Manchester City are ready to break the world transfer record and meet forward Lionel Messi’s £275m buyout clause at Barcelona. (Yahoo Sport – in French)
City officials have met Messi’s representatives to discuss the possibility of a move for the 30-year-old Argentine to the Etihad. (Daily Record)
Arsenal have offered winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 24, a four-year contract worth £125,000 a week to fend off interest from Chelsea.(Daily Star)
Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta, 33, whose contract expires next summer, has hinted that it is not certain he will stay at the club. (El Pais, via Daily Mail)
READ: How Chelsea’s catenaccio tactics beat Tottenham – Rudd Gullit
The La Liga side are set to pay the £36m release clause of Nice midfielder Jean Michael Seri, 26, with hopes of playing him alongside Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho, 25, next season. (Mundo Deportivo, via Daily Mail)
Chelsea and AC Milan have been put on alert after Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 28, said he needs to leave the club if he is to grow. (Radio Montecarlo Italy, via Sun)
West Ham are close to completing a deal for 25-year-old midfielder William Carvalho from Sporting Lisbon. (Sky Sports)
Turkish side Antalyaspor have offered Manchester City’s France midfielder Samir Nasri, 30, a two-year contract worth about £70,000 per week. (Times – subscription required)
Crystal Palace manager Frank de Boer says Liverpool centre-back Mamadou Sakho, 27, is much too expensive for him to sign. (Guardian)
West Brom manager Tony Pulis must decide whether he wants to spend £15m on Tottenham defender Kevin Wimmer, 24, after the club sanctioned the deal. (Birmingham Mail)
Manchester United expect 35-year-old striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to sign a new contract to stay at Old Trafford as early as this week. (ESPN FC)
The Swede was released by United in the summer after suffering a knee ligament injury last season, but his latest fitness update shows he is fighting fit. (Twitter)
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he must sell before he can buy and admits the club “have too many players”. (Independent)
Huddersfield Town striker Nahki Wells, 27, has joined Sheffield Wednesday‘s Jordan Rhodes, 27, on Wolverhampton Wanderers‘ shortlist of transfer targets. (Birmingham Mail)
Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has accused Barcelona of lacking class in their pursuit of 20-year-old winger Ousmane Dembele. (Daily Mail)
Leicester City players have told 26-year-old winger Riyad Mahrez, who is seeking a move away from the club, to stay at the King Power Stadium. (Leicester Mercury)
Meanwhile…
Referee Lee Mason’s performance in Southampton’s 3-2 win over West Ham has been criticised by ex-referees’ chief Keith Hackett. “He struggled and I’ve questioned his ability before to look comfortable and control a Premier League game,” said Hackett. (Daily Telegraph)
Newly promoted Newcastle United are not ready for the Premier League, says boss Rafael Benitez. The Magpies have lost their first two league games. (Daily Mirror)
Bournemouth striker Jermain Defoe, 34, is angry at being left out of the starting line-up for the first two Premier League games. (Daily Mirror)
Former England striker Alan Shearer says Manchester United’s blistering start to the Premier League season has strengthened his view that Jose Mourinho’s side will win the Premier League. (Sun)
Stoke police have trolled ‘missing person’ Mesut Ozil on Twitter following Stoke City’s 1-0 win over Arsenal on Saturday. (Daily Telegraph)
Tottenham have been accused of creating an ‘artificial’ atmosphere inside Wembley as they played a drum beat over the PA system against Chelsea on Sunday. (Daily Telegraph)
Chelsea striker Diego Costa, 28, has continued his long-standing dispute with manager Antonio Conte by reiterating his displeasure at the Italian’s text-message treatment. (MC News, via Daily Mail)
Chelsea defender David Luiz said his midfield orders from Antonio Conte against Tottenham were simple… to run. (Sky Sports, via Evening Standard)
Manchester City‘s left-back Benjamin Mendy sent his commiserations to Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi on his “bulletheader” in the Blues victory over Spurs…
And Batshuayi was just thankful for Marcos Alonso’s left foot…
