Champions League
Newcastle target Dembele, Paulo Fonseca to replace Steve Bruce
Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele, is open to a move to Newcastle United when his contract runs out at the end of the season. The France international, 24, joined the Catalan club in a £117m deal in 2017. (Goal)
Newcastle held an interview with former Roma manager Paulo Fonseca on Wednesday as the 48-year-old Portuguese emerges as a leading candidate to replace Steve Bruce. (Mail)
Fonseca was first approached by representatives of Newcastle’s new owners in the summer and they have now reopened talks with him. (Telegraph – subscription required)
The Magpies’ new owners have not made a final decision, though, with Belgium boss Roberto Martinez, former Chelsea manager Frank Lampard, ex-Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre, Rangers’ Steven Gerrard and ex-Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe still being considered. (Guardian)
Newcastle are interested in signing 24-year-old England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin from Everton. (Telegraph – subscription required)
Chelsea are interested in signing Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, 21, from Borussia Dortmund, says Blues boss Thomas Tuchel. (Bild via Sun)
Erling Haaland
Manchester City are in the hunt for Fiorentina’s highly-rated Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic, 21. (Tuttosport via Manchester Evening News)
City and local rivals Manchester United are both considering challenging Barcelona in the race for 23-year-old RB Leipzig and Spain striker Dani Olmo. (Christian Falk on Twitter)
Leicester’s Belgian midfielder Youri Tielemans, 24, has turned down the offer of a contract extension, putting Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich on alert. (90 mins)
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti wants the La Liga club to bring Spain defender Sergio Reguilon back to the club by activating a buy-back clause in the deal which saw the Bernabeu outfit sell the 24-year-old to Tottenham. (El Nacional, via Mirror)
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer called his players to an emergency meeting on Monday after the 4-2 defeat by Leicester City, with his side responding by coming back from 2-0 down to beat Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday. (Times – subscription required)
Ole Gunar Solskjaer
Tottenham have joined a growing list of clubs – which includes Premier League rivals West Ham – monitoring 27-year-old Genk striker Paul Onuachu. The Belgian club want £20m for the 6ft 7in Nigeria international. (Mail)
Brighton are looking at Clermont’s Guinea striker Mohamed Bayo, 23, who is rated at £10m by the French Ligue 1 club and has been likened to Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku. (Argus)
Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes, 27, threatened to push through a transfer request after he heard Manchester United were one of 12 clubs that signed up to the proposed European Super League. (The Athletic)
Argentina forward Paulo Dybala, 27, is “very close” to signing a new contract with Italian giants Juventus, says the club’s vice-president Pavel Nedved. (Football Italia)
Paulo Dybala
Sheffield United are still interested in signing Barcelona’s 22-year-old Spanish winger Alex Collado after failing to tie up a move in the summer. (Mundo Deportivo via Sport Witness)
