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Football Rumours on Friday 8th October 2021
2021-10-08 08:59:38





TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Arsenal are considering a move for Zenit St Petersburg and Iran striker Sardar Azmoun, 26, as a replacement for 30-year-old France forward Alexandre Lacazette, whose contract with the Premier League side expires next summer.
    (Teamtalk)


  • Juventus have put a £25.4m price tag on United States midfielder Weston McKennie, 23, who is being targeted by Tottenham.
    (Calcio Mercato)


  • Liverpool are weighing up a move for Real Madrid and Spain winger Marco Asensio, 25, who is reportedly unhappy at the Bernabeu.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Barcelona have been heavily linked with Raheem Sterling and Manchester City would ask for France winger Ousmane Dembele, 24, in exchange if their player were to move to Spain.
    (El Nacional)


  • Arsenal are stepping up their interest in Club Bruges winger Noa Lang.
    (Sun)


  • Liverpool striker Divock Origi has reportedly been offered to Barcelona as a January signing. The 26-year-old Belgium striker's contract expires at the end of the season and he has had limited game time under Jurgen Klopp.
    (Sun)


  • Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga could make an extraordinary move to Lazio and have a reunion with Maurizio Sarri, who he had a famous row with during the 2019 Carabao Cup final.
    (Sun)


  • England midfielder Harry Winks, 25, could switch to Everton from Tottenham in January in order to get more game time.
    (Caughtoffside)


  • Tottenham are ready to block any approaches for Harry Winks despite his reported desire to leave the club on loan in January.
    (Sun)


  • Juventus and Inter Milan want to sign Leicester's 25-year-old Belgium full-back Timothy Castagne.
    (Le Derniere Heure)


  • AC Milan midfielder Franck Kessie is set to test the free agent market in January with Liverpool, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain all showing interest.
    (Daily Express)


  • Valencia, Real Betis and Rayo Vallecano are expected to battle for the signature of former Arsenal and Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez, 32, who is out of favour at Inter Milan.
    (Gazzetta dello Sport)


  • Timo Werner says his decision to change agent is not an indication of any desire to leave Chelsea and link up with Julian Nagelsmann at Bayern Munich.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Manchester United and Chelsea are targeting Stoke City's English forward Emre Tezgel, 16. Manchester City are also said to be keen on the youngster.
    (Daily Star)


  • Manchester City have also joined the race to sign 19-year-old Espanyol attacker Mateo Joseph, who has also attracted interest from Leeds.
    (Daily Mail)


  • AC Milan are keen on signing France defender Samuel Umtiti, 27, from Barcelona in January.
    (Calcio Mercato)


  • Torino and Italy striker Andrea Belotti, 27, could leave the club for free when his contract runs out.
    (Fabrizio Romano)


  • Serbia forward Dusan Vlahovic, 21, of Fiorentina, and Paris St-Germain's 28-year-old Argentina striker Mauro Icardi, 28, are on Juventus' radar.
    (Gazzetta dello Sport)



MANAGEMENT STUFF

  • Former Chelsea boss Frank Lampard and Rangers manager Steven Gerrard are in the frame to replace Newcastle boss Steve Bruce, who says he expects to lose his job.
    (Daily Telegraph)



INTERNATIONAL STUFF

  • Gareth Southgate is ready to send out his England 'B' team on Andorra's plastic pitch.
    (Sun)


  • England U21s had to settle for a 2-2 draw after surrendering a two-goal half-time lead in Slovenia in Euro 2023 qualification.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Jonny Evans is the latest player to be ruled out of Northern Ireland's crunch World Cup Qualifier against Switzerland.
    (Sky Sports)



OTHER STUFF

  • Manchester City are keen to open contract talks with Raheem Sterling, 26, and do not want to sell the England forward, who has fewer than two years left on his contract.
    (Sun)


  • The £300m takeover of Newcastle United has officially been completed, with a Saudi-led consortium ending Mike Ashley's 14-year ownership of the club.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Newcastle's new owners are aiming to make the club as big as Manchester City and Paris St-Germain, who also have owners from the Middle East.
    (Times)


  • Newcastle United will be able to spend well over £200m strengthening their squad in the next three years without breaching Financial Fair Play rules, financial analysts calculate.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Marcus Rashford has been awarded a doctorate - becoming the youngest person to ever receive an honorary degree from the University of Manchester.
    (Sun)


  • Chelsea might have to wait until 2022 to play in the Club World Cup with FIFA set to discuss postponing the December tournament after hosts Japan pulled out.
    (Daily Mirror)
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