English Football
Newcastle make Dele Alli contact, Man Utd searching Pogba’s replacement
Newcastle have made initial enquiries about Dele Alli, with Tottenham willing to listen to offers for the 25-year-old midfielder. (Teamtalk)
Manchester United are looking at midfield targets with Paul Pogba, 28, likely to leave for free when the France midfielder’s contract expires in the summer. (Telegraph – subscription required)
Atletico Madrid want to explore the possibility of an exchange deal with Manchester United for 26-year-old France striker Anthony Martial. (Eurosport)
United are not expecting Jesse Lingard to leave in the January transfer window as the 28-year-old England midfielder approaches the last six months of his contract. (Manchester Evening News)
West Ham are prepared to push ahead with a move for Liverpool‘s Nat Phillips in January, despite a recent injury for the 24-year-old English defender. (Standard)
West Ham also have hope of a deal for Nikola Milenkovic as an apparent agreement between the 24-year-old Serbia defender and Fiorentina‘s owner means he is likely to be on the move. (Teamtalk)
Fiorentina have set a price of 100m euros (£85m) for their Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic, 21. (Gazzetta dello Sport – subscription required)
West Ham are tracking New York City‘s Argentine striker Valentin Castellanos, 23. (Mail)
Paris St-Germain, Barcelona, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham are all thought to be monitoring French left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri, 20, but Wolves would receive only 50% of any transfer fee due to a sell-on clause. (Mail)
Sheffield Wednesday manager Darren Moore has confirmed the club are in talks with Everton to decide whether 21-year-old English defender Lewis Gibson should continue his loan stint at Hillsborough once he recovers from injury. (Liverpool Echo)
Barcelona are plotting a raid for Chelsea’s Dutch left-back Ian Maatsen, 19, who is on a season-long loan with Championship side Coventry. (Football Insider)
Leicester City are interested in Swansea’s 22-year-old Dutch forward Joel Piroe. (Swansea Independent)
