Thursday’s news and transfer rumour gossip.
Manchester United have reportedly won the race to sign Borussia Dortmund star Mats Hummels next summer in a £47million transfer deal – (Metro)
Radamel Falcao wants to stay at Manchester United – even though he is unhappy sitting on the bench – (Daily Mirror)
Arsenal are preparing a £26m move for Barcelona winger Pedro next month – (Daily Express)
Brendan Rodgers is confident Raheem Sterling will not follow the talent drain out of Liverpool despite a season which has failed to take off so far – (Sky Sports)
Liverpool and Manchester United have been told to line up summer bids for wantaway Bayern Munich star Xherdan Shaqiri – (Daily Mirror)
Roma’s former England defender Ashley Cole, 33, has dismissed reports linking him with a return to the Premier League with Crystal Palace – (Daily Express)
But Palace manager Neil Warnock has confirmed his interest in signing Cole – (Daily Star)
Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is trying to sign Galatasaray midfielder Wesley Sneijder, 30 – (Daily Mirror)
Queens Park Rangers midfielder Adel Taarabt, 25, has attracted interest from Italian club Atalanta – (talkSPORT)
Bolton manager and former Celtic boss Neil Lennon is considering a loan move for Rangers winger David Templeton, 25, in the January transfer window – (Daily Record)
Manchester City and England midfielder James Milner’s future at Etihad Stadium is in doubt as he stalls on a new contract – (Daily Telegraph)
Former Aston Villa assistant manager Roy Keane blamed midfielder Tom Cleverley, 25, for stories alleging he had a bust-up with Villa’s players – (Birmingham Mail)
Chelsea forward Eden Hazard, 23, is close to finalising a new £200,000-a-week deal which would make him the club’s highest-paid player – (Daily Telegraph)
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, 32, claims the current team could become the best in the club’s history – (Mirror)
Hull City boss Steve Bruce says defender Ahmed Elmohamady, 27, will be vital to his side’s prospects of avoiding relegation from the Premier League – (Daily Star)
Manchester United winger Angel Di Maria, 26, has been voted Argentina’s foreign-based player of the year by the country’s sports journalists – (Daily Mail)
Yeovil Town midfielder Simon Gillett, 29, says money will count for nothing when his side face Manchester United in the FA Cup third round – (Daily Mail)
Crystal Palace defender Joel Ward, 25, has verbally agreed a new deal – (Daily Express)
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has no plans to bolster his squad during the January transfer window – (Daily Mail)
Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has warned of “panic and heart attacks” at the club unless owner Ellis Short funs the purchase of “quality players” in January – (Daily Mirror)
Former Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas says “promises were not kept” during his time at White Hart Lane, resulting in the club signing players who “did not fit the profile” he wanted – (London’s Evening Standard)
Sheffield Wednesday striker Jacques Maghoma, 27, wants to sign a new deal with the Championship side – (Sheffield Star)
Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini says striker Sergio Aguero, 26, is winning his battle to be fit for the Premier League match against Chelsea next month – (Manchester Evening News)
More Liverpool fans voted for ex-Manchester United right-back Gary Neville than former Reds defender Jamie Carragher in a poll to discover their favourite pundit – (Metro)
Arsene Wenger believes Thierry Henry would be the ideal man to identify Arsenal’s stars of the future – (Daily Star)