Chelsea have beaten Arsenal and Liverpool in the race to sign Saint-Etienne’s young midfielder Rayan Souici, 16, who has been dubbed the “new Paul Pogba” – (Daily Express)
Sunderland could pay Celtic as much as £8m for defender Virgil van Dijk, 23 – (Daily Mail)
Wilfried Bony has told Swansea City he would be interested in moving to a Champions League club this month. The 26-year-old, who will be part of Ivory Coast’s Africa Cup of Nations bid in January, has interested Premier League champions Manchester City – (Daily Telegraph)
Manchester City could lose Micah Richards to Chelsea this summer. The defender, 26, is on loan at Fiorentina but is out of contract at the end of the season – (Guardian)
Inter Milan have beaten Liverpool to sign 23-year-old Bayern Munich winger Xherdan Shaqiri – (talkSPORT)