Saturdays Football Headlines

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Latest Paper Gossip - - (Saturday December 17th)

DAILY MAIL

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is willing to bankroll a push for the title and £40m-rated Marco Verratti, who played under manager Antonio Conte in the Italy team, is wanted.
West Ham flop Simone Zaza to return to Juventus as club look to avoid spending £20m on a permanent deal.
Danny Welbeck is set to return to full Arsenal training next week after seven months out due to a knee injury.

THE SUN

Sevilla have joined the race to sign Inter Milan outcast Gabriel Barbosa. Chelsea and Arsenal have both been linked with the former Santos star, who was touted for a Premier League switch in August before Inter pounced.
Manchester United thought they had convinced Reece Oxford to make an £8m move to Old Trafford - only for the starlet to sign a new deal at West Ham.
Manchester City are ready to go back in for Benfica's Brazilian keeper Ederson Moraes.
Southampton are lining up an audacious January move for Arsenal striker Lucas Perez.

DAILY MIRROR

Jose Mourinho has made Benfica defender Victor Lindelof his No 1 transfer priority - but will have to wait until the summer to get him.
Stoke are weighing up a move to re-sign their former keeper Asmir Begovic from Chelsea after baulking at Derby's demands for making the loan of Lee Grant permanent.
Pep Guardiola does not want to make any signings in January to bolster Manchester City's title charge.
West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis expects another transfer headache thanks to Saido Berahino next month - even though the striker hasn't played in three months.
Sunderland boss David Moyes admits he would have turned down them if he'd known just how limited his transfer funds were going to be.

THE GUARDIAN

Ronald Koeman said Everton will open talks over a fresh contract for Ross Barkley in the new year and added that no club is 'knocking on the door' for his players.

THE EXPRESS

West Ham are in talks over a move to take Chelsea youngster Ruben Loftus-Cheek on loan until the end of the season.
Cesc Fabregas could follow Oscar out of Chelsea in a shock move to China this summer. Oscar is closing in on a £52m switch to Chinese Super League outfit Shanghai SIPG.

DAILY RECORD

Southampton want a world record £50m for Virgil van Dijk - meaning a £5m boost for Celtic if their former defender moves in January.
Greg Stewart has ruled out a potential return to Scotland in the New Year - and vowed to become a star under new Birmingham boss Gianfranco Zola.