Man City looking at Monaco's Fabinho - Tuesday's gossip

Published on: 10 October 2017

Transfer update 12:00 BST

Manchester City could make a move in January for Monaco midfielder Fabinho, 23. (ESPN)

Crystal Palace have not given up hope of signing Besiktas striker Cenk Tosun, 26. (Croydon Advertiser)

Arsenal are keen on a January move for Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan, 30. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City are eyeing a cut-price £3m deal for 26-year-old Napoli left-back Faouzi Ghoulam to fill in for the injured Benjamin Mendy. (Sun)

Transfer update 07:00 BST

Manchester United are keen to sign Tottenham left-back Danny Rose, 27, in January. (Tuttomercato, via Talksport)

Barcelona will meet Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann's £89m release clause before the 26-year-old's value rises next summer. (Mundo Deportivo, via Daily Mirror)

Paris St-Germain are working on a deal to sell winger Angel di Maria, 29, to China in January. (TMW, via Sun)

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Arsenal have reached an agreement with former winger Marc Overmars, 44, for him to leave Ajax and become the club's director of football from next season. (Tuttomercato, via Daily Express)

Former Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo, 38, has not ruled out joining Chelsea's coaching staff following his decision to retire at the end of the MLS season. (Gazzetta dello Sport, via London Evening Standard)

Blues boss Antonio Conte could make a return as Italy boss to replace Gian Piero Ventura after the Azzurri struggled to a World Cup play-off spot. (Express)

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was in the crowd for Austria's win over Serbia to watch Eintracht Frankfurt winger Mijat Gacinovic, 22. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, 23, is a January target for Brighton. (Daily Mirror)

Everton are considering a move for Sporting Lisbon forward Bas Dost. The 28-year-old has scored 36 goals in 41 games for the Portuguese side. (ESPN)

Toffees forward Henry Onyekuru, 20, could return to Goodison in January from his loan spell at Anderlecht. (90mins, via Liverpool Echo)

Manchester United defender Daley Blind, 27, is a target for Turkish club Galatasaray. (Calciomercato, via Talksport)

Watford winger Andre Carrillo, 26, does not want to extend his season-long loan spell with the Hornets as he wishes to return to Benfica. (O Jogo, via Talksport)

Tottenham rejected a bid from French club Nice to take 21-year-old midfielder Harry Winks on loan last season. (Daily Mail)

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud, 31, has confirmed he almost joined Everton over the summer. (Canal Plus, via Sky Sports)

Midfielder James Rodriguez, 26, wants to make a return to Real Madrid just a couple of months into his two-year loan deal at Bayern Munich after the German club sacked manager Carlo Ancelotti. (Diaro Gol - in Spanish)

Former Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri, 30, says he turned down a move to AC Milan in the summer to sign for Turkish club Antalyaspor. (Manchester Evening News)

Leeds United have made an offer for goalkeeper Kamil Miazek, with the 21-year-old available on a free transfer. (Daily Express)

Leicester striker Islam Slimani, 29, held talks with Watford head coach Marco Silva - with whom he worked at Sporting Lisbon two years ago - over a move to Vicarage Road during the close season. (Watford Observer)

Leeds are preparing to widen their recruitment team with the appointment of Oxford United chief scout Craig Dean as their new head of emerging talent. (Yorkshire Evening Post)

"Dragon Slayer" says the Metro after James McClean's winning goal for Republic of Ireland against WalesMeanwhile

Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 36, is targeting a return from his knee injury on 2 December in his side's Premier League trip to Arsenal. (Mirror)

Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, 23, has provided North East Sunday League side Washington Arms FC with kits and tracksuits. (Sun)

A former Premier League player is at the centre of an investigation into one of the most high-profile match-fixing scandals in European football. (The Times - subscripion required)

World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks believes Stoke's Jack Butland, 24, should be England's first choice between the posts at the World Cup. (Stoke Sentinel)

Defender Jamaal Lascelles, 23, says it was "difficult" playing with a double hernia last season - but that there was "too much on the line" at Newcastle for him to have an operation sooner. (Newcastle Chronicle)

Paris St-Germain forward Neymar, 25, has called on Uefa to expel former club Barcelona from the Champions League in a dispute over an outstanding loyalty payment. (Goal)

The best of Monday's gossip

Manchester City have had "serious conversations" about signing Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, 30, for 400m euros (£358m) in January as the Argentine is yet to sign a new deal with the La Liga club. (Marca)

Barcelona are monitoring Manchester United's France international forward Anthony Martial, 21. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)

The La Liga side are also closely following Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli, 21, as an alternative to Liverpool's 25-year-old Philippe Coutinho. (Sport - in Spanish)

Paris St-Germain are interested in Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea, 26. (Le10Sport, via Daily Express)

Source: bbc.com

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