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Saturday Paper Talk: Harvey Barnes hunch as Manchester United keep tabs

By Sporting Life

Football

Sat December 05, 2020 · 5y ago

Manchester United are keeping tabs on Leicester winger Harvey Barnes - get all the back-page rumours from Saturday's papers right here.

Manchester United are keeping tabs on Leicester winger Harvey Barnes as a possible transfer alternative to Jadon Sancho.
Trent Alexander-Arnold is winning his battle to be fit for Liverpool's clash with Wolves on Sunday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists he will not run Marcus Rashford into the ground and risk burning him out.
Harry Winks might have to quit Tottenham in January - or risk losing his England place at the Euros.

The Premier League's £250m rescue package will fail to address the chaos of the English game's "fundamentally unhealthy" pyramid, according to a former chairman of the Football Association.
A £550m grass-roots cash injection ahead of a potential 2030 World Cup bid is safe despite ministers sparking alarm by omitting the pre-election pledge in the Spending Review.
Hector Bellerin has said speculation over Mikel Arteta's future is "so unjust" and insisted that the Arsenal manager's overhaul of the club cannot be completed overnight.
The League Managers' Association has experienced a significant spike in requests to help former managers and coaches who have been diagnosed with dementia.
Crystal Palace's players have all returned negative coronavirus tests after the club took special measures following the recent outbreak at Newcastle United.

Manchester City star Benjamin Mendy is in a race against time to save his £475,000 supercar from being crushed.
Eric Dier has revealed he was ready to quit Spurs before Jose Mourinho reinvented him as a defender.
Petr Cech wants football chiefs to not ban heading as he fears new laws to limit heading would ruin the game.
'New Mesut Ozil' Berkay Ozcan is back on Arsenal's radar.
Arsenal players allegedly exchanged angry words with each other in a clear-the-air meeting called by manager Mikel Arteta, reports claim.
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has thrown his weight behind Arsene Wenger's planned reform of the offside laws.
Millwall players will keep taking the knee - despite fears they could be booed by their own fans for doing so.
Ryan Giggs has had his 'special leave' extended to cover the 2022 World Cup draw on Monday.

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Sir Alex Ferguson has texted David Moyes to praise the work he is doing, with the West Ham manager saying anyone who calls him a 'dinosaur' lacks intellect.
Sean Longstaff has signed a deal with super agent Pini Zahavi and it is expected the high profile 'Mr Fix It' will attempt to broker a transfer away from Newcastle.
Manchester United are revisiting long-standing plans to appoint a director of football on the orders of owner Joel Glazer.
Jurgen Klopp has warned England will suffer at next summer's European Championships if the Premier League persist with the rule of three substitutions.
The cyber attack on Manchester United is finally over, two weeks after hackers targeted the club, it was revealed on Friday night.
Nuno Espirito Santo on Friday expressed optimism that Raul Jimenez would play for Wolves again after he suffered a fractured skull against Arsenal.

Max Allegri wants to be the next successful coach in English football.
Leeds United may soon be in line for another big cash injection from the San Francisco 49ers, according to a new document submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Joe Hart could make his first Premier League appearance for nearly two years tomorrow after doubts emerged over the fitness of the Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

Arsenal could be signing the next David Beckham in Hungarian sensational Dominik Szoboszlai.
Liverpool and Arsenal are two teams with an eye on the January transfer window, and could be set to battle it out for Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Yves Bissouma.

Former Hearts defender Aaron Hickey has confirmed Celtic were one of a clutch of clubs after his signature in the summer.
Neil Lennon sat down with Jeremie Frimpong in Celtic's team hotel and had a lengthy one-to-one chat.

Rangers have outstripped Celtic in the European prize money stakes for the first season since 2010-11.