Monday’s news and transfer rumour gossip.
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, 23, is wanted by Real Madrid as the replacement for captain and Bernabeu icon Iker Casillas, 33 – (Daily Mirror)
Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil, 25, wants to leave Arsenal in January – with the club willing to sell him to Bayern Munich for £30m – (Daily Mail)
Midfielder Juan Mata’s days at Manchester United could be numbered with manager Louis van Gaal looking to use the Spaniard as part of a deal to sign Arturo Vidal, 27, from Juventus – (Daily Star)
Tottenham are watching Toulouse’s prolific £5m-rated goalscorer Wissam Ben Yedder, 24, with new boss Mauricio Pochettino underwhelmed by Roberto Soldado, 29, and Emmanuel Adebayor, 30 – (Daily Mirror)
Newcastle will be offered the chance to re-sign England striker Andy Carroll, 25, in January for as little as £6m after an injury-hit spell at West Ham – (Newcastle Chronicle)
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants to keep striker Lukas Podolski, 29, amid reports that he is ready to leave – (Daily Express)
Newcastle winger Shane Ferguson, 23, wants a loan move after failing to get any games at St James’ Park this season – (Shields Gazette)
Liverpool are considering a move for Benfica’s 20-year-old Portuguese midfielder Fabio Sturgeon – who is eligible to play for England, where his father was born – (Daily Mirror)
Goalkeeper Joe Hart was voted man of the match on an online poll for the second game running – despite barely touching the ball in England’s 1-0 win in Estonia – (Daily Mail)
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has apologised for his part in last weekend’s touchline confrontation with Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho – but insists he was provoked – (Guardian)
Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois has defended the club’s treatment of his head injury during their 2-0 win over Arsenal – insisting he was not knocked unconscious – (Daily Telegraph)
West Brom forward Saido Berahino, 21, says England’s under-21 players are prepared for the possibility of racial intimidation when they play their European Championship qualifying play-off second leg in Croatia on Tuesday – (Independent)
Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale, 25, will battle through the pain of a back problem to help Wales in their Euro 2016 qualifier against Cyprus on Monday – (Guardian)
Liverpool will consider selling the naming rights to their main stand at Anfield in order to pay for its £75m expansion – (Liverpool Echo)
Huddersfield boss Chris Powell says he supports the idea of bringing more black coaches and managers into English football by introducing an equivalent to NFL’s Rooney Rule – (Talksport)
Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul, 26, is battling to be fit to face Leicester next Saturday, while his club face an anxious wait on their other internationals – (Northern Echo)
West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace wants rules in place to prevent young Premier League players from frittering away their million-pound pay packets – (Daily Mail)
Former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says the Premier League champions are still relying on the players he bought before he was sacked in 2013 – (Four Four Two)
Billy McKinlay has admitted to feeling disillusioned over his treatment at Watford – where he was replaced as boss by Slavisa Jokanovic after just eight days in the role – (Sky Sports)
Ex-Chelsea ace Michael Essien bizarrely found himself at the centre of a cruel hoax after a report surfaced that the Ghanaian midfielder had contracted Ebola – (Metro)
Dani Alves wants an eye-watering £250,000-per-week to move to either Manchester United or Chelsea next year – (Daily Mirror)
AC Milan could not wait to get rid of expensive misfit Mario Balotelli in the summer – (Daily Star)
Tottenham came close to selling Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale for £5million six years ago – (Daily Express)
Roy Hodgson has moved to play down fears that Danny Welbeck could be ruled out of Arsenal’s weekend clash with Hull after rolling his ankle for England – (Metro)
Sebastian Giovinco hopes his future lies at Juventus, but admits he has an important decision to make in January – (Sky Sports)