Chelsea and Arsenal will still try and lure Sami Khedira from Real Madrid in January but both clubs face losing out to Bayern Munich. Both ...
- Chelsea and Arsenal will still try and lure Sami Khedira from Real Madrid in January but both clubs face losing out to Bayern Munich. Both the Blues and the Gunners were willing to pay a fee of around £7million to lure the German international before he became a free agent when the mid-term window opens.
- Liverpool could also challenge Arsenal for the services of goalkeeper Petr Cech. It is understood Chelsea will sell Cech in January for a fee in the region of £7m.
- Arsenal centre half Per Mertesacker is trying to help broker a deal to bring German international Mats Hummels, his former national team defensive partner, to the Emirates. But the bottom line is matching the fee that Borussia Dortmund want - which could be as much as £47m.
- It also seems that United will pip Arsenal to the signature of Dutch midfielder Kevin Strootman from Roma.
- Manchester United have agreed a deal with Bayern Munich which would see Spanish summer signing Ander Herrera, 25, depart for Germany in exchange for £7m and another midfielder - Switzerland international Xherdan Shaqiri, 23. (Express)
- Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid are willing to accept a £20m offer from Manchester United for 30-year-old Brazil centre-back Miranda. (Daily Star Sunday)
- Chelsea are lining up a £20m summer move for Everton's 26-year-old Republic of Ireland right-back Seamus Coleman. (Mail on Sunday)
- Liverpool's 32-year-old England striker Rickie Lambert, a £4m signing in the summer, could return to his old club Southampton on a six-month loan deal in January. (Express)
- And the Reds are preparing a £10m bid to sign England Under-21 winger Nathan Redmond, 20, from Norwich in January. (Daily Star Sunday)
- Tottenham and Aston Villa are working on a swap deal involving midfielder Fabian Delph, 25, going to White Hart Lane with Spurs midfielder Lewis Holtby, 24, making the move in the opposite direction. (Sun - subscription required)
- The Manchester City hierarchy are working out the feasibility of signing Lionel Messi next summer. The £200m transfer fee to Barcelona and all inclusive personal terms approaching £500,000-a-week for the Argentine are not the main problem.
- The announcement by Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp that if he manages outside of Germany he wants it to be in England has been registered on the radar of the Liverpool and Arsenal boardrooms.
- Frank Lampard has told pals that he is ready to stay with Manchester City until the end of the season before linking up with New York City mid-way through the MLS season which starts in March.
