A roundup of Tuesday’s biggest transfer stories.
Chelsea and Manchester United may be put on alert after 25-year-old Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski’s agent claimed he has held talks with Napoli chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis about a move to the Italian club.
Full story: Daily Express
Arsenal could be willing to pay £11m for Schalke’s 21-year-old defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos.
Full story: Daily Express
Manchester City could be ready to pounce if Manchester United fail to agree a new deal with 18-year-old Belgian winger Adnan Januzaj, whose contract expires at the end of this season.
Full story: ESPN
Mahamadou Diarra, could earn a new contract with Fulham after making his comeback from a long-term knee injury in the development squad’s win at Reading on Monday. The defensive midfielder’s contract ran out in the summer.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Stoke will offer 28-year-old striker Kenwyne Jones a new contract in a bid to prevent the forward from leaving next summer on a free transfer.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
Former Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly believes Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has flirted with a move to the Blues this summer in order to get a new deal at the Old Trafford club.
Full story: Daily Star
Brighton are targeting a loan move for Tottenham striker Jonathan Obika, 23, who is currently recovering from an ankle injury.
Full story: The Argus
West Ham striker Andy Carroll, 24, hopes a trip to a specialist in Belgium will see him avoid surgery on the heel injury that has prevented him from playing this season.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio has offered encouragement to former captain Lee Cattermole that he can have a fresh start at the club after the pair held talks. Di Canio had been unconvinced the 25-year-old midfielder – who is recovering from a knee injury – would fit in under him.
Full story: Guardian
Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar, 31, is to be ruled out for a month after suffering a hamstring injury.
Full story: Daily Mail
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti is considering starting £85.3m world record signing Gareth Bale, 24, on the bench in the Spanish side’s opening Champions League game of the season at Galatasaray on Tuesday.
Full story: Guardian
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres, 29, says he welcomes the competition for places that fellow forward Samuel Eto’o brings at the Stamford Bridge club and insists the pair are friends.
Full story: The Sun (subscription required)
Gareth Bale can ‘play in many positions and not just as a striker’, says Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti ahead of his team’s game with Turkish club Galatasaray in the Champions League.
Full story: Marca
Manchester United manager David Moyes has a ‘longstanding interest’ in Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling.
Full story: Bild
Gareth Bale’s arrival forced Mesut Ozil’s Real Madrid exit, and now the Welshman is considering whether to buy the Arsenal playmaker’s £1m property in the Spanish capital.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Manchester City are keeping tabs on Udinese starlet Piotr Zielinsk.
Full story: talkSPORT
Arsenal face losing out on Romanian forward Ciprian Marica after Fiorentina joined the chase for the free agent.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Watford’s Spanish goalkeeper Manuel Almunia snubbed a return to his homeland to finish the job at promotion-chasing Watford. Almunia was wanted by Valencia this summer but is determined to help the Hornets reach the Premier League.
Full story: Express
Italian giants Inter Milan and Roma are looking to end Lewis Holtby’s Tottenham nightmare.
Full story: talkSPORT
Inter Milan tell Arsenal to forget about signing Patrick Olsen.
Full story: talkSPORT
Former Manchester United target Ezequiel Garay fully focused on Benfica.
Full story: talkSPORT
Wenger will continue to monitor Florent Thauvin, who recently joined Marseille from Lille.
Full story: talkSPORT
Ipswich eyeing move for Hull City’s Matty Fryatt.
Full story: talkSPORT