TRANSFER RUMOURS

• Arsenal have joined Manchester City and Liverpool in the race to sign 22-year-old Netherlands winger Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven.
  (Footmercato)



• Newcastle and Arsenal are targeting Napoli's 23-year-old Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, who is valued at £60m.
  (Gazzetta dello Sport)



• Tottenham have agreed to loan France midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, 25, to Valencia.
  (Telefoot)



• Tottenham have rejected Paris Saint-Germain's offer of no less than four players in exchange for out-of-sorts midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, according to reports.
  (Daily Express)



• Bayern Munich and Germany forward Thomas Muller has attracted interest from Newcastle United and Everton, with the 32-year-old approaching the final year of his contract with the Bundesliga side.
  (Daily Star)



• Lyon's Bruno Guimaraes has told the club he wants to move to Newcastle, who have tabled a bid for the 24-year-old Brazil midfielder.
  (L'Equipe)



• Brighton have rejected an offer from Newcastle for English defender Dan Burn, 29.
  (Athletic)



• Newcastle United are looking to make a second bid of around £10m for Brighton defender Dan Burn after the Seagulls had rejected their initial bid.
  (Daily Mail)



• Southampton are preparing a club-record £25m bid to sign Armando Broja permanently after the 20-year-old Albania striker joined the club from Chelsea on a season-long loan at the start of the season.
  (Fabrizio Romano)



• Newcastle have resumed talks to sign Dutch full-back Mitchel Bakker from Bayer Leverkusen, with the Bundesliga club keen on selling the 21-year-old to the Magpies in the January window.
  (90min)



• Paulo Dybala is reportedly 'keen' to join Liverpool after the Premier League side made contact with him after talks over a new contract at Juventus collapsed.
  (Daily Star)



• But the Magpies look set to be frustrated in their pursuit of a loan deal for Jesse Lingard as Manchester United are demanding too much of a fee for 29-year-old England attacking midfielder.
  (Daily Mail)



• Rangers midfielder Juninho Bacuna is set to leave Ibrox and sign for Birmingham City.
  (Daily Express)



• Wolves' Spanish winger - and Tottenham target - Adama Traore, 26, is also now viewed as an option for Barcelona if they can find a deal to move France forward Ousmane Dembele, 24, out of the club.
  (ESPN)



• Liverpool have made contact with Juventus and Argentina forward Paulo Dybala, with the 28-year-old's current deal set to expire in the summer.
  (Sun)



• Liverpool's English defender Nathaniel Phillips, 24, is the subject of interest from Newcastle, West Ham and Watford.
  (Independent)



• Arsenal are expected to firm up their pursuit of Aston Villa's Brazilian midfielder Douglas Luiz, 23, before the end of the transfer window.
  (Birmingham Mail)



• AC Milan have made an offer for Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but the Gabon forward, 32, has demanded more than double what Zlatan Ibrahimovic is paid.
  (Daily Star)



• Tottenham are proposing to sign midfielder Sofyan Amrabat on loan from Fiorentina with an option to buy for £13.4m.
  (Daily Mail)



• Leicester are trying to sign 18-year-old Angers forward Mohamed Ali-Cho, with the Frenchman also linked with Tottenham.
  (Leicester Mercury)



• West Ham and Crystal Palace are eyeing a late move for Senegal and Marseille striker Bamba Dieng, 21, with the French side willing to let him go this month for £8m.
  (Daily Mail)



• Manchester City are set to sign 17-year-old Hungarian winger Zalan Vancsa from MTK Budapest.
  (Daily Telegraph)



• Brighton have seen their bid for Spain forward Abel Ruiz, 21, rejected by Braga.
  (90min)



• Burnley are in talks with Wolfsburg over a deal for prolific Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst.
  (Daily Mail)



• French defender William Saliba, 20, wants to return to Arsenal from his loan spell with Marseille in the summer, despite rumours suggesting he could join the Ligue 1 club on a permanent deal.
  (football.london)



• Southampton have agreed a fee with Cheltenham Town for teenage centre-back Will Armitage.
  (Daily Telegraph)



• Tottenham could use Argentina midfielder Giovani Lo Celso as part of a deal to sign Brazil centre-back and Newcastle target Diego Carlos, 28, from Sevilla.
  (Sun)



• Barcelona are confident of signing 32-year-old Spain defender Cesar Azpilicueta on a free transfer when his Chelsea contract expires this summer.
  (Goal)



• Barcelona are working on a plan to raise €100m (£83.5m) to fund the signing of 21-year-old Borussia Dortmund and Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland this summer.
  (Goal)

MANAGEMENT STUFF

• Frank Lampard is now the leading contender to become Everton manager.
  (Independent)



• Italy boss Roberto Mancini 'could be an option' to take over as Manchester United manager in the summer and is 'tempted' by a return to the Premier League.
  (Daily Mail)



• Manchester United are considering appointing Ralf Rangnick as their permanent manager after a promising start to his interim spell in charge.
  (Sun)

OTHER STUFF

• Derby County supporters have stepped up their efforts to keep the club going with 30,000 expected at Pride Park on Sunday for the home game with Birmingham.
  (Daily Mail)



• Sam Johnstone was left out of West Bromwich Albion's squad for Wednesday's 2-0 home defeat to Preston amid suggestions he is not seeing eye to eye with manager Valerien Ismael.
  (Daily Mail)



• Jesse Lingard is furious with Manchester United after revelations any deal to loan him to Newcastle United would cost the St James' Park club more than £1m a week because of a significant survival bonus.
  (Daily Mail)



• Cesar Azpilicueta's demands for a three-year contract are proving to be the stumbling block in his negotiations with Chelsea.
  (Daily Telegraph)