Thursday's Paper Talk: Latest football gossip and transfer rumours including Skriniar, Wenger, Schuurs, Grealish, Neymar and Zidane

THE SUN

• Tottenham can reportedly sign Inter Milan star Milan Skriniar for £45m next month.
• Jurgen Klopp has revealed he wanted to sign Diogo Jota three years ago after the Liverpool boss saw him play for Wolves in his debut.
• Arsene Wenger has reportedly rejected a big-money offer to return to football with Serbia.
• Wigan's future is on the line as the EFL asks more questions about Spanish bidder Jose Miguel Garrido Cristo.
• Marcus Rashford could miss Manchester United's clash against West Ham after sustaining a shoulder injury.
• Premier League players will again wear rainbow laces for the next two weekends - to press home the league's commitment to diversity.
• Erling Haaland has been ruled out for the remainder of 2020 after suffering a hamstring injury.

THE GUARDIAN

• Anthony Joshua would be ready to take a pay cut if it means he can fight Tyson Fury in Britain.
• World Athletics has opened the door for Russia's track and field stars to compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year providing promises of serious reform are upheld.

DAILY MAIL

• A device that instantly diagnoses concussion by testing a player's saliva could be available to use by 2022.
• Liverpool's hopes of signing Perr Schuurs have been dealt a blow after the Ajax defender revealed he is prepared to turn down an Anfield move.
• Zinedine Zidane and the Real Madrid dressing room are divided with the Frenchman facing a 'total breakdown' between himself and his players.
• Newcastle have been trying to contain the spread of Covid-19 for at least two weeks - and senior staff believe they should have been tested more frequently this season.
• Sunderland are investigating after one of their players Jay Turner-Cooke labelled the club's hierarchy 'cowards' for making his father, the club kitman, redundant.
• Neymar has revealed he is desperate to reunite with former team-mate Lionel Messi next season, raising the question as to whether that is in Paris, in Manchester or back at Barcelona.
• Football agencies will organise cultural and diversity training for their foreign clients to try to avoid the type of race controversy that has left Edinson Cavani facing a ban.
• Overseas spectators will be allowed to attend next summer's Olympics without mandatory vaccines or quarantine periods.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

• Aston Villa have valued England star Jack Grealish at £100m with the price rising all the time.
• The "shocking" and "shameful" lack of diversity within leading sports organisations in Wales will be exposed on Thursday night.
• Olympic champion Adam Peaty has called on the Government to urgently invest in the nation's swimming facilities as the country builds back from Covid-19 and exempt them from any future lockdowns.

THE TIMES

• An American sports investment company is close to completing the takeover of Burnley with the Premier League set to approve the £200m deal.
• Planned reforms of the Champions League that would involve clubs playing 10 different rivals in the group stage could restore the "zing" to the competition, according to marketing experts.
• Newcastle's players have been given individual training programmes, as they were during lockdown, in an attempt to keep them fit enough to fulfil the club's next Premier League fixture, against West Bromwich Albion a week on Saturday.
• Marine are confident that their ground will be Covid-19 compliant and have insisted they are ready to stage their FA Cup third-round tie with the Premier League leaders Tottenham Hotspur.
• Competitors at the Tokyo Olympics next year will have to return home immediately after their events rather than indulge in the usual post-Games sightseeing and partying, organisers have warned.

DAILY STAR

• Chelsea are reportedly targeting a free move for out-of-contract Bayern Munich star David Alaba - which could see Frank Lampard cool his interest in Declan Rice.
• Liverpool midfielder Gini Wijnaldum says the Reds aren't really training at the moment as Jurgen Klopp's side continue to sustain injuries during their crowded fixture list.

DAILY MIRROR

• John Terry would look to take former Chelsea and England team-mate Ashley Cole to Derby as part of his management team.

DAILY EXPRESS

• One of Diego Maradona's sons has called for Lionel Messi to retire his Argentina and Barcelona No10 shirt in honour of his dad.

SCOTTISH SUN

• A team of hooligan spotters is trawling CCTV and social media in a bid to nail the Celtic thugs who injured three policemen.
• Steven Gerrard says Rangers' European runs have "educated" him as a manager.
• Neil Lennon has revealed he's pushing ahead with January transfer targets.
• Dundee United are at the centre of a Covid-19 scare - after members of their staff tested positive.

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