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Dembele suffered a nasty hamstring tear against Getafe in September and was initially expected to be out until January.

Brooks Lennon is braced to leave Liverpool in the coming months with Real Salt Lake ready to complete a permanent move for the United States youth international.

Guedes has shined since joining Valencia on loan from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer and is taking Real and Atleti's interest as a "compliment".

Valverde only wants players who can help contribute to the Catalans' Champions League push brought in.

Traore previously worked with United boss Jose Mourinho at Chelsea and seemed keen to be reunited with the Portuguese.

Liverpool target Virgil van Dijk says he has moved on from sorry summer episode and is "giving 100 per cent" to Southampton.

David Moyes' arrival at West Ham United is unimaginative from a club who should be fearing the worst.

Sergi Roberto, Andre Gomes, Arda Turan, Ousmane Dembele and Rafinha also remain on the sidelines.

Christian Atsu has joined up with the Black Stars squad after sustaining a knock during Newcastle's Premier League defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday.

Former Toffees defender Michael Ball was "dismayed" by the training incident involving Morgan Schneiderlin and Kevin Mirallas.

Winner picked the teams solely on the basis of whether she liked their names or not after her son read out fixtures list.

Jordan Henderson, Fabian Delph and Raheem Sterling joins Tottenham trio Dele Alli, Harry Winks and Harry Kane in withdrawing from squad for

England have already lost Toby Roland-Jones to injury and Mark Wood is still trying to prove his fitness. Moeen Ali is also a doubt with a side strain.

Gareth Bale, Raphael Varane, Keylor Navas and Dani Carvajal could return to action when Real Madrid visit Atletico Madrid on Saturday 18 November.

Mourinho spent £140m last summer but United did not get the fourth player he wanted and United were outspent by Manchester City.

Robert Whittaker says that while it would be a dream come true to fight Georges St-Pierre, he rates his chances of emerging victorious against the French Canadian legend after his UFC 217 performance.

Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho is unlikely to play against Japan on Friday, but should feature against England at Wembley Stadium next week.

Allardyce has reportedly been in talks with Everton's majority shareholder but has moved to quash those suggestions.

Barcelona have identified Sevilla defender Clement Lenglet as the new priority to bolster Ernesto Valverde's back-line ahead of the 2018-19 campaign.

New Hammers boss David Moyes reportedly wants Pearce to be part of his backroom staff at the London Stadium.

Arsenal will look to sign former midfielder Oguzhan Ozyakup if Mesut Ozil fails to sign a new deal with the club.

Former British number one Annabel Croft believes Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's decisions to take time off in 2016 is now being emulated by other tennis players.

Rose, 27, made his first appearance for Tottenham in nine months in the 1-1 away draw against Real Madrid in the Champions League last month.

David Moyes has been named as West Ham's replacement for Slaven Bilic, who was relieved of his managerial duties on Monday.

Romelu Lukaku, 24, endured an evening to forget as Chelsea inflicted a 1-0 defeat on United at Stamford Bridge.

Ings, Flanagan, Wilson, Ejaria and Wilson could look for a move away from Liverpool in January after failing to break into the first-team.

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman saw similarities to Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes in Deontay Wilder's first-round knockout win over Bermane Stiverne.

Former flyweight boxing champion Rosendo Alvarez reveals why he is picking Vasyl Lomachenko to win his upcoming encounter with Guillermo Rigondeaux.

Harry Kane has been struggling with a knee injury, while Harry Winks suffered an ankle injury during Spurs' win over Crystal Palace on 5 November.