Tuesday’s news and transfer rumour roundup.
Manchester United are keen on Atletico Madrid central defender Diego Godin with boss Louis van Gaal not ruling out meeting the 28-year-old’s £28m buy-out clause with the Spanish side. (Daily Telegraph)
An unnamed Qatari side have bid £9.5m for Abdul Majeed Waris, 23 – believed to be a target for Manchester United after assistant manager Ryan Giggs travelled to Turkey to watch the Trabzonspor striker in a Europa League fixture – (Daily Star)
Former Everton and Manchester United boss David Moyes is considering Stoke City midfielder Charlie Adam, 28, as his first signing for Real Sociedad – (Stoke Sentinel)
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini will not make a decision on seeking to extend 36-year-old midfielder Frank Lampard’s loan spell from New York City beyond January until after the Etihad side’s final Champions League group match against Roma next week – (Daily Telegraph)
Swansea City have joined the queue of clubs ready to take Joel Campbell on loan in January – (Daily Mirror)
Chelsea are keen to loan out midfielder Mohamed Salah in January and Everton, QPR, Stoke and Sunderland are all interested in landing the 22-year-old – (Daily Mirror)
Arsenal have been warned by Celtic they will not be able to sign defender Virgil van Dijk, 23, on the cheap – (TalkSport)
Burnley striker Danny Ings is out of contract in June and Newcastle are leading the clubs chasing the 22-year-old’s signature – (Daily Mirror)
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, 34, is considering retiring at the end of the season after being asked to take a huge pay cut to sign a new two-year deal at the Anfield club – (Daily Star)
Reds manager Brendan Rodgers has told Gerrard he can have a place on Liverpool’s coaching staff when his illustrious career ends – (Guardian)
Zenit St Petersburg striker Hulk has revealed he did not join Chelsea because the 28-year-old Brazilian feared he would struggle to get a starting berth – (Metro)
Chelsea are ready to offer 51-year-old manager Jose Mourinho a lucrative new contract after speculation linking him with the Barcelona job – (Daily Express)
Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez, 26, is seeking assurances he will get first-team football at Old Trafford after returning from a loan spell at Real Madrid – (Daily Mail)
Manchester City keeper Joe Hart’s negotiations over a new deal with the club are set to continue into the new year – (Guardian)
Manchester City are in talks with AS Monaco’s 22-year-old French defender Layvin Kurzawa over a possible January transfer – (L’Equipe – in French)
AC Milan and Paris St-Germain are in a race to sign Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, who has been replaced as number one choice by 22-year-old Thibaut Courtois at the Blues – (Bild – in German)
Liverpool’s summer signing Mario Balotelli, 24, could leave the Reds in January to return to Italy to play for Napoli – (Tuttosport – in Italian)
Arsenal have joined Borussia Dortmund and Juventus in the race for FC Basel’s 22-year-old Swiss defender Fabian Schar. The Gunners are also targeting Real Madrid’s Spanish midfielder Isco, 22 – (Bild – in German)
German striker Miroslav Klose, 36, says he still wishes to play more and is not happy with the amount of playing time he is getting at Lazio – (Tuttosport – in Italian)
Paris St-Germain’s 29-year-old Argentine midfielder Ezequiel Lavezzi could leave the French club in January and return to his former club Napoli – (Le Figaro – in French)
PSG manager Laurent Blanc is keeping a close eye on FC Porto’s 24-year-old Algerian midfielder Yacine Brahimi – (Le Figaro – in French)
Barcelona’s summer signing Luis Suarez, 27, says he will try to recover the “killer instinct” after he missed a couple of promising chances in the win at Valencia – (Mundodeportivo – in Spanish)
Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta is confident that Thomas Vermaelen will return to full fitness in three months. The 22-year-old Belgian defender, who has been plagued by injuries recently, will undergo an operation in Finland on Tuesday – (AS.com – in Spanish)
Manchester United plan to make a £25m bid for Tottenham Hotspur’s Hugo Lloris in the event of David de Gea leaving for Real Madrid – (Metro)
Jurgen Klopp has rejected talk of leaving Borussia Dortmund, maintaining that it is his responsibility to lead the club back up the table – (Daily Mirror)