English Football
Emery wants to sign Eden Hazard, Nacho, Barca eye Tielemans
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery wants to sign two players from Real Madrid – Belgium winger Eden Hazard, 31, and Spain defender Nacho Fernandez, 32. (El Nacional – in Spanish)
Villa could make a 14m euro bid for Barcelona and Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessie, with Fulham also interested in the 25-year-old. (Sport – in Spanish)
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola will hold meetings with the club during the World Cup to discuss his future plans. (Mail)
Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke says the club will hold talks with 19-year-old England midfielder Jude Bellingham, who has been linked with several of Europe’s top sides, about his future after the 2022 World Cup. (Bild, via Mail)
Barcelona, who know it will be difficult to sign 32-year-old Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan from Manchester City in January, are also looking at Leicester City and Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans, 25. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)
Barcelona failed to make it into the last 16 of the Champions League but the Nou Camp club’s president Joan Laporta says he has not questioned Xavi’s position as manager. (Sport – in Spanish)
AC Milan are aiming to agree a deal with Chelsea to sign their 29-year-old Morocco winger Hakim Ziyech in January. (Gazzetta dello Sport, via Football Italia)
AC Milan will not consider offers of less than 100m euros (£87.5m) for Portugal forward Rafael Leao in January as they struggle to make progress in talks to agree a contract extension with the 23-year-old. (Calciomercato – in Italian)
Chelsea boss Graham Potter has total backing from the club’s owners despite suffering three straight defeats in the Premier League. (Athletic – subscription required)
Roma director Tiago Pinto “cannot accept” England manager Gareth Southgate’s reasoning in leaving striker Tammy Abraham, 25, out of his squad for the 2022 World Cup. (DAZN, via Football Italia)
Germany defender Antonio Rudiger, who left Chelsea to join Real Madrid in the summer, says Barcelona tried to sign him but moving to the Nou Camp side was not a possibility for the 29-year-old. (AS – in Spanish)
Italy midfielder Marco Verratti, 30, is close to signing a contract extension until 2026 with French champions Paris St-Germain.(Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)
Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko’s contract with Inter Milan runs out next summer and the 36-year-old says he wants to stay with the Serie A side. (Calciomercato – in Italian)
