telegraph )
Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil, 25, believes he is targeted for criticism more than other players, but the World Cup winner insists he has nothing to prove.
( Daily Star )
Former Newcastle, Wimbledon and Luton manager Joe Kinnear is still hopeful of a return to management.
( Newcastle Chronicle )
Defender Daniel Agger, 29, says he left Liverpool during the summer to join Brondby as he did not feel appreciated by Reds boss Brendan Rodgers.
( Daily Telegraph )
AND FINALLY
AFC Wimbledon striker Adebayo Akinfenwa, 32, celebrated being the strongest footballer on computer game Fifa 15 by bench-pressing a member of staff at the game's launch in London.
( Twitter )
Source BBCSports