Transfer news and football gossip: Man City in for 50m Leicester ace, Tottenham to snatch Gomes, Leeds star eyes exit

Transfer news and football gossip: Man City in for 50m Leicester ace, Tottenham to snatch Gomes, Leeds star eyes exit
The transfer window reopens in a few weeks and there is plenty of gossip around. Here’s all the top rumours and football news from Friday’s newspapers and online…Manchester City are plotting a stunning move for 50million-ratedLeicesterdefender Ben Chilwell. Left-back Chilwell signed a new 110,000-per-week deal that runs until 2024 just two months ago, but that hasn’t stopped the champions putting the 21 year-old on their January wish list. (Daily Mirror)3

Ben Chilwell has broken into the senior England team this year

Real Madrid want to sign Manchester City youngster Brahim Diaz in the January transfer window and hope to agree a deal for around 10 million. Diaz, 19, is out of contract at the end of the season but Madrid want to complete a move in the new year to ensure he moves to the Bernabeu. (ESPN)Tottenham are hoping to steal Andre Gomes from Everton with the Barcelona midfielder ready to delay a permanent move to Merseyside. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is fighting tooth and nail to cling on to boss Mauricio Pochettino – who’s wanted by Manchester United and Real Madrid.Now Levy has finally realised he will need to back the Spurs boss in the transfer market – and may sanction a bid forGomes.(The Sun)Danny Rosedoes not expectTottenham Hotspurto strengthen their squad in January, but added thatMauricio Pochettinos achievements with lesser resources than his Premier League rivals speaks volumes about his quality. (Independent)Mike Ashley is increasingly confident that a 300m deal to sell Newcastle will be finalised in the New Year. A consortium fronted by former Chelsea and Manchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon is close to agreeing a price for the club. (Daily Express)Getty3

Newcastle fans have wanted Mike Ashley away from the club for years

Jose Mourinho, the Manchester United manager, is on afresh collision course with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodwardover transfers as he grows increasingly angry about a lack of activity. Mourinho is desperate to recruit a centre-half next month and believes Uniteds defensive woes this season have underlined the folly of the failure to strengthen at the back in the summer.(Daily Telegraph)Arsenalhead coach Unai Emery admits he may be forced to add a central defender to his January shopping list. The Gunners are without a host of centre-backs and look like heading to Southampton on Sunday with only one recognised fit defender in recently returned Laurent Koscielny. (Daily Mail)Samuel Saiz is being strongly linked with a January move to Getafe amid indications that the Leeds United midfielder wants to leave England. Getafe are reportedly looking at a deal which would take Saiz to La Liga next month after the 27-year-old informed Leeds that he was keen to return to Spain after an 18-month spell at Elland Road. (Yorkshire Evening Post)3

Samuel Saiz could be on the move in January

Cardiff City striker Ibrahim Meite is set to leave the club on a free transfer in January withRussiaone potential destination. Meite, 22, made just two first-team appearances for the Bluebirds after joining them in January 2017 and spent the first-half of last season on loan at League Two side Crawley Town. The forward had a trial with RussianPremier Leagueclub FC Ural Yekaterinburg last month at their mid-season training camp in Cyprus. (Daily Mail)Raul Jimenez admits he will keepWolveswaiting until the summer before the committing to a 30million switch. Striker Jimenez, 27, has shone on loan fromBenficawith four goals and four assists this term for promoted Wanderers. (Daily Mirror)

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Arsenal news: Mesut Ozil was taken off at half-time against Brighton (Pic: GETTY) Ozil was named in the starting XI for the second-successive Premier League game but found himself taken off after a disappointing performance in the opening 45 minutes. "It was tactical," Emery said. "It's the same every match.
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Denis Suarez made his very first start for Arsenal in a friendly against Al-Nasr during the Gunners' warm-weather break in Dubai on Tuesday. And it seems his performance split Gunners supporters
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Callum Hudson-Odoi remained coy over his chances of starting against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, which is live on talkSPORT. The Chelsea winger scored and played the full 90 minutes in a 3-0 win over Malmo as Maurizio Sarri's side progressed to the Europa League last-16 on Thursday.
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And the FA welcomed the news, saying in a statement: "On Monday evening, England players were subjected to abhorrent racist chanting while playing in a Uefa Euro 2020 qualifier in Montenegro. This
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Leeds United player still a 'referenced target' for Champions League club Leeds United defender Pontus Jansson continues to get a few mentions from the Portuguese press. Today, it's newspaper Jornal de Notícias who says the 28-year-old is one of the targets Benfica have for the summer window.

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Claude Makelele might be best known for having a football position named after him but he's also revealed that his threat of hospital to Ronaldinho led to the Brazilian giving him the ball.
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Real Madrid will reportedly name Santiago Solari as their permanent boss after an upturn in fortunes since his appointment. This is according a report by ESPN which claims sources close to the Spanish FA state that the paperwork is already underway.
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