Saturdays Football Headlines

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Latest Paper Gossip - - (Saturday January 7th)

DAILY MIRROR

Alexis Sanchez has been urged to stall on a new Arsenal deal with PSG plotting a cut-price £60m summer move for the Chilean star.
Arsenal will hand Santi Cazorla and Per Mertesacker new deals as Arsene Wenger salutes the pair's leadership qualities.
Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka has confirmed interest in Stoke forward Bojan Krkic as the Teesiders look for attacking additions.
Pep Guardiola is hopeful of landing Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber on a six-month loan deal.

THE SUN

Arsenal will not make any signings in January and will instead look to tie up Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Olivier Giroud, Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla to new deals.
Patrice Evra has been offered a return to Manchester United - but only as a coach, according to reports in Italy.
Manchester United have appointed the scout who used to work for rivals Liverpool and found Raheem Sterling.
Martin Allen has admitted he has to drop his 'mad dog' act because of a heart problem with the Eastleigh boss preparing to face former club Brentford in FA Cup.
Chris Martin will once again refuse to play for Fulham in tomorrow's third-round tie at Cardiff as he continues his bid to try and force an end to his loan spell.
Crystal Palace could snap up Montepellier's Jerome Roussillon to solve their left-back woes.
Henri Lansbury is in limbo amid a Nottingham Forest transfer war.
Tottenham have dropped their interest in Wilfried Zaha this month - but will move for him at the end of the season.
Everton and West Brom are battling it out for Standard Liege striker Ishak Belfodil.
Charton are set to sell left-back Morgan Fox back to Sheffield Wednesday for £700,000.
Ipswich and Bristol City are set for a £1.5m battle over Barnsley star Marley Watkins.

DAILY STAR

Chelsea and Manchester City want to sign former Stoke midfielder Steven N'zonz from Spanish side Sevilla.i.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has opened up on his fitness and declared: "It's like when you see an animal. It goes in and is fresh always so I see myself as an animal."
Saido Berahino's West Brom career looks to be over after he was axed from the squad for today's FA Cup clash with Derby.
Manchester City and Liverpool have been told Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk is not for sale.
Meanwhile, the Saints will try and sign Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho after captain Jose Fonte handed in a transfer request.

THE TELEGRAPH

Aston Villa want to re-sign Fabian Delph - the man branded a "snake" by the club's fans - on loan until the end of the season.
Chelsea are weighing up a surprise bid for the Swansea City striker Fernando Llorente - even though the Blues are still not keen on loaning out Michy Batshuayi.

DAILY MAIL

Chinese Super League is ready to offer £800,000 a week to top English talent in the Premier League with Dele Alli and Harry Kane top of the list.
Moussa Dembele does not want to leave Celtic in January, despite West Ham's reported £20m bid.
David Beckham is running out of time to see plans through for the proposed Major League Soccer franchise in Miami.
Reading boss Jaap Stam is hoping he will get a warm reception from Manchester United fans despite his abrupt exit from the club 16 years ago.
Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri is eyeing a £8m swoop for Sassuolo's Francesco Acerbi as he steps up his defender search.
Manchester United have recruited Brighton's highly-rated talent spotter Mark Anderson - in the hope of unearthing the next David Beckham in London.

THE GUARDIAN

Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United have not yet reached "heaven" despite a 13-match unbeaten run that includes victory in the past seven games.
Chelsea are hoping to sign the Swansea striker Fernando Llorente in January.
Crystal Palace are ready to rival West Ham's attempts to sign the Hull striker Robert Snodgrass, with the Scotland international expected to cost up to £9m despite having just 18 months remaining on his contract.

THE EXPRESS

Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce says his time at Bolton was the best moment of his career.

THE TIMES

Santi Cazorla and Per Mertesacker are being offered new 12-month contracts by Arsenal, after Arsene Wenger revealed plans to take up the option of extending the pair's contracts for another year.
Nottingham Fores captain Henri Lansbury has taken the unusual step of appointing former team-mate Dexter Blackstock as his agent as he seeks to move this month.

THE INDEPENDENT

Javier Hernandez looks set to leave Bayer Leverkusen after apparently falling out with teammates, with a return to the Premier League being mooted.

DAILY RECORD

Celtic legend Stan Petrove reckons his former club should cash in on Moussa Dembele but has urged them not to sel him for a penny less than £25m.