England striker Harry Kane, 28, will abandon plans to quit Tottenham after the arrival of Antonio Conte as their new manager. (Sun)
Conte is set to make AC Milan’s 24-year-old Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessie his first signing as Tottenham manager. (Metro, via Sportitalia)
Conte also wants Tottenham to sign Inter Milan’s Netherlands defender Stefan de Vrij, 29, in January. (Football Insider)
Manchester United’s Paul Pogba prefers a return to Juventus over joining Paris St-Germain or Real Madrid when the France midfielder, 28, becomes a free agent next summer. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)
Erling Braut Haaland has decided to leave Borussia Dortmund and his agent wants the Norway striker, 21, to join Barcelona. (El Nacional – in Catalan)
Borussia Dortmund, though, are confident they will keep Manchester City and Chelsea target Haaland, despite a £64m release clause that is believed to kick in next year. (Manchester Evening News)
Real Madrid forward Eden Hazard could join Newcastle in the January transfer window, with Carlo Ancelotti prepared to let the 30-year-old Belgian leave. (Star)
Newcastle are planning a free transfer swoop for Inter Milan’s Marcelo Brozovic as the Croatia defensive midfielder, 28, is out of contract next summer. (Sun)
Belgium coach Roberto Martinez is being pushed for the Newcastle manager’s job by caretaker boss Graeme Jones, who was previously the Spaniard’s assistant with the national side. (Football Insider)
Tottenham, West Ham and Southampton are all chasing West Brom’s England goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, 28, whose contract expires next summer. (Sky Sports)
Tottenham are also ready to rival Juventus for Fiorentina’s Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic, 21. (Calciomercato – in Italian)
Arsenal are preparing an offer to sign Real Madrid and Serbia striker Luka Jovic, 23, on loan with an option to buy. (Star)
Christian Eriksen is open to rejoining Ajax in January as the Danish midfielder, 29, is unable to play for his current club Inter Milan having been fitted with a heart defibrillator. (Corriere dello Sport – in Italian)
Paris St-Germain do not want to rescind Spain defender Sergio Ramos’ two-year contract with them and could not do so even if they wanted to. The 35-year-old joined the French club on a free transfer from Real Madrid in July but is yet to play for them because of injury. (Marca)
England youth international Fabio Carvalho has turned down a ‘massive’ offer to stay with Fulham and the 19-year-old winger, who has been linked with Real Madrid, is now set to be out of contract at the end of the season. (Sun)
Rotherham boss Paul Warne is a contender to take over as manager of Championship side Barnsley, who are looking to replace sacked head coach Markus Schopp. (Mail)
