Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has predicted that Argentina striker Sergio Aguero will not play for another European club in his career, despite speculation linking the 28-year-old to Real Madrid. (Daily Mirror)
West Ham’s French playmaker Dimitri Payet, 29, has refused to rule out a January move away from the club. (Telefoot, in French)
But manager Slaven Bilic will plead with the midfielder to remain at London Stadium. (Daily Mirror)
Sevilla midfielder Steven N’Zonzi says he is flattered by rumoured interest in him from Chelsea and Barcelona, but the 27-year-old Frenchman is happy at the club. (L’Equipe, in French)
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has described Spurs and Belgium midfielder Mousa Dembele, 29, as a “football genius”. (London Standard)
Liverpool and France defender Mamadou Sakho, 26, has been urged to leave the club in January by his national team coach Didier Deschamps. (Telefoot, via Daily Mirror)
West Brom manager Tony Pulis has played down the chances of his club signing Leicester’s Ghana winger Jeffrey Schlupp, 23. (Birmingham Mail)
As many as 10 Premier League clubs have been scouting Nice’s French centre-half Malang Sarr, 17. (BT Sport)
Former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard, 36, is ready to announce his retirement after LA Galaxy were knocked out of the MLS play-offs. (Guardian)
Everton, Sunderland and West Ham are all interested in signing Dynamo Kiev’s Poland striker Lukasz Teodorczyk, 25, currently on loan at Anderlecht. (Daily Mirror)
And Sunderland could be targeting a second Dynamo Kiev signing – 27-year-old Croatia defender Domagoj Vida. (Daily Mirror)
Colombia striker Radamel Falcao, who spent disappointing loan spells at Manchester United and Chelsea in the past two years, could be set to sign a new contract with Monaco. (BT Sport)
Stoke goalkeeper Jakob Haugaard, 24, could leave the club on loan to play more first-team football. (Stoke Sentinel)
