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Tottenham to sign Barkley for £35m, Oscar reject China move

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Chelsea have accepted a £60m offer from Chinese club Shanghai SIPG for Oscar but the Brazilian wants to fight for a place at Chelsea

Tottenham have made enquiries about signing Everton and England midfielder Ross Barkley, but they would have to offer at least £35m for the 23-year-old. (Evening Standard)

And Spurs are also interested in signing Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha in January and have made a £25m bid. (Squawka)

Brazil midfielder Oscar, 25, is keen to stay at Chelsea and fight for his place, rather than move to China. (Sky Sports)

Chelsea could replace Oscar with Genoa’s 23-year-old Uruguay midfielder Diego Laxalt. (Mirror)

England Under-20 defender Reece Oxford has snubbed interest from Manchester United and Manchester City and will sign a five-year deal with West Ham. The deal will be announced on the player’s 18th birthday on Friday. (Sun)

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Liverpool owner John W Henry has denied rumours that a Chinese takeover of the club is imminent. (Liverpool Echo)

Swansea boss Bob Bradley wants to sign a defender, a midfielder and a striker in the January transfer window. (Talksport)

Crystal Palace are targeting Santos attacking midfielder Lucas Lima, but are refusing to pay more than £8m for the 26-year-old Brazil international. (Sun)

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Yaya Toure tweeted after his 200th Premier League game for Manchester City. The midfielder wrote: “Great to mark 200 Premier League games at City with a win in front of our fans!” (Twitter)

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Full-back Cesar Azpilicueta’s 200th game for Chelsea was the side’s 10th league win in a row. He tweeted: “We keep working hard and getting points! Another step forward! Happy to make my 200th appearance for the club! Hopefully many more to come.” (Twitter)

Ander Herrera praised Manchester United after their late winner against Crystal Palace. “Even when we don’t have our best day, we are a TEAM, deserved victory,” the midfielder tweeted. (Twitter)

Former Liverpool and Netherlands striker Dirk Kuyt, 36, went home with the match ball after scoring a hat-trick for Feyenoord against ADO Den Haag in the Dutch Cup.

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