Barcelona are preparing to bid for Borussia Dortmund and Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, 21, Manchester United’s France star Paul Pogba, 28, and Spain playmaker Dani Olmo, 23. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)
With Pogba’s Manchester United contract set to expire next summer, the club are prepared to offer a £400,000-a-week deal to make him the highest paid Premier League player of all time. (Express)
Chelsea will go head-to-head with Juventus for Monaco’s France under-21 midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, 21, in January. (Tuttomercatoweb – in Italian)
England midfielder Jesse Lingard, 28, and Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly, 27, are among seven players who could be sold by Manchester United in a January clearout. (Sun)
Liverpool, Tottenham and Juventus are set to battle it out for Bayern Munich and France winger Kingsley Coman, 25. (Fichajes – in Spanish)
Chelsea are also interested in Coman after Bayern Munich’s ex-sporting director tipped him to leave the club. (Mirror)
Barcelona head Ronald Koeman does not know what his future holds amid reports that president Joan Laporta is drawing up a list of replacements. (Express)
Juventus were set to sign Gianluigi Donnarumma, 22, on a free from AC Milan this summer, but had to withdraw for financial reasons, allowing Paris St-Germain to bring in the Italy goalkeeper. (Goal)
Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane, 28, may still be feeling the effects of his failed Manchester City transfer this summer. (Talksport)
PSG sporting director Leonardo has dismissed suggestions that Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 34, will earn more than £30m per season during his three-year contract. (Mail)
Manchester United are in contact with England midfielder Jesse Lingard, 28, over a new contract. Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes, 27, and England defender Luke Shaw, 26, are also on the club’s ‘contract list’. (Fabrizio Romano)
Arsenal are lining up a £20m bid for Dutch Under-21 and Club Bruges winger Noa Lang, 22. (Fichajes via Mirror)
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has defended England winger Jadon Sancho over the 21-year-old’s slow start to his Old Trafford career following his £73m summer move from Borussia Dortmund. (Sky Sports, via Star)
AC Milan director Paolo Maldini is hopeful the club can agree a contract extension with 24-year-old Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessie, whose deal with the Serie A side runs out next summer. (SportsMole)
