Arsenal ahead of Tottenham in race to sign Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina - Paper Talk
Saturday 6 November 2021 09:03, UK
All the top stories and transfer rumours from Saturday's national newspapers...
DAILY EXPRESS
Arsenal have edged ahead of fierce rivals Tottenham in the race to sign Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic.
Manchester United playmaker Jesse Lingard is tempted by the possibility of a return to West Ham United after seeing the Hammers carry last season's strong form into the new campaign, according to reports.
THE SUN
Roma boss Jose Mourinho is ready to raid two of his former Premier League clubs - Chelsea and Tottenham - to try and sign Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Antonio Rudiger and Harry Winks.
Shaun Wright-Phillips feels Arsenal's Alexandre Lacazette would be a perfect January signing for Manchester City as they look for additional attacking options.
Ousmane Dembele is set to snub Manchester United and Chelsea to stay with Barcelona, even if that means him taking a pay cut on his next contract.
Atletico Madrid's interest could make it difficult for Manchester United and Newcastle in their pursuit of Inter Milan's Marcelo Brozovic.
Juan Roman Riquelme claims Man Utd striker Edinson Cavani phoned Argentine club Boca Juniors to beg for a transfer in January.
Manchester United and Newcastle United are reported to have ended their interest in bringing Eden Hazard back to the Premier League from Real Madrid.
Ademola Lookman wants to switch his international allegiance from England to Nigeria but is yet to convince new Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr he is worthy of a call-up.
Former Tottenham and Newcastle star David Ginola has signed up for the 2021 edition of I'm A Celebrity along with Paralympics star Kadeena Cox.
DAILY MAIL
Paris Saint-Germain expect Sergio Ramos to finally start training next week after a long-term absence with a calf injury.
Real Madrid are considering which fringe players they might have to offload to finance a lucrative contract for impending Chelsea free agent Antonio Rudiger.
Granit Xhaka will not be available to train fully with Arsenal until the New Year after a slow recovery from a knee ligament problem.
Rafa Benitez has warned Everton may not be able to spend heavily in the January window even though he needs significant reinforcements.
Neil Warnock is facing a fight to save his job at Middlesbrough - with sources suggesting that defeat on Saturday is likely to seal his fate.
Barcelona made a surprise visit to scout Fleetwood Town teenager James Hill.
DAILY MIRROR
Real Madrid have unveiled hi-tech plans for the new Santiago Bernabeu stadium and hope to be considered as a host for NFL games in the future.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has raised the temperature ahead of Saturday's derby at Old Trafford by insisting United remain the No 1 club in Manchester despite City's recent domination.
Yorkshire head coach Andrew Gale is being investigated by bosses over alleged antisemitic social media messages as the county's crisis deepens.
DAILY STAR
Antonio Conte left it until the last minute to take the Tottenham job as he was holding out hopes that Manchester United would sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
- Villa's losing run stretches to five
- Solskjaer on beating Pep and fighting back
- Pep not bothered by Manchester derby record
Luis Suarez showed that he still loves Liverpool despite boos on Wednesday as the star took home three kits.
THE GUARDIAN
Everton boss Rafa Benitez doesn't expect to have much money to spend in January.
DAILY RECORD
Aaron Hickey could be on his way to AC Milan, whose technical director Paolo Maldini has identified the Bologna left-back as a future star.
Albian Ajeti is set to end his horror spell with Celtic in January and could be replaced in Ange Postecoglou's squad by Yokohama F. Marinos striker Daizen Maeda.
A report in Portugal states that Celtic are ready to "move forward" for Jota as they weigh up exercising their option to buy in January.
SCOTTISH SUN
Rangers legend Derek Johnstone has hit out at Brondby's thugs after revealing he was caught up in trouble which flared as Danish hooligans set upon Gers fans in a VIP area of the Brondby Stadium.
Dundee United defender Charlie Mulgrew says he will not give up in his bid to get back in to Steve Clarke's Scotland squad.
St Mirren chairman John Needham has been charged with breaches of three SFA disciplinary rules over 'derogatory' comments he made on social media about Rangers fans.
THE TIMES
Amanda Staveley has drawn up a loan agreement in the past week which allows one of her companies to borrow money from a firm owned by Jamie Reuben, her fellow minor shareholder in Newcastle United.
San Francisco 49ers own just under half the shares in Leeds United after increasing their stake from 37 to 44 per cent.
