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Manchester United will trigger Atletico Madrid defender
Diego Godin's £30m release clause in January, with
manager Jose Mourinho earmarking the 30-year-old to
provide his team with leadership. (Sun)
Memphis Depay, who cost Manchester United £31m in May
2015, recognises his career at the club may be over. The
22-year-old is open to a loan move to Fenerbahce in
January. (Guardian)
MLS side LA Galaxy are considering making a move for 35-
year-old Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic when
his contract runs out at the end of the season. (Daily
Mirror)
Jose Mourinho plans to sell at least eight of his Manchester
United players over the next two transfer windows. (Daily
Telegraph)
Barcelona are keen to extend former Liverpool striker Luis
Suarez's contract at the Nou Camp to deter a rumoured
£135m world-record bid from Manchester United for the
29-year-old. (Independent)
Liverpool and Tottenham are both tracking 25-year-old
striker Moussa Marega - who is on loan at Vitoria
Guimaraes from Porto and has a release clause of £35.5m.
(L'Equipe, via Sports Witness)
Yaya Toure's agent Dimitri Seluk says he will not be
apologising to Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola,
despite the 33-year-old midfielder saying sorry for
"misunderstandings of the past". (Talksport)
Interim England manager Gareth Southgate says he may
turn down the FA if offered the job on a full-time basis.
(Guardian)
Marseille have already taken up the option to sign on-loan
23-year-old winger Florian Thauvin from Newcastle. (La
Provence - in French)
Marseille midfielder Maxime Lopez, 18, is attracting interest
form Liverpool and Arsenal. (Le Parisien, via Talksport)
West Brom have sent 23-year-old striker Saido Berahino to
a fitness centre in the south of France. (Birmingham Mail)
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has welcomed the
appointment of the club's first sporting director. (Liverpool
Echo)
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha is considering
switching international allegiance from England to Ivory
Coast after a three-year absence from the Three Lions set-
up. (Sun)
Liverpool are prepared to subsidise up to half of out-of-
favour defender Mamadou Sakho's £100,000-a-week wage
to ensure the 26-year-old leaves on loan in January. Stoke
and Lille are interested. (Squawka)
Everton striker Oumar Niasse, 26, could move to Turkey in
January after failing to make an impression at Goodison
since his switch from Lokomotiv Moscow. (Liverpool Echo)
Fenerbahce's 27-year-old defender Simon Kjaer described
Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic as "arrogant"
and "chest-puffing" after clashing with him in Thursday's
Europa League game - a 2-1 win for the Turkish side. (Kanal
9, via Guardian)
Simone Zaza's agent - his father Antonio - will travel to
London for talks about his son's future as a West Ham
striker. He says he cannot guarantee the 25-year-old Italian
will still be with the Hammers come January.
(Calciomercato - in Italian)
Middlesbrough are close to signing 19-year-old Ghanaian
midfielder William Opoku Asiedu from Okyeman Planners.
(Ghana Soccernet)
Fiorentina midfielder Milan Badelj, 27, is a possible January
target for Chelsea as he nears the final 18 months of his
current contract with the Viola. (Gazzetta dello Sport, via
Talksport)
Former Manchester United and Chelsea midfielder Juan
Sebastian Veron will come out of retirement at the age of 41
to play for Argentine club Estudiantes. (La Nacion - in
Spanish)
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Leicester's 29-year-old keeper Kasper Schmeichel broke his
hand in Wednesday's Champions League game at FC
Copenhagen - and is set for the dreaded 'spell on the
sidelines'.
Kurt Zouma has not played for Chelsea since suffering a
knee injury in February but is closing in on a first-team
return.
And finally...
The agent of Manchester United striker Anthony Martial has
admitted that the 20-year-old felt "disappointed" that the
club's number nine shirt was taken from him and given to
new signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the summer. (RMC Sport
- in French)
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