TRANSFER RUMOURS

• Arsenal and Liverpool are interested in signing 22-year-old Wolves and Algeria defender Rayan Ait-Nouri.
  (Football Transfers)



• Liverpool want to keep Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara, 32, but he is attracting interest from Brazilian side Flamengo and Al-Ettifaq of the Saudi Pro League.
  (Teamtalk)



• Newcastle will review their January transfer plans at a special meeting this week following the injury to 27-year-old Brazil midfielder Joelinton.
  (Guardian)



• Chelsea have reportedly been offered Karim Benzema, Roberto Firmino and Aleksandar Mitrovic from the Saudi Pro League as Mauricio Pochettino seeks to add firepower to his squad.
  (Daily Express)



• Brentford have a verbal agreement with Tottenham for a loan move for Spain defender Sergio Reguilon, 27, although there is no option-to-buy clause.
  (Fabrizio Romano)



• Middlesbrough have enquired about signing 21-year-old Ivory Coast winger Amad Diallo, but Manchester United want to keep him after he impressed in training.
  (Daily Mail)



• Chelsea are reportedly keen on reviving their interest in Southampton defender Kyle Walker-Peters, who previously failed to make the grade under Jose Mourinho at Tottenham.
  (Daily Express)



• Nottingham Forest will prioritise selling players over buying this month in an effort to show the Premier League they are taking the charge of allegedly breaching profit and sustainability rules seriously.
  (Times)



• Chelsea are considering a shock transfer for Aston Villa star Jhon Duran.
  (Sun)



• Liverpool are plotting a transfer move for Chelsea's Levi Colwill, according to reports.
  (Sun)



• Manchester United are interested in signing Barcelona star Ronald Araujo, according to reports.
  (Sun)



• Manchester United want Bologna's 22-year-old Dutch forward Joshua Zirkzee in the summer.
  (Florian Plettenberg)



• Newcastle are reportedly planning a swoop for Atalanta star Ederson.
  (Sun)



• Wolves are considering a move for 22-year-old Albania forward Armando Broja, 22, whose Chelsea future is likely to hinge on whether they sign a striker this month.
  (Guardian)



• West Ham have rejected an initial approach from Marseille for out-of-favour winger Said Benrahma.
  (London Evening Standard)



• Arsenal are in talks with Besiktas over a deal for 32-year-old Portuguese defender Cedric Soares.
  (Daily Mail)



• Facundo Pellistri could be the next Manchester United player to go out on loan after Granada joined Dutch clubs PSV Eindhoven and NEC Nijmegen in the race for the Uruguayan.
  (Daily Mail)



• Burkina Faso forward Bertrand Traore and English defender Calum Chambers, both 28, are attracting interest from European clubs after being told they could leave Aston Villa in January.
  (Football Insider)

MANAGEMENT STUFF

• Graham Potter has lined up a return to management in Sweden - by buying a £2m mansion in the Scandinavian country.
  (Sun)



• Jose Mourinho, who has been sacked by Roma after a two-and-a-half-year stint at the Serie A club, could already be lined up with a new role with his native Portugal.
  (Sun)

INTERNATIONAL STUFF

• An exasperated Andre Onana had to be calmed down by El Hadji Diouf after the Manchester United goalkeeper travelled 5,000 miles in less than 24 hours to make Cameroon's opening Africa Cup of Nations match - only to be left out of the squad.
  (Daily Telegraph)

OTHER STUFF

• The £500m proposed takeover of Everton 777 Partners is almost certainly dead in the water.
  (Sun)



• Premier League chief executive Richard Masters says a date has been set for Manchester City's hearing over 115 alleged breaches of the league's financial rules.
  (Sky Sports)