Monday’s news and transfer rumour gossip.
Manchester United may seek to swap 25-year-old midfielder Ander Herrera, their £29m summer signing from Athletic Bilbao, for Bayern Munich winger Xherdan Shaqiri, 23 – (Bild – in German)
United are unsure about exercising the purchase option on Radamel Falcao because of the 28-year-old Colombian striker’s lingering injury concerns, while fellow forward Robin van Persie, 31, could also leave the Red Devils this summer – (Le Figaro – in French)
Arsenal are interested in Basel centre-half Fabian Schar, 22, and could make a move for him in January – (Daily Star)
Manchester United and Arsenal are competing for the £12m signature of 20-year-old Hull left-back Andy Robertson, who cost the Tigers just £2.85m from Dundee United in the summer – (Daily Express)
Everton manager Roberto Martinez wants to sign Wigan midfielder Shaun Maloney, 31, who he managed during his time as boss of the Latics – (Daily Mail)
Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva, 27, could leave Anfield to join up with former Reds boss Rafa Benitez at Napoli in January – (Daily Star)
Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi, 21, dubbed the new “Ronaldo”, is being linked with a £28m summer move to Liverpool or Chelsea – (Daily Express)
Liverpool are planning for life after Brendan Rodgers after lining up Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp as his potential replacement – (Daily Express)
And Rodgers admits his position is under threat after his side’s poor start to the season – (Daily Mirror)
Meanwhile, Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli, 24, has given himself a rating of seven out of 10 for this season, despite not yet scoring a league goal, because he believes he is running more than when he played for Manchester City – (Fox Sports Australia)
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says their impressive start reminds him of the season his Real Madrid side clocked up 100 points – (Daily Mirror)
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola should manage in the Premier League one day – (Daily Mail)
Former Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes, 32, is unlikely to be fit enough to play for Manchester United until December at the earliest – (Daily Star)
Everton’s Romelu Lukaku, 21, has the potential to be the best striker in the world, says manager Roberto Martinez – (Liverpool Echo)
On-loan midfielder Niko Kranjcar, 30, plans to earn a permanent move to QPR from Dynamo Kiev, despite having not started any of their last six games – (Daily Mirror)
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew admits his squad is stronger than he first thought – (Newcastle Chronicle)
Swedish defender Pierre Bengtsson, 26, is leaving FC Copenhagen to join Mainz on a two-year contract – (L’Equipe – in French)
Borussia Dortmund are chasing Dinamo Zagreb’s 22-year-old Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic, who has also been linked with AC Milan and Arsenal – (Bild – in German)
Bayern Munich have already signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Real Madrid’s 27-year-old German midfielder Sami Khedira –(L’Equipe – in French)
Inter Milan have joined a long list of Italian teams interested in Marseille forward Andre-Pierre Gignac, 28 – (Le Figaro – in French)
David Moyes’s first match in charge of Real Sociedad may have been a ‘great experience’, but the Scot may want to forget the wardrobe malfunction that went with it – after he split his trousers on his debut – (Metro)
An Arsenal supporter has been arrested after red wine was thrown at the Manchester United bench during Saturday’s Premier League match – (Guardian)
Barcelona defender Thomas Vermaelen is being linked with shock loan return to Arsenal in January – (Daily Mirror)
Thibaut Courtois says his arch rival Petr Cech is not happy at Chelsea – (Daily Star)
Lukas Podolski has reiterated his desire to hold talks with Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger over his future and insists he’s ‘not a clown’ – (Daily Express)