Gossip: Pogba, Cuadrado, Mkhitaryan, Rose, Nainggolan, Darmian
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Liverpool and Tottenham both want River Plate striker Lucas Alario. The 25-year-old has a £15.2m release clause. (Sun)
Tottenham full-back Danny Rose, 26, is set to join team-mates Christian Eriksen, 24, and Eric Dier, 22, in extending his contract. (Daily Mirror)
Spurs have opened talks with the Qatar Investment Authority over naming rights for the redeveloped White Hart Lane, which is due to open for the 2018-19 season.(Times - subscription required)
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has recreated the Wembley pitch in training before the club's Champions League opener at their temporary home on Wednesday. (Daily Express)
Manchester United's £30m summer signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 27, is frustrated he is not being played in his favourite position by manager Jose Mourinho. (Sun)
Armenia captain Mkhitaryan is set to miss United's next three games after aggravating a thigh injury during Saturday's Manchester derby. (Times - subscription required)
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will continue to play goalkeeper David Ospina, 28, rather than Petr Cech, 34, in the Champions League after the Colombian's impressive display against Paris St-Germain.(Guardian)
Chelsea could move for Manchester United full-back Matteo Darmian, 26. (Calcio Mercato via Daily Express)
The Blues are also interested in Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan, 28, but the Belgium international is set to sign a contract extension. (Talksport)
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says he had to work hard to convince midfielder Paul Pogba, 23, to rejoin the club from Juventus.(Goal.com)
Pogba's Juve team-mates felt betrayed by the Frenchman's decision to leave the club after they had made a pact to win the Champions League.(Independent)
Mourinho has endeared himself to the players at Old Trafford by guaranteeing them a set day off every week, something predecessors Sir Alex Ferguson, David Moyes and Louis van Gaal did not do.(Manchester Evening News)
United striker Marcus Rashford, 18, says he was inspired by the club's former forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 31. The Real Madrid player spent six years at Old Trafford, leaving when Rashford was 11. (Daily Express)
Former Portugal forward Luis Figo says Eusebio is the country's greatest ever player, not Ronaldo. (AS)
Everton are interested in 18-year-old Juventus midfielder Grigoris Kastanos.(Daily Mirror)
Toffees manager Ronald Koeman will have talks with midfielder Ross Barkley after he substituted the 22-year-old at half-time of their 3-0 win over Sunderland. (Daily Star)
Sunderland defender Patrick van Aanholt, 26, says it is hard to understand his fellow defenders on the pitch because of a language barrier between the club's new signings.(Northern Echo)
Celtic, Rangers, Aston Villa and Wigan are interested in Barnsley captain Conor Hourihane, 25. (Irish Sun)
Chelsea winger Juan Cuadrado, 28, says he did everything he could to return to Juventus in the summer. The Colombian will spend the next three years on loan with the Italian side. (JTV via London Evening Standard)
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Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi claims the reason the Fifa 17 demo game was delayed was because he had asked them to improve his passing rating from 59 out of 100. (Metro)
