Fridays Back Pages Headlines

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A round-up of the latest football gossip from Friday's newspapers. (Jan 5th 2018)

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Barcelona are prepared to spend £140m to sign Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool.

Chelsea are close to signing Ross Barkley after making a new bid for the Everton midfielder.

DAILY MAIL

Arsenal are trying to have Arsene Wenger's misconduct charge dealt with quickly so Sunday's FA Cup tie at Nottingham Forest is included in any ban.

Sunderland are set to seal the loan signing of Liverpool teenager Ben Woodburn.

Jack Wilshere will ignore growing interest from foreign clubs to fulfil his ambition of becoming an Arsenal legend.

Watford are ready to sell captain Troy Deeney and want to replace him with Bournemouth's Benik Afobe.

DAILY MIRROR

PSG have joined the chase for £30m Fulham wonderkid Ryan Sessegnon as Tottenham face a battle to land the left-back.

DAILY EXPRESS

Celtic are set to complete the signing of Lewis Morgan before sending him back to St Mirren on loan.

Liverpool could be in the driving seat to sign Leon Goretzka after relations between Schalke and Bayern Munich took a turn for the worse.

Chelsea are confident of signing Everton star Ross Barkley for just £15m.

THE SUN

Andy Carroll is the shock name on Chelsea's list of targets for January - he is wanted as backup for Alvaro Morata.

Sheffield Wednesday are in talks with Dutch coach Jos Luhukay to replace Carlos Carvalhal as manager.

DAILY STAR

Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has been in touch with Real Madrid to warn them about Barcelona's imminent signing of Philippe Coutinho.

Barcelona have rejected the opportunity to sign Chelsea central defender David Luiz.

Chelsea have offered Arturo Vidal a four-year contract worth £13.4m per season to leave Bayern Munich.