Thursdays Headlines

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Latest Paper Gossip (Thurs December 24th)

DAILY MIRROR

Newcastle forward Ayoze Perez confirms Manchester United and Tottenham have shown an interest in signing him, claiming: "There is truth in the talk about interest in me."
Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink will be given funds for transfers in the January window, with Leicester striker Jamie Vardy likely to top his wish list.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has a clause in his contract allowing him to speak to any top-six club if they come in for him.

THE SUN

Pep Guardiola will be the highest paid manager in football - on a whopping £18m a year - if he takes over at Manchester City.
Chelsea are looking at Chile manager Jorge Sampaoili as a possible replacement for Jose Mourinho, with the Argentine due to hold contract talks with the Chilean Federation over his future on January 4.
Brentford striker Alan Judge will be offered a new contract to ward off interest from Norwich, Swansea and Bournemouth.
Former Tottenham and England goalkeeper Paul Robinson is eyeing a comeback with Nottingham Forest as back-up for Doris de Vries.
Fulham have moved a step closer to making former Watford boss Slavisa Jokanovic their new manager after they agreed a £250,000 compensation deal with his current club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Manchester United midfielder Ben Pearson will move to Bournemouth in January. The 20-year-old is likely to cost around £1m, which will be payable in instalments.
Lifelong Luton fan David James has emerged as a shock contender to replace sacked John Still as manager.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Chelsea may have to pay Jose Mourinho £1.5m if he is named Manchester United manager this season under the terms of his contract at Stamford Bridge, which states Chelsea would make up any shortfall in wages, which are expected to be lower at United.
Jordanian billionaire Hasan Abdullah Ismaik, who is the majority shareholder at 1860 Munich, is keen to buy an English club.

THE TIMES

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino will look to buy a new striker in January after Clinton Njie was ruled out for around three months with a knee injury.
Mo Farah's 16-year-old cousin Younis has signed a contract with Southend.

DAILY MAIL

Manchester United are ready to poach Pep Guardiola as Ed Woodward looks to muscle in ahead of Manchester City and Chelsea.
Norwich City have agreed a cut-price £2.5m deal with West Ham for loanee winger Matt Jarvis.
Willian has described signing for Chelsea as "the best moment in my life. It was a dream come true".

DAILY STAR

Chelsea are plotting a "double swoop" for Paul Pogba of Juventus and Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann - with the French duo costing £110m.