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Manchester United have made Borussia Dortmund’s 19-year-old England winger Jadon Sancho, who used to be at Manchester City, their top January transfer target and are preparing a £100m bid. — (Sun)
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Barcelona have had their first offer of a loan, with a 150m euros (£137m) option to buy Brazil forward Neymar, 27, rejected by Paris St-Germain, as the Ligue 1 champions want €250m (£229m). — (Marca)
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Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea are among Europe’s top clubs interested in signing Bayer Leverkusen’s Germany forward Kai Havertz, 20, who is valued at £91m. — (Sport1 – in German)
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Manchester United and Spain goalkeeper David de Gea, 28, has yet to put pen to paper on his new £350,000-a-week deal and could keep the club waiting until January. (Sun)
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Liverpool’s out-of-favour Croatia defender Dejan Lovren, 30, is attracting the interest of German side Bayer Leverkusen after failing to secure a move to Roma.— (Bild – in German)
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Tottenham are in talks to sell Kenya midfielder Victor Wanyama, 28, to Club Bruges for £11m. (Telegraph)
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Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi, 25, wants to stay and fight for his place at Chelsea but will reassess the situation in January. — (Standard)
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Crystal Palace are finalising contract extensions for Belgium striker Christian Benteke, 28, and English centre-back James Tomkins, 30. — (Mail)
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Manchester City are monitoring the situation of Velez Sarsfield Argentine midfielder Thiago Almada, 18, who has yet to renew his contract with the club. — (A Bola, via Manchester Evening News)
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City have had a request for extra Premier League winners’ medals turned down. The champions were given 40 medals after winning the title last year and the Premier League have ruled that is sufficient. — (Mail)
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp wants English midfielder Herbie Kane, 20, to feature in their Carabao Cup campaign, ending the hopes of Portsmouth, Sunderland and Coventry of signing the player on loan. — (Portsmouth News)
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Bayern Munich are open to selling former Germany defender Jerome Boateng, 30, for £22m. — (Mail via Marca)
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Former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry has revealed he often slips into matches at Emirates Stadium unnoticed by fans in order to study his former club and improve his coaching. (Telegraph) – BBC
