Chelsea are ready to raid Real Madrid for Manchester United target Gareth Bale, 25, next summer.
(Daily Express) Chelsea and Manchester United have been told they will need to pay £19m for out-of-favour Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane, 21, who is looking for a move in January. (Daily Express)
Manchester United are set to test Atletico Madrid's resolve in January by bidding £20m for defender Miranda, 30. (Daily Star)
Raphael Varane has made 43 appearances for Real Madrid since joining the La Liga club in 2011
Ron Vlaar, 29, has given Manchester United and Arsenal fresh hope of signing him after his agent confirmed the defender is likely to leave Aston Villa. (Daily Mirror) Inter Milan have opened discussions about taking Arsenal striker Joel Campbell, 22, on loan with a £7m option to make it permanent. (Daily Mirror) Manchester United midfielder Anderson, 26, is willing to rejoin former club Gremio on a free transfer in January. (Daily Star) Arsenal have opened negotiations with Roma over a January transfer for striker Mattia Destro, 23. (Daily Star) Liverpool are preparing a £30m move for Porto striker Jackson Martinez, 28. (Daily Express) West Bromwich Albion defender Chris Baird, 32, is unlikely to leave The Hawthorns any time soon despite being linked with a loan move to Fulham. (Birmingham Mail) Valencia have dismissed suggestions that Alvaro Negredo, 29, could still return to City at the end of his season-long loan spell with them. (Manchester Evening News)
OTHER GOSSIP
Premier League clubs splashed out a whopping £220.8m on new strikers during last summer's transfer window, with mixed results to say the least. (Daily Mail) Chelsea are set to reveal a huge annual profit of close to £20m with a turnover of around £320m. (Daily Mirror)
The back page of Thursday's Sun
Tottenham are facing a new takeover bid — this time from another American consortium backed by one of the world's biggest finance companies. (London's Evening Standard) Striker Alexis Sanchez, 25, believes he still has to improve despite an impressive start to his Premier League career - and says Arsenal have the "quality stars" needed to challenge for the title. (London's Evening Standard) Midfielder Michael Carrick, 33, will seek a new contract talks at Manchester United as he enters the last six months of his current deal. (Manchester Evening News)
BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
"Two steps forward one step back," tweeted Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick following his withdrawal from the England squad. "Gutted to miss the next two @england games, hopefully no more than that though. Missed too much already!"
AND FINALLY
Liverpool strikers Mario Balotelli, 24, Fabio Borini, 23, and Rickie Lambert, 32, have gone 1,000 minutes without scoring. (Metro)