Paper Talk: Monday's football transfer rumours and gossip from the back pages

DAILY EXPRESS

• Chelsea will battle Barcelona for £70m-rated Reinier Jesus from Flamengo if their transfer ban is lifted.

DAILY MIRROR

• Aston Villa have no plans to sell John McGinn to Manchester United in January - and would only allow him to depart in the summer if an eye-watering offer was lodged.
• Manchester United have reportedly drawn up a shortlist of eight long-term transfer targets.
• Eden Hazard has tipped Frank Lampard to be the best manager in the world after his flying start at Chelsea.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that Maurizio Sarri was right to substitute him twice for Juventus - as he was playing injured.
• Simon Mignolet has revealed that he left Liverpool because he didn't feel he could fight Alisson for the No.1 shirt.

DAILY MAIL

• Alexis Sanchez could return from injury for Inter Milan quicker than was initially anticipated.
• Algeria manager Djamel Belmadi says he is not interested in Karim Benzema playing for his side after the striker begged France to let him represent another nation.

THE TIMES

• New Hibernian manager Jack Ross says he didn't fail at Sunderland.

THE SUN

• Arsenal have also made contact with the father of Reinier Jesus, Spanish reports claim.
• Manchester United and Arsenal are keeping tabs on Hartlepool's giant young keeper Brad Young.
• Arsenal are lining up a £43m January transfer swoop for Villarreal centre back Pau Torres.
• Manchester United are preparing to battle it out with Barcelona to land Rennes wonderkid Eduardo Camavinga.
• Michy Batshuayi insisted he wants to remain at Chelsea despite not being a "full-fledged starter".

THE SCOTTISH SUN

• Rod Petrie's plea for an SPFL shutdown before Scotland's Euro play-off will fall on deaf ears.
• Greg Taylor feels his Scotland team-mates are beginning to fully appreciate the abilities of manager Steve Clarke.
• Celtic forward Odsonne Edouard is on Crystal Palace's radar in January as they hunt for a new striker.
• Borna Barisic has revealed he almost quit Rangers last season but is so glad he didn't.
• Stoke City are eyeing a January move for Aberdeen striker Sam Cosgrove.
• Hibs and St Johnstone 'could be set to battle it out' for ex-Celtic star Efe Ambrose.

DAILY RECORD

• Steve Clarke's plea to scrap top-flight Sunday games ahead of Scotland's Euro 2020 play-off is set to fall on deaf ears if the Old Firm progress in Europe.
• John Hughes wants to speak to Falkirk about replacing Ray McKinnon as manager a decade after he first left the Bairns.
• Lewis Morgan reckons the Hibs squad should get ready for lift-off under Jack Ross as his old gaffer will get the Easter Road men flying again.

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