Naby Keita
Naby Keita

Paper Talk: Boxing Day's football transfer rumours and gossip from the UK newspapers


A round-up of the latest football news and gossip from Boxing Day's newspapers.

DAILY MIRROR

Naby Keita is desperate to join Liverpool in January - and could still push through an early move.

Ex-Arsenal star Emmanuel Eboue has been offered legal advice to help overturn a court ruling that is set to leave him homeless.

Marouane Fellaini is being targeted by a Chinese Super League club as his Manchester United deal runs down.

Jurgen Klopp has claimed he is a defence-minded coach - despite Liverpool conceding 23 goals in 19 games.

Roy Hodgson has admitted Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham target Wilfried Zaha could leave Crystal Palace.

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DAILY STAR

Watford are after Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw and Arsenal speedster Theo Walcott in the January transfer window.

Manchester City are set to beat Liverpool and Chelsea to Virgil van Dijk.

Arsenal are set to swoop for Burnley defender James Tarkowski with Chelsea also keeping tabs.

GUARDIAN

Pep Guardiola believes the depth of his Manchester City squad will prevent burn-out over the intense festive programme.

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DAILY MAIL

Swansea City caretaker boss Leon Britton insists he's not ready for the role on a permanent basis.

Brighton must smash their transfer record to sign Moussa Dembele as Celtic hold out for £25m.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has had a dig at 'privileged' rivals Manchester City over the festive fixtures schedule.

Manchester United will seek safety advice from Liverpool to avoid problems ahead of their Champions League trip to Seville.

INDEPENDENT

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says the club will have the final say on transfers in January.

TELEGRAPH

David Moyes has confirmed that West Ham are interested in signing Steven N'Zonzi.

Mark Hughes is targeting three new signings after earning a reprieve as Stoke City manager.

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EXPRESS

Chelsea will go head to head with Arsenal in a £30million January transfer battle for Bayer Leverkusen winger Leon Bailey.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is planning crunch talks with under-threat goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.

THE SUN

Arsenal have been told they can have PSG forward Julian Draxler for £40million.

Liverpool have been dealt a blow as Javier Pastore insists he will not leave PSG in January.

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