Sunday's Paper Talk: The latest football transfer news and gossip including Maddison, Rodriguez and Eriksen

By Sporting Life

09:07 · SUN January 05, 2020

Manchester United are ready to offer Leicester £45m plus Jesse Lingard for James Maddison, according to the Sunday Mirror.

Manchester United are ready to offer Leicester £45m plus Jesse Lingard for James Maddison.
Carlo Ancelotti has backed a bold Everton move to bring Real Madrid playmaker James Rodriguez to Goodison Park on loan.
Manchester United have told Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte they want striker Lautaro Martinez before Paul Pogba is allowed to move to the San Siro.
Frank Lampard is eyeing an ambitious move to land £60m-rated Bayern Munich left-back David Alaba this month.
Chelsea and West Ham target Gabriel Barbosa has dropped a potential hint on social media that he could be set to leave Flamengo in January.
Patrick Cutrone looks increasingly likely to leave Wolves in January after he was left out of their squad to face Manchester United in the FA Cup.
Birmingham are confident wonderkid Jude Bellingham will not push to leave in January.

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Inter Milan want to sign Christian Eriksen for £20m this month - even though the Tottenham star is available for nothing in the summer.
Norwich star Max Aarons is a target for Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho - as his hopes of landing West Brom teenager Nathan Ferguson fade.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is facing a January fixture nightmare after an FA Cup draw at Wolves.
Emmanuel Adebayor has been offered to Aston Villa as they desperately search for strikers to cover their injury nightmare.
Barcelona have joined Manchester United, Tottenham and Paris Saint-Germain in the chase for Leicester right-back Ricardo Pereira after sending scouts to the King Power Stadium.

Premier League referees chiefs have been left frustrated by statements from football's lawmakers that suggested they are wrongly applying VAR rules when judging marginal offsides.
Manchester United defender Chris Smalling will not make a decision on his future until the end of his loan at Roma.
West Ham will hold further discussions over a proposed loan deal for Benfica midfielder Gedson Fernandes this week.
Crystal Palace are targeting Everton striker Cenk Tosun, who they want to bring to Selhurst Park on loan.
Southampton and Bournemouth are among the clubs following pacy Le Havre striker Tino Kadewere.
Tottenham are hoping to make Giovani Lo Celso's loan move from Real Betis permanent in the January transfer window.
Pedro may have to give up on a return to Barcelona from Chelsea as the winger looks set to move to David Beckham's Inter Miami.
Carlisle United want around £800,000 for 17-year-old Everton target Jarrad Branthwaite.
Sheffield Wednesday are considering a move for Stoke City striker Lee Gregory to bolster their attacking options.

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West Ham have emerged as shock contenders to sign £70m Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly.
Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea have been put on red alert by the news that Barcelona are willing to let Ousmane Dembele leave the club.
Chelsea have been contacted by Juventus over the transfer of left-back Emerson Palmieri, according to a report in Italy.

West Ham have an option to terminate David Moyes' contract at the end of this season.
Asmir Begovic will be blocked from joining any of Bournemouth's relegation rivals following his return from a loan at Qarabag FK.
Newcastle boss Steve Bruce is hoping new AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic can help him complete some January transfer business with Milan's Krzysztof Piatek on his radar.

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The £5.4m fine levied against Saracens for breaching the salary cap in the Premiership will be split between the other 11 league clubs.

The Getafe midfielder Marc Cucurella has denied using racist language towards Real Madrid's Eder Militao during Saturday's 3-0 defeat by Zinedine Zidane's side in La Liga.

Mostafa Mohamed has handed Egyptian side Zamalek a transfer request in a reported effort to force a loan switch to Rangers.
SFA chiefs will demand all Premiership games are cancelled before Scotland's crucial Euro play-off in March.
Celtic look to have beaten off a host of Premier League clubs to sign hit-kid Bruno Davidson.
Hearts' new stand is set to cost them almost double the original price.
Bristol City are on the trail of Motherwell star James Scott.

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Hearts are set to offer Jack Hendry an escape route from Celtic.
Rangers fear Alfredo Morelos will be banned until February.
Former Celtic manager Ronny Deila is set for a shock move to take charge of New York City FC.