A round-up of Friday’s biggest transfer stories.
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Premier League leaders Arsenal are prepared to offer a whopping £32m in order to sign prolific Atletico de Madrid front man Diego Costa, which is the value of the Brazil-born attacker’s release clause in his current contract with the La Liga high flyers.
Full story: The Daily Star
Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur will all go head to head in the January transfer window in order to sign unsettled Lille forward Salomon Kalou after the former Chelsea wide man declared his desire to return to the Premier League this month.
Full story: The Daily Star
Serie A giants Napoli have now joined the race to land out-of-favour Chelsea playmaker Juan Mata after the Spain international’s very public show of frustration following his substitution by Blues boss Jose Mourinho during Wednesday’s 3-0 win against Southampton at St Mary’s.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
New Cardiff City head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to make highly rated Blackpool wide man Tom Ince his first signing since replacing Malky Mackay in the Bluebirds hot seat.
Full story: The Daily Telegraph
Chelsea have placed a whopping £25m asking price on the head of out-of-favour midfielder Kevin de Bruyne amid interest in the Belgium international from Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, with the west London club not prepared to let the youngster leave Stamford Bridge on loan this month though.
Full story: The Daily Telegraph
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini will only let unsettled centre-back Joleon Lescott leave Eastlands in the January transfer window if a rival club makes a huge offer for the occasional England international, with the likes of Besiktas, Tottenham Hotspur , Everton, Aston Villa, Newcastle United and AS Monaco all said to be interested in the 31-year-old.
Full story: The Manchester Evening News
Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher is wanted by both Hull City and Glasgow Celtic this month, with the Black Cats said to be seeking £4m for the player.
Full story: The Daily Record
Newcastle United have offered £4m for highly rated Montpellier wide man Remy Cabella.
Full story: The Daily Telegraph
Liverpool are happy to let exciting young wide man Raheem Sterling join Swansea City on loan this month, but only if the Merseysiders are first able to finalise the £8m capture of FC Basel winger Mohamed Salah that is.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Chelsea have now joined London rivals Arsenal in the race to land highly rated FC Basel centre-back Fabian Schar in the January transfer window after Blues manager Jose Mourinho was impressed with the Switzerland international when the two clubs met in the Uefa Champions League earlier this season.
Full story: Inside Futbol
Manchester United coach David Moyes is understood to be happy to allow out-of-favour left-back Alexander Buttner move to Turkish champions Galatasaray in the January transfer window.
Full story: The Daily Mail
Stoke City are considering allowing holding midfielder Wilson Palacios join La Liga outfit Real Betis for just £500,000 after originally signing the Honduras international for a whopping £6m three years ago.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Both Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester United have suffered a huge blow in their long-running efforts to lure coveted young Southampton left-back Luke Shaw away from St Mary’s after the England Under-21 international informed the south-coast club that he wanted to continue his development with them going forward.
Full story: The Daily Telegraph
Premier League leaders Arsenal have been told by Serie A champions Juventus that they will need to fork out £8m if they still wish to go ahead with plans to bring Montenegro forward Mirko Vucinic to the Emirates this month, with the Old Lady of Italian Football understood to be unwilling to allow the 30-year-old to move to north London on a six-month loan deal.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Chelsea are preparing a second bid for prolific Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain after the west London club saw their first offer of £50m for the Argentina international rejected by the Naples outfit.
Full story: The Daily Telegraph
In-demand Chelsea centre-back David Luiz is now wanted by Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich in the January transfer market.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Mega-rich Premier League outfit Manchester City will allow out-of-favour central defender Joleon Lescott to join either Tottenham Hotspur or Newcastle United on a six-month loan deal this month.
Full story: The Daily Mail
Newcastle United are hoping to steal a march on West Ham United in the race to sign experienced Everton defender Jonny Heitinga this month.
Full story: The Daily Mirror
Premier League strugglers West Ham United and Stoke City will both go head to head in the January transfer window in the battle to land exciting Manchester City front man John Guidetti on a six-month loan deal.
Full story: The Daily Mirror