A round-up of Sunday’s biggest transfer stories.
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Chelsea are set to splash out £21m in order to re-sign Benfica midfielder Nemanja Matic in the January transfer window.
Full story: The Sunday Telegraph
Manchester City are lining up a bid of £30m for coveted Southampton left-back Luke Shaw.
Full story: The Mail on Sunday
West Ham United have a agreed a fee with Manchester City for the sale of England international Joleon Lescott, however, the move may collapse as the north-west outfit do not want to release the centre back until after Jan 20.
Full story: The Sunday Telegraph
Arsenal and Chelsea will go head to head in the battle to sign young Atletico de Madrid front man Saul Niguez in January.
Full story: The Sunday Mirror
Champions Manchester United are on the verge of agreeing a six-month loan deal for out-of-favour Real Madrid left-back Fabio Coentrao.
Full story: The Sunday Telegraph
Manchester City are interested in signing coveted Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, with the mega-rich Premier League outfit even willing to offer unsettled Montenegro international Stevan Jovetic in part exchange for the Frenchman.
Full story: The Daily Star on Sunday
Manchester United midfielder Anderson will join Serie A outfit Fiorentina in the January transfer window, while wide man Wilfried Zaha is set to move to Cardiff City and winger Luis Nani will sign for Sporting Lisbon, both on six-month loan deals.
Full story: The Mail on Sunday
Arsenal will increase their efforts to land in-demand Schalke 04 midfielder Julian Draxler in January after finding out that the Germany international has a £40m buyout clause in his contract with the Bundesliga outfit.
Full story: The Daily Star on Sunday
Unsettled Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse is on the verge of moving to Qatar, but the Magpies’ insistence on receiving all of the £9m that they initially splashed out on the Senegalese is holding up the deal.
Full story: The Sunday Mirror
Ex-Manchester United head coach Sir Alex Ferguson held an impromptu meeting with current Red Devils manager David Moyes after the club’s shock FA Cup third-round loss to Swansea City at Old Trafford last weekend.
Full story: The Sunday Mirror
Former England skipper John Terry is planning on coming out of international retirement for the Three Lions next international against Denmark at Wembley in March.
Full story: The Sunday Mirror
One-time Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay will take over from under-pressure West Ham United coach Sam Allardyce if the board of the relegation threatened east London club opt to make a managerial change.
Full story: The Daily Star on Sunday
West Ham United chairman David Gold has claimed that boss Sam Allardyce will remain as the Hammers manager as ‘Big Sam’ should not be held accountable for all the injuries the club have suffered so far this season.
Full story: Sky Sports
Former Tottenham Hotspur head coach Andre Villas-Boas is in line to replace Schalke 04 manager Jens Keller.
Full story: The Sunday Telegraph
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says that midfielder Alex Olxlade-Chamberlain will eventually be the man to replace current England captain Steven Gerrard in the Three Lions midfield when the Liverpool veteran eventually decides to call time in his international career.
Full story: The Sunday Express
Former Liverpool captain John Barnes says that the Reds do not have a strong enough squad to be able to win this season’s Premier League title, however, the Englishman does believe that the Merseyside giants are capable of finishing in the top four of the table come the end of the campaign though, and with qualify for next season’s Uefa Champions League.
Full story: The Sunday Mirror
Champions Manchester United are eyeing up a possible move for highly rated Valencia midfielder Ever Banega in the January transfer window, but the Red Devils’ hopes of being able to sign the Argentinian may hinge on whether they are also prepared to loan los Che forward Javier Hernandez in return at a time when attackers Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie are both out injured.
Full story: The Sunday Mirror
Out-of-favour Chelsea wide man Juan Mata is a target for European and German champions Bayern Munich, with the Spain international even prepared to carry on warming the substitutes’ bench at Stamford Bridge for the remainder of this campaign before moving to the Allianz Arena this summer.
Full story: The Sunday Mirror
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will switch his attention to prolific AS Monaco marksman Radamel Falcao if the west London club fail in their efforts to sign first-choice striking target Wayne Rooney from Manchester United at the end of the season.
Full story: The Sunday Mirror
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has earmarked a move for Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Maxime Gonalons this summer.
Full story: The Sunday Mirror
Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy is keen to keep hold of club-record £30m signing Erik Lamela, despite much interest in the Argentina international from a plethora of big-name Serie A clubs.
Full story: The Sunday Mirror