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Steve Round is in contention to fill the sporting director role at Arsenal after impressing in turning around Aston Villa's fortunes.

Luke Shaw's Manchester United career is close to coming to an end after the club came to the decision to allow him to leave for £20m in January

Slaven Bilic's spell as West Ham manager fell apart amid the departure of Dimitri Payet in January 2017, according to co-chairman Karren Brady.

Tottenham Hotspur are keeping tabs on West Ham's Manuel Lanzini as David Moyes' tenure at the London Stadium begins.

Manchester United are interested in signing Thomas Meunier should he continue to be frustrated with lack of opportunities at PSG.

Gareth Bale is expected to be on the sidelines for the next three to four weeks after he suffered a "strain to the middle third of the adductor longus muscle in his left leg."

Enzo Diaz, 21, is currently playing for his native club Club Agropecuario Argentino based in Carlos Casares, a city of Buenos Aires Province.

Philippe Coutinho already has an agreement in place to join Barcelona should Liverpool accept an offer from the Catalan giants in the January transfer window.

Alvaro Morata has admitted he would like to reunite with Isco at Chelsea after claiming his former Real Madrid teammate is the most important player for Los Blancos.

Bakayoko pulled up with an injury during a one-on-one training session at Chelsea's Cobham training ground adding to Conte's injury woes.

Jose Mourinho wants Manchester United to trigger the option of extending the contracts of Juan Mata, Ander Herrera, Daley Blind and Ashley Young until 2019.

Phil Jones has sustained no further damage to his left leg and could face Brazil next week, according to England boss Gareth Southgate.

Lampard would be interested in assuming a position in the Blues hierarchy, while PSG could turn to Conte if Unai Emery fails to deliver what they desire.

Evra failed to contain himself amid provocation from a group of fans.

Professional football slipped to a new low, as England draw pointlessly with Germany at Wembley in the start of their World Cup preparations.

Reports in Spain suggest that Sergi Roberto is unhappy with the terms of a new five-year contract offer that would see his release clause match that of Ousmane Dembele.

Mertens, 30, has been in blistering form for Napoli over the last 12 months and could be talked into a move away from the San Paolo.

Real Madrid star suffered a new muscle injury during a training session on Thursday (9 November).

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson claims rumours over Jack Wilshere are driven by agents and that he has not even discussed the Arsenal midfielder as a target.

Gareth Southgate is unsure if he will include Chelsea's Danny Drinkwater in his next England squad for the pre-2018 World Cup friendlies in March.

Arsenal should return to their old ways and offload Alexis Sanchez at the next available opportunity, according to former captain Tony Adams.

Bayern Munich star Thiago Alcantara refuses to close the door on a future return to Barcelona.

Tierney, 20, recently signed a new six-year contract at Parkhead and is going from strength-to-strength under Brendan Rodgers.

Eden Hazard has long been a transfer target for Champions League winners Real Madrid. However, he had revealed that he is happy at Chelsea at the moment.

Midfielder Edwin Cardona faces Fifa ban after being filmed making seemingly racist gesture to opponents.

Victor Moses is now back training outside after missing all of Chelsea's last six matches with a hamstring injury, sustained against one-time club Crystal Palace.

Morata, 24, cut a frustrated figure during his second spell in the Spanish capital, but has not ruled out moving back to the Bernabeu.

Liverpool's hopes of luring Naby Keita to the club ahead of schedule are all-but over after the midfielder insisted he has unfinished business at RB Leipzig.

Mirallas, 30, has endured a rather frustrating five years at Goodison Park and was recently sent away from first-team training.