Tuesday's Paper Talk: Latest football gossip and transfer rumours including Rudiger, Aguero, Antonio, Eriksen, Moyes, Mustafi
By Sporting Life
07:21 · TUE October 27, 2020
Antonio Rudiger's return to the Chelsea first-team and a new contract for David Moyes dominate Tuesday's football rumour mill.
DAILY MAIL
- Frank Lampard is ready to re-integrate Antonio Rudiger into his first-team plans following heart-to-heart talks with the central defender.
- The Premier League may sideline the Football Association in a historic bid to persuade the Home Office to bring in a special visa system, as the row over post-Brexit quotas rages on with days to the deadline.
- Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu has refused to resign following crunch talks on Monday as pressure grows on the under-fire chief to step down as tempers boil over in Catalonia.
- Manchester City arrived in Marseille with no striker and the gloomy forecast that Sergio Aguero could miss a month with a hamstring strain.
- West Ham are waiting anxiously to hear whether leading goalscorer Michail Antonio will need treatment for a recurring hamstring problem after the 30-year-old came off during Saturday's 1-1 draw with Manchester City.
- Chelsea will go ahead with training in Russia before their Champions League game with Krasnodar, despite Bayern Munich cancelling a session in the country's capital due to coronavirus fears.
- Shkodran Mustafi is ready to walk away from Arsenal and leave on a free transfer at the end of the season, according to reports.
- Marcus Rashford is set to be omitted from the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist despite being the bookies' odds-on favourite to win the award.
DAILY MIRROR
- Slaven Bilic's West Brom future is in doubt after defender Ahmed Hegazi was sold behind his back.
- Edu and Mikel Arteta 'disagreed' over whether Arsenal should sign Thomas Partey or Houssem Aouar in the summer.
- Premier League chiefs will discuss making a U-turn over the pay-per-view row after "disastrous" viewing figures.
THE SUN
- Pep Guardiola fears Manchester City hotshot Sergio Aguero could be out for up to a month.
- Premier League clubs will discuss cutting the Pay Per View charge to under a tenner on Tuesday.
- Laurent Koscielny has charged to Mesut Ozil's defence, branding the Arsenal misfit a 'phenomenon' and a 'very good person'.
- Three Premier League stars reportedly avoided bans after returning positive results during drug tests taken last season.
- Christian Eriksen could reportedly quit Inter Milan in the January transfer window - just a year after joining.
- Isco has reportedly been caught on camera blasting Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane for the timing of his substitutions.
- Manchester United are close to appointing a new data scientist, according to reports.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
- West Ham players are backing David Moyes to be handed a contract extension following the club's resurgence since lockdown.
DAILY STAR
- Italy sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora has stated that Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo is being investigated for returning to the country having tested positive for coronavirus.
