Wednesday's Paper Talk: Football transfer news, rumours and gossip including Haaland, Pogba, Chukwueze and Ibrahimovic

THE SUN

• Manchester United are confident of agreeing a £76m deal to sign Erling Braut Haaland next month - before loaning him back to RB Salzburg until the end of the season.
• Manchester United will not let Paul Pogba force his way out of the club in January despite his latest antics.
• Tottenham have increased the capacity of their new stadium for the second time since its April opening to 62,303 with 89 new seats added.
• Chelsea have added wingers Leon Bailey and Samuel Chukwueze to the list of forwards the club are set to target in the January transfer window.
• Chelsea have reportedly offered Bayern Munich prospect Torben Rhein a contract starting in 2020.
• Carlo Ancelotti will pocket a £2.5m bonus if he keeps relegation-threatened Everton in the Premier League.
• Ancelotti's son, Davide, was his assistant at Napoli and the Italian will appoint the 30-year-old to his coaching set-up at Everton.
• Mikel Arteta gave Arsenal fans a glimpse of his managerial vision when he spoke to their club magazine in 2014.
• Nicklas Bendtner may hang up his boots after FC Copenhagen ruled out extending his contract.
• Borussia Dortmund are reportedly chasing Sao Paulo youngster Antony, as they seek a long-term replacement for Jadon Sancho.
• Former Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic wants AC Milan to double their £1.7m offer over 18 months to sign him. The ex-Manchester United forward has been linked with Everton and is a free agent.

DAILY MIRROR

• Mikel Arteta has agreed to sign a three-and-a-half year deal to become the next manager of Arsenal with the club hoping he will be in charge for Saturday's trip to Everton.
• Real Madrid have jumped ahead of Manchester United in the race for teenage wonderkid Eduardo Camavinga.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

• Leroy Sane has stepped up his recovery from his serious knee injury and is on course to play this season.
• Chelsea are no closer to agreeing contracts with Tammy Abraham or Reece James, having negotiated new deals with the rest of their first-team Academy graduates.
• Carlo Ancelotti will keep Everton interim manager Duncan Ferguson on his coaching staff if he is made Toffees boss
• Stoke manager Michael O'Neill will move to slash the club's £50m wage bill next month, with £14m signing Badou Ndiaye poised to become the first departure.

DAILY MAIL

• Arsenal are raiding Manchester City for another key member of their backroom team with talent-spotter Sam Fagbemi set to move to the Emirates.
• Colombia's hopes of hosting 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup may be over after the bid they submitted to the international governing body - along with three other member associations - identified harrowing risks to teams, spectators and journalists.
• Liverpool are looking at a potential bid for 18-year-old Toulouse left-back Mathieu Goncalves in January.
• Manchester United will have given 30,000 free tickets to groups of children ahead of Wednesday's Carabao Cup clash against Colchester United at Old Trafford.
• Crystal Palace will hold firm on their £80m valuation of Ivory Coast forward Wilfried Zaha, 27, during the January transfer window
• Milan's football clubs and the city municipality are in talks to try to resolve a dispute over plans for a new stadium to replace the nearly century-old San Siro.

DAILY STAR

• Everton are breaking the bank to lure Carlo Ancelotti to Merseyside as they prepare to make him one of the highest paid managers in world football.
• Chelsea are under pressure to complete a deal for Bournemouth's Nathan Ake with his buy-back clause expiring in the summer.
• West Ham are looking to land Luka Jovic on loan from Real Madrid and are hoping a reunion with Sebastian Haller could improve the striker's goal haul.
• Manchester United are in talks over a £51m transfer for Lille rising star Boubakary Soumare.
• Jermain Defoe could be set to join Rangers on a permanent basis.

DAILY RECORD

• Scott Brown has backed Jeremie Frimpong to follow in the footsteps of Celtic's £25m man Kieran Tierney.
• Ann Budge has admitted she regrets not sacking Craig Levein as Hearts manager last summer.

THE TIMES

• Mesut Ozil has found an unlikely high-powered ally in US secretary of state Mike Pompeo in his war of words with China.
• Pep Guardiola has criticised Arsenal for the manner of their pursuit of MIkel Arteta.
• Clubs have been knocked back in their plans to reform the Champions League.
• Ashley Giles believes the ECB should dramatically revamp the County Championship to one division.
  The RFU will not rush into agreeing a new contract with England head coach Eddie Jones.SCOTTISH SUN
• Atlanta United president Darren Eales is keen to tie up an agreement to keep Jon Gallagher at Aberdeen.
• Dunfermline and Partick Thistle are fighting it out to land Rangers kid Jamie Barjonas on loan.on loan.

OTHER

• Kevin De Bruyne is aiming to start taking his coaching badges next year as he considers a future beyond his playing career. (Manchester Evening News)
• Sunderland are targeting a move for Feyenoord midfielder Liam Kelly in the January transfer window. (Newcastle Chronicle)

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