Real Madrid are weighing up a January move for Inter Milan’s 28-year-old Colombian midfielder Fredy Guarin, also a target for Chelsea and Spurs – (Talksport)
Stoke manager Mark Hughes is planning to make a January loan move for Barcelona’s Ivorian winger Adama Traore, 18 – (Daily Mirror)
Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge, 25, is expected to be out until Christmas with the thigh injury he sustained on England duty – (Evening Standard)
Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, 22, is to be offered a new £80,000-a-week deal as a reward for replacing Petr Cech in the team –(Times – subscription only)
Meanwhile, Courtois has admitted he feels uncomfortable taking Cech’s number one spot at Stamford Bridge – (Daily Star)