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Latest football gossip and transfer news (Feb 12th 2018)

Luis Enrique has decided he will manage in the Premier League next season and is waiting on Chelsea and Arsenal, according to The Sun.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Toby Alderweireld's Tottenham future is in fresh doubt after he was left out of the Champions League trip to Juventus.

THE SUN

Luis Enrique has decided he will manage in the Premier League next season and is waiting on Chelsea and Arsenal.

Liverpool are winning the race for Manchester United and Tottenham target Pinchi.

Livingston player Shaun Byrne was rushed to hospital after studs went into his face against Dunfermline.

DAILY STAR

Arsene Wenger has identified Schalke's Germany international Max Meyer as one of his main summer transfer targets.

Cameron Jerome is backing Derby team-mate Scott Carson to force his way into England's World Cup plans as Gareth Southgate ponders his goalkeeper selections.

THE GUARDIAN

West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan will have less influence over transfers, according to boss David Moyes.

DAILY MIRROR

Rafael Benitez failed in a late move to bring in England number one Joe Hart to boost his goalkeeping options and instead signed Martin Dubravka.

Wolves striker Joe Mason could follow team-mate Jack Price to Major League Soccer.

Stefano Okaka does not have a long-term future at Watford and they will look to offload the striker in the summer.

Former Tottenham and Newcastle star David Ginola will become a dad again at the age of 51.

Signs on and off the pitch suggest David Moyes will be staying at West Ham for the long term.

Stoke skipper Ryan Shawcross slammed his team-mates for 'childish' bickering over penalty-taking duties.

DAILY MAIL

Kieron Dyer says the England squad contained a number of gambling addicts during his time with the international setup.

Brighton boss Chris Hughton never saw Mathew Ryan play before signing him.

THE TIMES

Manchester City are closing on deals to sign two highly-rated prospects - Netherlands Under-20 defender Philippe Sandler from Dutch side PEC Zwolle and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Claudio Gomes.

Everton boss Sam Allardyce says January signing Cenk Tosun is taking longer to adapt to the Premier League because of England's cold weather. -

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Antonio Conte on struggling to get Chelsea to sign players (February 12 2018)

Antonio Conte has admitted to being "a disaster" when it comes to persuading Chelsea to sign players.

The Italian was regularly outspoken in his criticism of Chelsea's transfer policy during the January window and has suggested that he does not have much say on who the club sign.

Sky Sports reported last month that Chelsea were becoming increasing frustrated with Conte's public outpourings, and poor performances on the pitch recently have added to the pressure on the head coach.

The reigning champions have dropped to fifth in the Premier League table after back-to-back defeats against Bournemouth and Watford and are 22 points behind leaders Manchester City ahead of the visit of West Brom on Monday Night Football.

Asked if he thought Chelsea's current squad could be improved, Conte said: "I don't know. Usually in my experience, I reached the best results possible with the players I have to work with.

"I think that I'm the type of coach who if I have a player who is 6/10, I bring him to an 8/10. If I have a player who is 8/10, I take him to 10/10. I'm this type of coach.

"My task is this and, for this, I'm very good. But I think I'm a bit of a disaster to convince the club to buy players. I think in this aspect I can improve a lot.

"I have to learn a lot from the other coaches, the other managers, in that aspect. I have to speak more with the managers who are very, very good at persuading their clubs to spend money to buy top players."