Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale, 27, wants to leave the Champions League champions, with Manchester United the Welshman's favoured destination.
( Diario Gol )

AC Milan are considering a £24m January move for Manchester United winger Memphis Depay, 22.
( Daily Express )

Chelsea and Croatia midfielder Mario Pasalic, 21, could be heading back to the Blues from his loan spell at AC Milan.
( Calcio Mercato )

Manchester United winger Jesse Lingard, 23 has agreed a new four-year deal which will see him double his wages.
( Sun )

Chelsea's Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas, 29, has insisted he never considered leaving the Blues during the summer transfer window.
( Sky Sports )

Sunderland boss David Moyes has said he was offered the chance to sign free agent Emmanuel Adebayor, 32, last month but is not currently considering a deal for the striker.
( ESPN )

Paris St-Germain midfielder Blaise Matuidi, 29, says that he has "no regrets" after seeing a move to Juventus fall through.
( Le Parisien )

Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater, 26, who is rumoured to be a target for Manchester United, does not have a buy-out clause in his new contract with the Foxes, manager Claudio Ranieri has revealed.
( Leicester Mercury )

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he regrets not trying to sign Chelsea forward Diego Costa, 27, from Atletico Madrid in 2014.
( Daily Telegraph )

MANAGER MATTERS

Stoke City manager Mark Hughes says he is confident his players still back him, and played down comparisons with his unsuccessful time in charge at QPR.
( Stoke Sentinel )

Arsene Wenger insisted that the strength of Chelsea after the arrival of Jose Mourinho in 2004 was their players and not their new manager.
( Daily Telegraph )

West Brom boss Tony Pulis will oversee his 1,000th game at the weekend and says "it's all about survival".
( Times )

OTHER STORIES

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger once acted out William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at a cocktail party, former Gunners vice-chairman David Dein has revealed.
( Times )

Bastian Schweinsteiger, 32, was excluded from the Manchester United first-team squad's photocall at their Carrington training ground on Monday, it has emerged.
( Manchester Evening News)

Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, 29, could be sidelined for three weeks following a recurrence of the groin injury which required surgery earlier this month.
( Daily Mirror )

Hull City defender Curtis Davies, 31, is hoping for an England call-up following his impressive start to the Premier League season.
( Yorkshire Post )

Everton winger Yannick Bolasie, 27, has claimed that he once beat Jamaica's multiple Olympic gold medal winning sprinter Usain Bolt in a race.
( Daily Mail )

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says he is perfectly prepared to drop captain Wayne Rooney to the substitutes' bench if he sees the need.
( Daily Mirror )

Yaya Toure's father has begged Pep Guardiola to give his son another chance at Manchester City, following a fall-out between the pair over the Ivorian's agent Dimitri Seluk.
( Sun )

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will select Loris Karius, 23, ahead of regular goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, 28, for Saturday's Premier League match with Hull at Anfield.
( Liverpool Echo )

Cologne are suing one of their own fans after the supporter threw a flare in the stadium and the Bundesliga club had to pay the fine.
( Sun )

Slaven Bilic has still not decided on the name of his four-year-old daughter because he is too busy sorting out the problems at West Ham.
( Sun )